An Encouraging Day!

Keith posted yesterday how excited we were to have an appointment this morning near Columbus with Travis Timmons. To be honest, We arose early with a bit of fear and trepidation about the 1-1/2 hour drive in the car. Riding in the car has NOT been a good thing for Keith's comfort! We want to share with you the results of today's visit.

Travis, the PT, did an extremely thorough evaluation and although we can't be 100% sure that what was found will do the trick it looks very promising so far. God blessed Keith so that he was not in horrible pain with the car ride...a miracle in it self. Simply put, it appears that several muscles in Keith's right"posterior" are not doing their job and so all the hip and thigh muscles have been working hard to compensate and finally were not able to do so any longer. We have started with some isometric exercises to try and retrain those muscles and we'll see how it goes over the weekend. Travis was wonderful and we were so very encouraged to have him work with us on this problem!!! If you ever need a physical therapist or trainer we would highly recommend Travis Timmons at Fitness Matters in Worthington, OH.

This won't be an over night fix but already one technique that he is using has brought times of pain relief and we are so encouraged! Please pray that we will be diligent in taking this very slowly and recognize and respond to the cues of his body that tell him what is enough and what is too much activity. We all know that trap of feeling better and wanting to jump in and do too much too fast. This is going to be a little tricky that way and critical that we don't move (pun intended!) too fast. Slow and easy wins the race!

Thank you all so much for your prayers, concern and support. God is answering those prayers. May He be glorified in this and every situation!