AMPUTEE 7 Home WORKOUTS for KICKASS BALANCE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 เม.ย. 2020
- NOTE: THE WORKOUT Routine Starts at 4:15
7 WORKOUT Exercises to Increase AMPUTEE BALANCE.
This is the FIRST of the FOUR KICKASS Video's to HELP Amputees with Balance, Gait, Stumble and Injury Prevention and Mitigation.
#amputee #theampedlife #chrisolivier
I have been disabled since 2000 and an AMPUTEE since 2004.
In 2000 I had a paragliding accident, after which I struggled with complications of my left leg. Constant infections and acute, chronic pain pushed me to the point where I considered amputation. Ultimately it was the right decision, which opened up a completely different life to me.
Today I am a happy amputee. In this channel I aim to share what it is that got me to this space. I hope that you find your own happiness, despite, and even because of, the struggles of becoming an amputee :-)
Wow! Common sense info, I've only been a below the knee amputee for a year now, this video made me feel good about training, I can now look forward with a goal in mind, so many thanks for the common sense info you have a way of delivery that I like, again many thanks 👍👍👍👍🙏
Hi George, thanks for watching and for your message - it's really good to know you found some value in the exercises.
As you said, pretty much common sense, but it helped me a lot to regain some strength, agility, balance, and confidence.,
I hope things are working out for you since losing your leg BK, from my side I can only tell you that life can be so good despite our loss.
Today I'm going mountain biking, tomorrow for a short hike, and in two weekends Im doing a 110KM mountain bike trial ride over the course of a day. My point being we can live a full full life.
I believe your dedication will reward you, and wish you all the best. Please keep in touch mate, hope to see you on our live streams soon!
You are amazing. You look so happy having your quality of life back. So healthy too
Hi Rachelle, thank you for the kind words, I am really grateful for how my life has worked out after the accident. How are you you doing? Maybe you can join us on the next live stream and tell us more about your experience some time?
Hi Chris, thank you so much for your videos. I am an above the knee amputee and still rely heavily on a walker. I just can not find enough balance on my residual leg. I know this is a marathon, not a sprint, and seeing you gives me hope. Stay healthy and be blessed.
thank you so much Chris. your videos is very inspiring. my daughter is an amputee. she's having her prosthetic leg for 8 months now. she was falling over a carpet in her beginning stage carpets is a no no. so we learn😢
and her wound got open. she had a vac on for 3months to close again..she lost her leg of osteo sarcoma cancer..
Hi Faith, you're very welcome, it makes me real happy to know it is helping your daughter. Im so sorry to hear about her struggle and loss, and I wish her all the best, from my heart. Your support must mean a lot to her, in the early days of such a loss it is easy to feel alone and isolated. I wish you and her all the best on this journey, and a steady recovery process. For what it's worth I really struggled initially, but found my way and Im a very content amputee today. I hope the same for your daughter - take care.
Chris thankyou for the videos but can you also make a video of how to develop balance on the prostetic side, I struggle alot with that
Hi Steyn, thanks for your message. I will absolutely do that, thanks for a great suggestion!
Are you AK, TK or BK? How long have you been an amputee for?
@@theampedlife Not long, I have been amputated LAKA on 12 May 2019 through trauma, I am 17.
I would love this as well. RBKA for over 21 years who really needs to work on balancing out my strength.
Hi Chris, great to see you again! Very well thought of exercises that one can do at home. Thank you for this! Doing this sort of thing really took me to a next level as far as balance is concerned. Really looking forward to the next video! Be safe my friend!
Hi Marion, just to tell you that there was a time when I could do none of these things, and I doubted that i would ever be able to. You're right, it is a marathon with milestones along the way - with perseverance, some input and support it all became possible. All the best with your own process!
Simple but sound tasks. Thanks for all of the great videos.
Outstanding video with great balance exercises. I will send it to my therapist to include the exercises in my therapy sessions
Hi Jack, sorry about my late reply to your message. Thank you for the feedback, it's always encouraging to hear back from our viewers and subscribers.
I hope this makes you stronger and helps with balance, and all the best with the recovery and progress with mobility.
Hi Chris
Do you sometimes do these exercises standing on your prosthetic leg?
Really liked the video!
Excellent balance! You may have better balance than my AK husband....an amputee for 52 years who relearned to ride his unicycle after losing his leg!
Keep on peddling guys! Thanks for watching and all your comments on this and other video's.
I’m a BK right side amputee for almost 3 years now, was in the hospital over 6 months with 1 of those months in coma due to getting sepsis. My time home has been tough, mostly in a wheelchair and I need to get more active!
Before my amputation I walked a lot! Every morning anywhere from 5 to 11 miles!, felt great, my weight was good and all. Since my amputation I’ve gained about 35 lbs and need to start from square 1 or below! 🙂
Any help would HELP!
