Here is Alexa at Physical Therapy. Unfortunately I took the video with the camera sideways and can't convert it - but I still like the video. The idea is for her to sit down and stand up a bunch of times to strengthen her muscles and improve the "grading" of her movement. Basically she needs to improve the way her contracting and extending muscles work together spo that her movement is more smooth and less jerky. She has improved quite a bit at this recently, she is now sitting down only about 5 inches from the floor. More squatting than sitting.
The other two are her sitting and standing on the swing. Balance practice. The younger girl is a student who helps out sometimes. This is nice for me because otherwise I am the assistant and it definitely takes two adults to get Alexa doing what we want her to. It is hard work for her and she is very tired afterward. Tired enough that she took a nap yesterday, which hardly ever happens anymore.
This morning we have occupational therapy, so this is all for now.
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