Another pause from the gym

3 weeks ago today I fell on the ice one more time 😢 This time I got a bad fracture in my left wrist and had to get surgery.

 https://goo.gl/images/5RRSF6
(Photo of the same plate, screws and pins I have)

So now I have titanium in my hand. I did not get plaster, only bandages,- luckely! 
Because of this I have been able to move my wrist a little all the time and now I am able to do almost  "everything" with my hand again 😊

The doctor removed the stiches on Monday and it looks very nice!

2 1/2 weeks since surgery

 Hopefully I can start in the gym again next week! I really needs it now! I have to be careful with my left hand but have lots of things I can do 💪

My little dog is with his extrafamily because it has been hard for me to live alone and only one hand I could use. Miss him and look foreward to get him home again 💘

Hope you all er doing fine? Do you have winter with snow and ice like me or do you have "summer"?

Art weekend and new excersises in the gym

This weekend I have been taking a class in Vedic art,- any of you have tryed it?
It is exciting, because you paint from your heart and do not learn tecnics 😏
This is one of my paintings:

To me this painting means a lot 💗 Under the heart I made a drawing of my brace, but over I pianted a heart with a tear for the sorrow the scoliosis has given me and a heart for the pleasures  it has given me. In between is a S spine. Hearts and text and ribbon for the love of my severe curves 💗

It was an exhausting weekend (because we where sitting all day),- 3 days with learning and drawing/painting. But my back is pretty ok today and I am so satisfied after the weekend 😊

I am not an artist, but it is important to do some creative work anyway 👍 

Today I got new excersises from my physioterapist, he want me to do more excersises without the devices. Because then I have to get to know my muscles better and use my own body as weight.
I started with the Treadmill to get warmed up: 15 min, 11% increase, 5 km/h
And then Pulldown : 10 X 3, 30 kg

Starting to do a sort of plank. Hard to keep the hip and back in correct position!

 

I need to strengthen my stomachmuscles too 😉

The 2 excersises shown by my physioterapist is to strengthen my backmuscles. (Looks like we are outside, but it is just a poster 😏 )




I will not do all the old excersises now, I will not do Seated leg press, and only one of the armdevices. We are not bothering with my breathing now since it is hard to make the loungefunction better because of my curves.

We have lots of fun because my musckles are responding "a little" different than in normal bodies💪 So when he ask me which muscles do you feel  now? I very often feel that other muscles than he expect are working 😉 That is ok!

I think maybe I will feel this in my neck and head tomorrow, but I don't give up! 

I hope you are all doing fine? Hugs from Norway 💖

Finally back to the gym :-)

6 weeks since I was at the gym! 
First because of the fall on the ice,- a miracle that I did not get more hurt!
Then I had 3 lovely weeks on Gran Canaria, my paradise island <3

This was my view :-) I lived up on the hill so I had a long hill to climb + a lot of stairs,- but I noticed the benefit of my excercise :-)
Lot of walks, nice food and wine, old friends and nice conversations. I miss it allready!

I was back in Norway 24. of December, the most important day of Christmas in Norway. I had several invitations but was too tired so I enjoyed some time alone with tapas (see photo) I brought from the island :-) Listening to a choir singing Christmas carols.
On Thuesday evening I got food poisening so I was not able to go the gym, actually I have not been well enough to start until this Monday :-(




But finally Monday 9. of January I started again! My physiotherapist told me to start gently. He obviously don't know me well ;-) I started almost like I used to do in November, I had to check out if I could!

I DID IT! WOW! I did the treadmill and all of the program! Amazing after 6 weeks!

Hehe, I was "punished" ! Thuesday and Wednesday I could hardly walk ;-) I send a text to my physiotherapist and his answer was:"That's good! One normally gets stiff after so long time. That means the load(?) has been good. Well done!" He also said that maybe it is time to increase the time and load......

New shoes in fresh colour is an inspiration ;-)

I was so proud of my self <3 And today the program was a little bit better again,- maybe I will increase some of the devises next week?



I hope you are doing fine wherever you live? I would love to read comments from you all,- and if you click on beeing a follower you get updates when I have written a new chapter :-)

Icy streets are bad :-(

On Monday I had my last day at the gym before I go on a holiday,- I meant to go there today also but the ice on the streets spoiled it for me.

The streets are full of thick ice, dangerous to walk on. I went for a walk with my dog yesterday, they had put sand on the ice so I felt pretty safe,- but suddenly I slipped and fell on my forehead ! I didn't breake anything, but I got a big blue bump on my forehead, my glasses got marks, and I think something happened with my neck. The main thing is that nothing was broken!

Today the bump is almost gone, but now my eyes are purple :-(

Beauty or the beast? Well, I am looking foreward to go on holiday in a warm place without snow and ice now :-) And there was no workout today because of my headache and ache in the whole body.

The day at the gym on Monday was like this:
Treadmill: 15 min 11 and 12! % increase 5 and 5,5 km in speed,- so more speed and more % than earlier :-)
Roing: level 9
Back extention: 10 x 3, 47 kg
Pulldown: 10 x 3, 30 kg
Seated leg press: 10 x 3, 75 kg (still manageing this!)
Torso rotation: 10 x 3, 25 kg
Balance
Squats: 20
Lunges: 20 on each leg
Pectoral fly/rear detoid: 10 x 3, 5 kg (not any weight because it is an excercise for my posture)

My physiotherapist say I do not have to do any workout while on holiday because I do so well,- but I will be walking a lot and maybe do some of the excercises I can do without the gym devices ;-)

I hope you all have a safe time,- without too much pain and without ice and snow :-) 
I do not have internet in the appartement I shall rent so next chapter on this blog will be some time during Christmas :-)  Maybe I will have a give away then,- would you like that?

I think this will be good :-)

Only massage today

Today I only got massage from the physioterapist,- mainly in my neck.





I was in Oslo yesterday and walked a lot using cruches. Because of that my neck and head was bad today,- and my feet (hammertoes) and thumbs (arthrities). He agreed that I should skip training today,- I have been very eager since I started in May ;-)

Todays program

This was my program today:

Treadmill

47 kg 10 X 3

75 kg! 10 x 3

This is for my posture so only 5 kg, 10 x 3

Only 25 kg because I have to be careful about the lower back. 10 x 3

Balancing on the half ball

Squats. 20 x 3 fast

30 kg 10 x 3

Level 9, 10 x 3

 The seated leg press was a lot harder today than on Friday! But I managed 75 kg today also :-)

Does anyone of you do the same program? Or parts of it?

Personal record!

I did the whole program today, but espescially one excercise I am proud of:

 Seated legpress have been something I  "hate". I have done 55 kg and sometimes 65 kg, 10 X 3. 
Today I managed 75 kg and it felt "easy" !! WOW!

I hope all of you are ok? I would love to hear some comments from you, what is your experience with workout? In high age? With different diagnoses?
I wish you all a nice weekend <3