Ha! 😉
Just frustrated because my health is not very good now and I don’t feel encouraged by the way things have gone so looking for options…..
Thanks!
Hi Paul, first up, thank you for your message!
I can empathise with your struggles, the things you mentioned are familiar to me, although perhaps not as extensive as your journey so far.
As a person who used to be so active I can imagine how frustrating this must be for you. The goal would be to get as much mobility back as is possible, given our limitations, but me message to you today is that this is very do-able.
Similarly to you, I was stuck with too much weight, mostly on crutches, dealing with infection on and off for years. I slowly started to get more active by swimming and rowing (water cardio) and lost the weight, and building strength. Just this alone made me feel a lot more positive and motivated, and driven to learn how to hike / walk longer distances again.
A change in prosthetics in 2018 made all the difference to open up these activities again. I can now walk for 10 miles at times, hike in the mountains, etc.
My suggestion is draw a timeline. At the end on the time state your goals, realistically. Then start doing in the present all you need to do to facilitate this outcome. Fill in the milestones along the way, and dedicate yourself to it. This is what I did, it took a little longer that I had set out, but it worked.
It is so important to experience progression to remain motivated. If possible be accountable to a friend, and share the victories and milestones.
I hope this helps a little. Please keep in touch, join our live stream chats, and share your story on the streams in the comments, there are some wonderful amputees who provide advice and support during the live streams.
Hope to see you there, would love to give you a shout-out and ask the community to give suggestions to help you, real time.
All the best mate!!
Hi Chris, I'm an AK amputee and I find your videos very encouraging. I'm still using a walker, so looking forward to being able to walk without it. Did you have to use a walker? I've heard some people go straight from receiving their prosthetic, practice using the bars, to walking unassisted. I think crutches will be next for me. Looking forward to watching more of your videos!
Hi Julie, thanks for joining us and for sharing some of your thoughts.
I went straight from crutches to the prosthetic leg on the same day. This was a terrible idea as I ended up with bruising, tearing of the skin, and occasionally falling and so putting my overall health at risk.
I was too stubborn and desperate for free movement to transition slowly from walking aids to prosthetic leg. I eventually went back to using crutches to compliment the prosthetic leg, which was the right thing to do.
Please take your time, trust your body to guide you. I agree with you that crutches is the way to go next, then one crutch, then maybe a walking stick, and then to walk unassisted and freely.
I use hiking poles at times, they are fantastic to use as supports. They are easy to transport, collapsible, lightweight - I think its something we all should keep handy.
I should do a video on this ... what do you think?
Hi Chris! Thanks for the video. Just discovered your channel, looking forward to checking out all your videos! Im an LAKA, just over two years and balance and gait are definitely still issues for me. Appreciate the advice!!
Thk you
Hi James, you're welcome, thank you for watching and your message!
Semoga sehat selalu.Aammiinn.
I am just going through rehab now. These exercises are interesting. However beware to not overstress your good leg. It is so very important to look after your good leg.
HI Jay, great advice from your side, thanks. I fully agree, protecting the remaining limb should be a big priority. Taking unnecessary risk makes no sense, whilst a healthy good leg makes all the difference.
Hope to see you on the live streaming discussions!
This great to see, but in my case I am an above the knee amputy on my left leg and an amp. On my right with no toes. How do I stand with no especially no big toe.
Thanks Chris. I'm a new bka March 2022. I hope to gain some insight from your videos. Please keep them coming.
Hi Don, thanks for watching the video and for posting the comment! Please let me know if there are any specific topics you would like me to cover, and please join our live chats starting soon.
All the best with this journey, I hope you've settled well, and really live the life you want despite the changes.
Take care!
@@theampedlife This is all new to me and I've run into a brick wall. I made it through rehab in short order, but got a wound on my residual limb that is taking its time healing. I'm doing my best to remain positive and keeping a good attitude, but I feel like I'm just going through the motions and not feeling positive at all. I feel like I'm at a tipping point.
Hi Chris... suggest muscle building above knee amputation as my surgery completed 2months ago.. as prosthesis just around.. my bone strengthening exercises
Regards
Following you.. learning..
Thanks for watching and commenting. I'm not sure what you mean, but happy to say more if you can explain a little more please?
Hope we see you in the live streaming discussion soon!
Hi Chris! Awesome video! I am facing amputation of my right leg due to CRPS. My question is how would you recommend telling your family that you are having your leg amputated. My friends that see me everyday are supper supportive, but I fear my family will not understand my decision. Thoughts?
Hi Julie, thanks for watching the video, and for your message.
