Monday, June 21, 2010

Grandpa: Enviornmental Impact on Recovery

On Friday afternoon post treatment and after dinner, my grandfather complained about dizziness. This is not a new problem for him as episodes have occurred for years now and the doctor's that he has visited have said that nothing is wrong. (I too have evaluated him in the past to find no evidence of a vestibular cause).

What I did observe was that just prior to our afternoon treatment, he was eating quite a few M & M's, during dinner he had a Sangria and after dinner he had chocolate chip cookies and ice cream.

The next morning, yesterday, I heard him get up in the early morning to go to the bathroom (something that hasn't happened since he has been here) and woke up feeling poorly and observably sluggish. I discovered after it was too late that he choose to have Trix cereal for breakfast.

Our treatment Saturday was productive in gaining range of motion to pelvic extension, his mechanics at the hip and pelvis are normal with the exception of left hip extension. His gait markedly improved post treatment and he walked about 15 steps without and assistive device.

The remainder of the day, he did not indulge in alcohol or sweets and there were no episodes of dizziness.

I hope that today will be more productive.