00:00Okay lie down. Lie down. Okay. But turn to your side. Stroke side up. Here use this. Yes use that
00:14spatula and start tapping your back side. I mean your glutes, your buttocks. Like this? Gentle but fast for about
00:2230 seconds. That feels strange. I don't feel anything.
00:27Yes keep going. And then after 30 seconds try sliding your leg towards your back. Whoa I felt that twitch.
00:36That leg moved. For real? That's perfect. Try it again. That is your brain telling your leg hey I remember
00:43you leg. So keep doing it. Keep doing it. And your buttocks will start waking up moving it towards the
00:50back side.
00:51Alright Nathan. I felt that twitch but I still can't move my knee. Feels numb. Feels weird. What should I
00:58do?
00:59Oh yeah that numbness on your thigh. That is your hamstrings not getting the signal yet. So let's try to
01:04wake them up.
01:05Alright so try this. Try tapping the back side of your thigh for about 30 seconds. Start from your knee
01:11going up to your buttocks. That will be where your hamstrings are.
01:15Alright so tapping it here is like a signal booster. Yes exactly. That is your brain's way of reminding how
01:23to find those muscles.
01:25And now try to bend your knee very slowly going backwards. Let gravity assist you.
01:31So I'll try to move my leg. Feels numb still but I felt that move a little bit now.
01:38Well yeah that is the goal. Every tap, every movement is like you're reconnecting your brain to your leg again.
01:44So keep doing it.
01:46Alright Nathan. I am able to bend my knee a little bit. But lifting my leg? Forget about it.
01:53Well that is just because the muscles that's going to lift your stroke leg up is still asleep. So let's
01:59wake them up too.
02:00Okay? Just tap at your waistline. The area where your thigh meets your hip. Do it lightly but fast.
02:08Alright? Do it for 30 seconds.
02:11Well like this. Just tapping the hip of my stroke leg. That feels like I'm just poking it. Feels numb.
02:19Yes exactly. That's what you're doing. Now try lifting your knee. Try to lift my leg.
02:25Ah. Slide it down like I'm lifting it. Yes. Yes.
02:30Hey! That twitch again. It's small but that's something.
02:34That's exactly all you need. Just keep on tapping and try to lift your knee.
02:39Each signal is your foundation to walk better again later.
02:44Alright Nathan. I can bend my leg now a little bit.
02:46But how about taking a step. Which I need to straighten my leg.
02:51I feel like it's not there. It's lacking something.
02:55Oh yeah. That feeling is quite normal. It means that your quads...
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