I'm so sorry to hear you're facing an amputation. What I can say at this point is that, even if it is a hard to process situation (as you know I've been there - elective due to pain and infection), there is so much life after amputation. We all find our own way, but I believe that it is there for everyone. Just today I spent a day with some amazing amputees, everyday people like me, who are all living their lives fully.
Sharing this with your family can often be harder for them than it feels for us, but this differs from person to person. My experience is to keep it honest, authentic, and keep it an uncomplicated conversation. This is our choice, it is not for us to justify our decision to anyone. At the same time we want to be kind and understanding, and hopefully we get the same in return. Allow them time to ask questions, but don't feel pressured or compelled to manage their responses and emotions. If you don't know the answers to the questions, just say so.
Just like us, this is something they need to figure out for themselves too, with each other's support. Right now you need their support, not the other way around. Hopefully the support will end up being felt from all sides.
For what it's worth, I have a wonderful life as an amputee, I wish the same for you.
Julie, I wish you all the best. Be kind and caring to yourself. Feel free to ask any questions you might have. Maybe join the next live stream, and put your questions in the live comments, I will be happy to respond to anything you want to know.
x
I’m not an amputee but I have peripheral neuropathy and muscle weakness from rhabdomyolysis. This will help me with getting my strength a bit better
Hi Maaggiie, thanks for sharing this with us.
I appreciate your openness and I am happy that this is useful to you too. All the best with your struggle with peripheral neuropathy and rhabdomyolysis, I read up about it after hearing from you and I imagine it must be very hard to live with. All the best and I think you have courage to talk about this so openly.
Much care :-)
The Amped Life with Chris Thankyou so much. I’m happy to talk about it. It’s a life long journey onand off that I have to live with, with my rare disease. Any help is help even if it one person
@@maaggiied2554 Your openness to share about your situation will help someone else to talk about their own struggles.
Thanks for helping ... we appreciate this.
The Amped Life with Chris happy to help anyone xx I never turn down a chance to talk about my journey. The more to know the better! Losing my vision over time has also taught me so much. Having multiple disabilities in different “categories” means adapting is essential and learning different techniques for each helps me so much
are you able bear all weight on the prosthetic leg? I'm a bk, 4 months new with my leg. I can't bear all weight yet on my residual limb, also i all fall backward when i try.
Hi Landroverlady - I guess that would make me Wranglerguy :-) although I still love Landies!
In the early days there is no way I could have put all my weight on my prosthesis after 4 months, so its nothing unusual. Falling backward is scary, its one of the exercises for prevention I will focus on when I do the video soon.
What foot are you wearing, and is the alignment right? If the foot angles too far forwards it will tend to "push" you backwards.
I wear the Ossur Proprio which adjusts automatically for incline and decline, so chances of toe strike and falling backwards are greatly reduced.
All the best with your challenges, please keep us posted with your progress :-)
@@theampedlife I have the Ossur Pro-Flex XC
Hi there
I have been amputated on my left leg above the knee,im trying to mobilize but unable to move my right leg please help me.
Hi Cecil, thank you for reaching out. I would so much like to give you some suggestions, but this is hard from what you have shared in the message.
My best suggestion is to see a prosthetist for guidance and support. They have dealt with these situations, been trained for it, and often know what the best solutions are.
Whatever happens, I believe there is always a possible good outcome, I hope you find what you need.
Do you have a hydraulic knee...would love to know
Hi Hettie, I do yes, its a Microprocessor Ossur Rheo XC.
Chris they want to replace my knee with a hydraulic...did your walking improve with the use of the hydraulic knee
Hi Chris, are you an AK amputee?
how long your residual limb is?
Hi Nouman, I am a TK amputee, so I have my full femur intact.
The benefit is the extra length residual limb provides more leverage for the socket, but it has implications for knee availability due to the low attachment point.
I have never measured my RL, Im curious as to why you want to know? I can measure and send you the length, just need to mind a tape measure when I get home. I estimate it to be around 430mm on the inner leg.
Hope this helps?
@@theampedlife Thanks a lot for replying. recently I lost my left leg from above the knee due to osteosarcoma. lots of random questions keep coming on my mind. buy the way , your vedioes are really helping me in many ways . thanks again
How do I learn to walk without a cane?
Hi Constance, I did answer this question in another video you posted this comment on, but here is what I said:
I would need to know a little more about your situation to answer your question. I do wonder why you would need a cane? If you have the right prosthetic setup you should be able to move quite independently.
If you can, please join us on Sunday 5th March at 6pm South African time for a live chat on this channel. We cover viewer questions and try to support one another, with Q&A. Hope to see you there!
Can u ride a bike?
Yes absolutely I can. I do the following activities with ease (which I could not do with a stiff sore leg) - hike, ride motorcycle, mountain bike, surf and row.
I plan on doing a video to show how I do all these soon 🙂