When I talk about rehab in these posts I’m usually referring to physio. But rehab has three aspects. There’s a nursing element, occupational therapy and physio.
Whilst on bed rest I’d been taught much from the nursing staff. They’d more or less done their bit when it came to learning about skincare and bowel and catheter management etc.
Occupational Therapy is different for each person and each person’s needs. For me it was really just about finding the correct equipment. Much of this had been done whilst still in bed and when it came the time to get out of bed I was given the choice of two electric chairs to try. I took to one quite quickly. The other was bigger and more bulky and just not as nippy to manoeuvre. It turned out that the one I’d chosen was one they actually had in stock so it suited them that I pick that model. What I didn’t know at the time was that it was in stock because it was a reconditioned chair. It would soon become known as the dead man’s chair. But it suited. There was just some tinkering and that’s really what my OT sessions were all about. Trying different back and foot settings. Finding out what worked for me.
Physio was a different beast.
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