On Wednesday my patient had his needle biospy of his prostate. We'll get the results next week. The procedure itself went without hitch.
Wednesday we had to cut the workout short so he could prep for this appointment. We focussed on core and hip, doing planks, marching, hip ABD, etc. For strength we just did calf raises, bumping it up to sets of 20, which finally made it a challenge.
Friday the normal gym was closed so we used my gym. It was his first time trying the rower, which he enjoyed. It was very challenging for his because his knee was never properly rehabbed from '06, so I think we'll start using the rower more often for active flexibility training. We did more core and hip work, focussing on doing everything slower and with more control. Then for strength I had him use a set of rings to do body weight rows, which he thought were great. So overall a bit of a disrupted week, but some definite progress, especially on theraband rotations--he was basically able to rotate his torso 180 degrees (full left to full right), when just a few weeks ago he was only able to go about 20-30 degrees to either side of middle. This is a great and encouraging result that the tightness and stiffness from his back surgery is resolving.
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