Rock had a fall

January 4, 2007 | By User Image bokjae | In Caregiving

Yesterday, Rock had a fall in the supermarket! She is progressing well with all her physio and exercises and her walking is steady. Rock somehow lacks confidence so although she can walk without her stick but she stretches out her hand for support whenever she sees a wall or table or chair. This is because in her early stages of recovery, she was too eager to walk again and she had quite a few falls. Thank God that she was not hurt or have any broken or fractured bones from those falls!

Yesterday, Rock went marketing for ingredients so that she can cook a sumptious meal for the family. The Physio encourages her to do that, something which she is passionate about i.e. cooking! However when I took my eyes off her a few seconds, the automatic door shuts on her and pushed her off balance and she had a fall. Although there is no apparant damaged to her joints etc, but she complained of pain on her hip joint which is a bit swollen.

I must be more attentive next time, for any fracture, sprains on a stroke survivor will put back the recovery process for weeks because until the damaged part heals then there will be no physio.

I strongly recommend strokees to be very careful during the stroke recovery process to avoid any accidental falls! Although they are keen to walk again but being too impatient and push oneself too far and get injured will not be a positive thing. So go ahead and try to walk but just be very careful to avoid falls!