Today was my first day in the pool and I am EXHAUSTED. It was great to get moving, but it was definitely tiring. I started by doing some walking in the pool, forward, backward and sideways. The weirdest part was how the bottom of my foot felt walking on the ground. It hasn't touched the ground with much weight in a long time so getting myself to do a heal-toe walk was challenging.
From there I did some leg swings, squats, calf raises, and finally walking on the under water treadmill. That was the coolest! It helped me stand up straight and not favor my bad leg as much because I had to keep up with the pace. There were three other hip rehab patients in the pool with me, but I was the only one under the age of 60. All the other ladies had hip replacements. It was motivating to me because if I do this right and rehab like I should then I hope to not have to be in their shoes when I get older. They were funny, it definitely helped the time pass with other people in there with me. I did a lot today, but it was to gauge how I feel and what we can do in the future.
Overall I feel like today was a push in the right direction. It was challenging and I definitely feel like I am making progress. I will keep you all posted! :)
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