Time does fly by rather quickly. The month of March has been pretty busy for me from both a work and personal perspective. I have been pretty heavily involved in the development of Mitel’s Sunray Unified IP Client. While working on this project, I had to fit in my physio sessions which have now been reduced to once a week. Mind you, I still have to work out every day, but I don’t have to focus on my legs every day, which is a significant step. It is important to allow your muscle fibres to recover from a work out and it allows me to do more on a “leg” day in the gym.

I am happy with my progress as I can jog now, on the treadmill at up to 5.5 mph, so along with biking on the stationary bike, elliptical, I can now run. I hope I will be able to couple that with some rowing to allow for a full cardio circuit in the gym.

That is it….the update is short and sweet.

Paul

Welcome to Paul’s Winter Wonderland. It is the snowiest winter in my lifetime. The only winter that had more snow was the winter of 1971, a little before my time. In

I am almost seven weeks after surgery and things are going really well. I will be seeing my surgeon for a 7 week post operative review, which should no doubt be very positive. I have achieved full range of motion in the 7 week period and can do a variety of exercises.

This is my typical work out routine and in between rest periods, I focus on upper body exercises in order to balance out the workout throughout my entire body. Please remember, I have to do this everyday.

1. 20-30 minute cardio workout on the stationary bike
2. 10-15 minute workout on the step climber
3. 5 minute hamstring stretch (focus here is to hyperextend the knee)
4. 2 sets of 10 ==> lying left lifts (currently 8 lbs for ankle weight)
5. 2 sets of 10 ==> outer thigh lifts (currently 8 lbs for ankle weight)
6. 2 sets of 10 ==> inner thigh lifts (currently 8 lbs for ankle weight)
7. 2 sets of 10 ==> hamstring curls (currently 4lbs for ankle weight)
8. 2 sets of 10 ==> leg press (120 lbs)
9. 2 sets of 10 ==> sliding squats using Swiss ball
10. 2 sets of 10 ==> calf raises
11. 2 sets of 10 ==> two different hamstring exercises with the Swiss Ball
11. 2 sets of 10 ==> lunges
12. 1 minute ==> single leg balancing on Bosu ball with partial knee bend

When including my light upper body exercises, this takes up to about an hour and a half to two hours of time each day.

Is it a lot? Yep….but my body is now starting to get used to the daily exercises regiment and I do not find it that difficult to keep up with the physio requirements.

The doctor should be pleased with my progress since the day of surgery. I know I am.