Tired of fighting

PT is good to help me address these issues and I always feel better after. I use bad body mechanics, whether I am lifting my kiddo or not. And the chairs for the classroom tables seem to make my issues worse. On the good side, I was having a lot of knee problems the other day and the therapist really helped get it relaxed and stabilized.

@crazyhorseladycx She did manual traction on my knee and she says the fact that it works means that my knee pain is caused by my back.

@GardenGerty oh dear, so 'tis self-inflicted troubles. i so hope ya take the 'dvice to heart 'n retrain yerself to better habits regardin' such. brilliant the therapist 'twas 'lso able to help with yer knee.

Going to PT always helps me.

@GardenGerty I hope I can help you out. I am a Physiotherapist. The sad part is I didn't pursue to work in the USA.

@Shavkat Do you have plenty of work in your country?

Physically he would be able to help more, but he has mental disabilities that seem to affect his motivation. I have worked with people who could stand and pivot and do things for themselves. This little guy has been in school five years now, if you count two years of preschool. The preschool teachers say that when he first started he would do nothing, could not sit, and his mom's one goal at that time was that he would do more moving on his own. Well, he does that. He sits well, even in a classroom chair for short periods of time. He does not get as much "pushing" at home to stand, etc. His community based therapies got shut down due to covid and his parents have never sent him back. . . it may be an issue of him not wearing a mask for going to PT at the hospital. So, he gets PT at school and then those of us who are not the professionals work on following the plans. Eventually he will be helping with his own transfers. He loves to wash his hands after toileting and you should see him stand at the sink to do it.

@GardenGerty The reasons he hasn't been to PT could be a number of them. I think his parents could stand to encourage him more and work with him at home. If he's not doing enough, it'll be a lot harder. Good to know he's trying.

@kaylachan Last year he would stand more, but would not wheel himself. This year he wheels himself all over the place. I am not in his parent's shoes and so cannot judge them.

There are things that are helping, and I hope it will heal up over break.

It was a good sleep.

@GardenGerty glad to know that

In the past it usually would resolve itself, but this has been going on since last July. Sometimes better, sometimes worse, but always there. It seems like it is getting better.

@GardenGerty my sciatic acts up now and then but the first and worst time was many years ago and I still lived in NYC

There are also two bus drivers that are out, and part of the high school basket ball team got exposed by someone who provides some support work at the game, also on the bus. Everyone seems to just be working short handed.

I just wish it would get back in shape. Not so young as I used to be. Today has been a decent, lower pain day.

My sciatica started in July, while school was out. Last year I felt it was hard on my arms and shoulders to lift him. Other people do some lifting and transferring.I am just with him the most.

I feel great in the morning when I get up, but it wears on me as the day goes on.