I broke my neck about 3 years ago and was also temporarily paralyzed. Like you, I had to relearn how to walk and use my arms. The only thing is my overall body strength is limited with some balance and dexterity issues. I've never been one who liked to work out or lift before the injury and didn't really know how to get motivated to try to build the muscle back but I think I would like to start trying again and at least get back to a "normal" strength level.
So I have a few questions for you.
What type of workout were you doing when you were at this stage?
What should my focus be regarding arms/legs?
Does your condition cause you to have muscle spasms and if so, how do you deal with it?
How did you build up to being able to run again?
I'm at a point now where just being strong enough to get around isn't really cutting it anymore. I hope my post makes sense, I'm not very eloquent in type. Also, congratulations on such a huge achievement!
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I broke my neck about 3 years ago and was also temporarily paralyzed. Like you, I had to relearn how to walk and use my arms. The only thing is my overall body strength is limited with some balance and dexterity issues. I've never been one who liked to work out or lift before the injury and didn't really know how to get motivated to try to build the muscle back but I think I would like to start trying again and at least get back to a "normal" strength level.
So I have a few questions for you.
What type of workout were you doing when you were at this stage?
What should my focus be regarding arms/legs?
Does your condition cause you to have muscle spasms and if so, how do you deal with it?
How did you build up to being able to run again?
I'm at a point now where just being strong enough to get around isn't really cutting it anymore. I hope my post makes sense, I'm not very eloquent in type. Also, congratulations on such a huge achievement!
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