Guys Videos
These are taken as I worked and there is some infrequent swearing. If you are easily offended, this treatment isn't for you anyway!
They are in chronological order, with the most recent appearing first.
They have been hugely instructive to me preparing and annotating them. I hope much of what I do comes over. DO read the commentary to all the clips. Each one triggered thoughts which are a part of the whole process.
We haven't taken a huge amount of footage early on as I was quite resistant to it. Looking back, I see that was a mistake!
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AcuPen & Electrical Stimulation
Monday, 08 February 2010
I thought it worth popping in a very short clip showing the AcuPen. This is also a part of what we do, and have been doing since the beginning.
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Walking
Thursday, 04 February 2010
Recently, we have been working a lot on the Total Gym to work/activate the muscles above and below knees, as well as everything else in the legs.
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Introducing Kevan
Monday, 05 October 2009
This is Kevan Woodhouse. He's a T12 (Complete) spinal injury. Apparently he saw my site and decided that he'd like to see what Hratch Ogali was all about for himself.
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Step Exercises
Monday, 05 October 2009
Obvious one this: lift my foot and put it on the little stop in front of me.
I hate this exercise as it’s really difficult still.
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Treadmill
Monday, 27 April 2009
Although only appearing recently on this video log page, the video is taken in April. And before you ask, that white stuff sticking out of my bum is padding as the harness often rubs my skin, which is unhelpful!
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Total Gym
Monday, 20 April 2009
Sorry about the music playing in this one – it’s not an edit but what was playing!
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Walking with Crutches
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
This video shows clips from the unstable start to a much more confident and balanced end of a session.Further description to follow...
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Walking in the Village Hall
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Further description to follow...
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Walking with Quad Sticks
Friday, 04 July 2008
As usual for my walking exercises, I am using my below-knee splints, ankle weights (to make my thighs work harder in lifting the legs) and, here, my quad walking sticks.
This was my 2nd attempt "off the lead" with the quad walking sticks.
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Knees to Chest
Thursday, 03 July 2008
(First clip actually taken on Friday 06 June 2008, and remaining on the above date.)
This was one of the exercises I focused on while I was off-walking with my blistered toes. It was a good one as I could really see and feel the changes happening.
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Knees In & Out
Tuesday, 03 June 2008
This is another important exercise. I try to move the knees in and out and capture the movement so that more and more comes from the leg naturally and less form the hips and upper body.
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Walking with Sticks
Monday, 02 June 2008
Sorry about the lack of sound in this one - just one of those equipment set up mistakes!
This clip shows more advances in my walking training.
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Stand & Sit
Monday, 02 June 2008
This is a bad quality clip (poor light and no sound) but it does show a huge transformation from the Early Standing Exercises clip.
At the beginning, I am stood balancing lightly on my fingertips.
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Toes: Temporary Change of Training Schedule
Monday, 21 April 2008
This photo shows my toes (actually not looking as angry, red or weeping as they did at various points) after I had my feet in a foot spa for too long (about 40mins) and then exercised on them later in the day (about 2 hours walking around village hall
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Treadmill
Monday, 10 March 2008
Here I am in the harness on the treadmill with no braces or splints but ankle weights to make the thighs work harder in lifting to kick forward. This was taken quite some time ago and just shows a fairly routine walk.
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Crutches
Monday, 03 March 2008
This was another incredible session. In the last 3 weeks, the changes have been coming in so fast.
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Working Legs in Harness
Friday, 29 February 2008
In this one I'm (again) trying to pull the leg back using muscles from the back, connecting through my bum and into my legs.
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Knees to Chest - Legs in Harness
Friday, 29 February 2008
With all the standing work recently, and these kinds of exercises shown here, my knees have been really responsive of late. I have much more awareness in them, and sensation too when I, or anyone, touch them.
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Crutches
Thursday, 21 February 2008
(I don't know why the sound quality is so slow at the beginning. Sorry.
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Leg Press
Thursday, 21 February 2008
The weight has increased since last year! Don't know whether you can see but each weight is 5kgs and the top one is 10 (I think, Hratch won't tell me, and him saying 20kgs is to take my mind off me thinking I can't push because it's too heavy - i.e.
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Treadmill
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
For some reason I'm doing this exercise wearing my lower leg splints and shoes. Normally, I don't do this these days.
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Crutches
Friday, 15 February 2008
This was the end of my first week playing with crutches. Here I am trying to get the balance with them. Just to stand, relax and let my legs and body take the weight. When it happens, it's such an amazing, happy feeling.
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Legs in Harness Exercises
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
The first thing that strikes me about this clip is how paralysed and and skinny my legs looks and how bony the knee is with no muscle around it.There is a lot less control in the leg than a year later.
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Knees to Chest
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
This exercise is hard on so many levels. The stomach muscles kill. I'm trying to lift the legs up towards my face and stop them falling sideways.
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Kicking
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
This is another example of having to relearn something.
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Leg Press
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
I can't see exactly but the weight here is pretty light. Looks like about 20kgs only. In fact it's not even sufficient for the the leg press to return to the resting position by itself: Hratch has to push it.
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Treadmill
Wednesday, 12 July 2006
Here I am wearing my old callipers - the lower half of a full length set. My feet are dragging on the treadmill as I haven't got the strength yet to lift my legs sufficiently.
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Walking Frame & Leg Supports
Wednesday, 12 July 2006
It makes me smile looking back on this. I'm wearing the bottom half of my old callipers and great big, soft knee supports, as I couldn't lock my knees (couldn't even imagine locking them actually).
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Leg Press
Monday, 10 July 2006
I never know whether he's telling me the right weight or not. He just sets it at what he thinks I should be doing, and tries to take away from me the self-restricting idea of what I can and cannot do.
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Knees to Chest - Legs in Harness
Monday, 10 July 2006
Look at those thin little legs and fleshless bum. I looked paralysed then. Now I have people say, noticing the wheelchair after I've been speaking to them for some time, “So are you paralysed then? You don't look it.
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Kicking (the early days)
Monday, 10 July 2006
So if you saw the more recent kicking clip, you'll see that I was sat up in it, whereas I'm more horizontal here. There was less connection back then and lying down was the only way I could get a more controlled kick without just swinging the legs.
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Leg exercises
Monday, 10 July 2006
This shows there are no short-cuts. You want to build tension and muscle, and re-establish the connections? Then you put in the effort. Hours and bloody hours of this damn stuff. I'm pleased that I have tackled it with (mostly) good humour.
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Early Standing Exercises
Monday, 10 July 2006
Oh my god. These standing exercising sessions were just all pain. My whole body was wanting to fall back, and my arms were pulling me up and forward with less assistance from my back, pelvis and legs.
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Exercise Bike
Monday, 10 July 2006
Again, look how skinny my legs are! I have always had a love/hate relationship with this damned bike. Just when I think I am getting it, he'll change the exercise slightly and it'll slip away from me again.
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My First 1%
Tuesday, 20 June 2006
This video clip shows what was, for me, my first 1%. (I always knew if I could get this then the percentages would slowly add up to 100.
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