Debbie gave me the green light to run three miles this Thursday! She inspected my running and said everything looked good. Whoo-hoo!
Before she inspected my gait she performed the Graston Technique around my knee, led me through some dynamic stretches and a few exercises to warm me up. Instead of using the Alter-G she took me to a normal treadmill. I'm embarrassed to say I did not do very well on it.
I am afraid of treadmills. It truly freaks me out. I'm afraid that the machine will go out of control and it will throw me off. Nevertheless I tried it only to regret it. No, I did not fall off or crash but I shuffled, I tripped over my own feet, I weaved and held on to the bar like an old woman clutching on to her walker scared of falling. All Debbie could do was say it's Ok and laugh when I begged to get off. It was pretty hilarious. How I managed to run on the Alter-G without freaking out surprised us both.
Needless to say Debbie couldn't inspect my stride on the treadmill so I ran from one end of the hallway to the other several times. After a couple of minutes Debbie said everything looked good and gave me two thumbs up. Yay!
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The thing is, I run different on a treadmill than on terra firma anyway...bet everyone does. Congratulations on the progress!
I know and understand that everyone has a different kind of gait when they're on a treadmill, but whatever I was doing was not running. The sad part is it was not going that fast.
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