Gotta learn to crawl before you can learn to walk

I decided that my focus is no longer going to be on the idea of when i can get back to running, but rather what can I actually do that won't put me backwards. I am hoping to get a more specific answer next week when I see Dr. Hulstyn, but in the meantime I am on my own.

I'm still a bit concerned that Dr. Mirrer very casually mentioned that i had a crack in my femur. He dropped it when i showed him the osteochondral defect, but now i'm not sure if its there or not. My cousin is a radiologist, and he has the CD at his house, so i asked him to look through it one more time just to be sure. Neither of us saw it on the films, but i want to be as safe with this as possible.

So getting back to what i actually can do: I woke up and did some sets of straight leg raises 4 ways on both legs. I also did some planks, some physioball hamstring exercises, some abs and then a series of stretches for the hip and knee. This afternoon i did some yardwork, but tried to keep the majority of the effort on my right knee.

I received a really nice email from Jimmy Brunelle this weekend also. He mentioned the idea of doing some relaxed focusing exercises...visualizing the bone healing/mending and everything getting strong. I actually believe in this stuff quite a bit, so i'm going to start incorporating it into my "program" as often as I think to.

Tomorrow morning i'm planning on going for a walk again. It didn't seem to make me any worse the other day, so i'm hoping its safe. I'm also going to go to the gym and do some upper body weights. I just need to get back into a normal routine of working out and eating. I think that the idea of focusing on what i can do, and not on what i can't do is the way to go.

I'm also working on using my PT education a bit. I'm going to start reviewing my NDT stuff (neuro developmental techniques). General idea is that you strengthen in supine, then prone, then quadruped, then half kneeling etc. Sort of the way a baby goes from being on its back to learning how to walk. In some ways i'm functioning like a baby here...more on NDT tomorrow.