tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70020193884148329422024-03-14T03:17:52.922-05:00This Wheelchair Won't Give UpThis is about my life in a wheelchair, my days at Project Walk - Austin (formerly known as Roll 2 Walk), and not giving up.McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-75321379381007405592011-06-21T18:30:00.001-05:002011-06-21T18:32:23.337-05:00This Blog is MovingAfter much internal debate, I'm moving my blog to Tumblr.
Here's the link: The New Sam's Roll 2 Walk Blog
I debating if I should write a comprehensive post for my Summer workouts. Either way, I'll keep y'all posted on my progress.McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-59763036342762087752011-02-12T17:41:00.000-06:002011-02-12T17:41:31.660-06:00The Start of another YearThis almost a month late and I kind of have no reason for it being late. I mean I started school and my internship the week after I was in Austin, and they haven't been taking up a lot of my time… ok, maybe a little. I just kept putting it off, until now. This month's workout was very similar to last month but with marked improvement, specifically with my kneeling.
Monday felt like a really McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-83721160296633124112010-12-22T13:26:00.000-06:002010-12-22T13:26:00.215-06:00It’s Good to Be Back!Three months – that's how long it's been since I was at Roll 2 Walk. Since August I have been sick, stressed beyond belief, and more thankful than ever that the semester is over. Surprisingly, for missing three months, my three days at R2W weren't bad at all. It was as if I hadn't missed a day between visits. Right off the bat, I figured I would tire out quickly and I would be sore afterwards, McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-4846478173538285152010-10-25T18:14:00.002-05:002010-12-05T11:36:04.425-06:00How to Lose Weight - The SCI Way<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-53694601857115612292010-08-21T18:27:00.000-05:002010-08-21T18:27:47.180-05:00August: Hot as hell but great workouts!This week's workouts at Roll 2 Walk were awesome! I rocked it this week and I have some proof. You'll see. You didn't think I was going to show y'all right away, did you?
Monday I get to the gym and almost right off the bat Gray said my posture looked better. All I can say is that I'm becoming more aware of the position of my shoulders in relation to my back and the little bit of massaging that McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-70244144224182715852010-07-18T14:18:00.004-05:002010-08-01T12:27:02.413-05:00June and July @ R2W
Ok, I know I should have written a post for June but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I was immersed in World Cup Soccer and I've been feeling blue (don't worry, it comes with the territory). Plus, I only spent two days at Roll 2 Walk and not much happened… then again, I don't remember a lot of what happened.
The biggest "development" was that we (Gray, Chad and I) determined that my hip McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-89750136674784293822010-05-23T14:50:00.002-05:002010-08-01T12:29:11.576-05:00May visit to Roll 2 WalkI'm having a little trouble starting this off, probably because I don't know where to start. Since the semester ended I haven't really been able to relax, so I'm a bit exhausted and don't really want to write. But I'm going to quit bitching and do it anyway.
Since Sunday (May 16) I've been in Austin for Roll 2 Walk (and for a concert). It's been an interesting week, to say the least. My mom and IMcSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-11463901706660671122010-03-18T19:38:00.001-05:002010-08-01T12:24:21.862-05:00Spring Break @ Roll 2 Walk: Day 4
Lastly day four was a dousey(sp?). So much so that as I was leaving I fell over and hit my head on the wall, I don't know why I fell over, either I lost my balance or spasmed but this may explain why:
I did the range of motion with muscle stimulation and as I mention before I moved my legs on my own. I couldn't believe it until I actually saw myself bring my knee to my chest and catch Gray McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-3292412641204147912010-03-17T21:27:00.001-05:002010-08-01T12:29:33.975-05:00Spring Break @ Roll 2 Walk: Days 3Last two days of my Spring Break Roll 2 Walk sessions were AWESOME. Here's why: The first thing I did was the range of motion with muscle stimulation. While Gray was moving my leg I apparently moved my leg on my own. I still don't believe it so it's hard for me to get excited. But anyway, Gray asked me if I was doing the movement with him, I said I was and he said I did it on my own.McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-10166913714057154882010-03-16T21:27:00.006-05:002010-08-01T12:31:57.800-05:00Spring Break @ Roll 2 Walk: Day 2
Well today was eventful. I did a new exercise that I can't wait to explain and tell y'all about all the cool stuff that happened when I did the exercise, but I'm going to keep you in suspense and tell y'all what led up to Chad and Gray starting this new exercise on me. But I got to hurry it up because one of my favorite shows will be on in 25 minutes and after that I got to take a shower.
McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-68113617175762075452010-03-16T20:02:00.004-05:002010-08-01T12:30:35.328-05:00Spring Break @ Roll 2 Walk: Day 1My Spring Break started with a more-than-amazing and completely euphoric performance by the RX Bandits on Sunday night! You cannot understand how much fun I had and how liberating it was to do it by myself. I love the RX Bandits and will be a fan for life.
Anyway, let's get down to business, shall we? What did I do yesterday? Well, I did the ANSR stuff with my legs, the total gym exercises, McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-27410041137818415252010-02-28T14:14:00.000-06:002010-03-16T14:18:54.506-05:00Spring Break @ Roll 2 Walk: the “Prequel”It's Spring Break and I'm at Roll 2 Walk. But first a "prequel," well a short entry about my weekend two weeks ago at Roll 2 Walk.
Feb. 26 and 27, I did two three-hour workouts that basically focused on my posture and the problems I have with my shoulder girdle; that is all the muscles like the deltoids, trapezius, rhomboids, etc. that control my shoulders and shoulder blades. It wasn't allMcSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-31198329914861054612010-01-15T23:38:00.001-06:002010-08-01T12:32:38.298-05:00Roll2Walk: Day FiveToday was the last of my trial week and I wish it wasn’t the last for three months. I had a lot of fun this week. From doing the exercises and actually feeling muscles fire to listening to Greg and Chad’s stories and their experience their bromance made this the best week of exercise ever! At first I was nervous about how Roll 2 Walk worked and how my attitude would hold out but as soon as soon McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-90204302651033030332010-01-14T21:41:00.002-06:002010-08-01T12:32:59.382-05:00Roll2Walk: Day FourWhat a day! The guys changed things up on me. I was expecting to get on the table first and do the ANSR but instead they started me on the Total Gym then did kneeling then the table. Sneaky, sneaky those guys are. But I did really well today Greg was kind of impressed with how much I improved with my rolling and with what I was doing on the Total Gym.
I don't know if I explained what I do on McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-40423158159115497342010-01-13T21:08:00.001-06:002010-08-01T12:33:25.100-05:00Roll2Walk: Day ThreeGood news, the Icy Hot bath worked! I woke up this morning feeling like a new woman with shoulders and a neck that felt like heaven! Hooray! They hurt a little now so I'm probably going to put Icy Hot on tonight before I go to bed, just in case.
Today was a bit like day one without the assessment. Started with the range of motion plus muscle stimulation which is actually Active Nervous System McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-45459689001297397352010-01-12T19:55:00.001-06:002010-08-01T12:33:40.948-05:00Roll2Walk: Day TwoThis morning I woke up to a lot of pain in my shoulders and neck. I didn't, no I did, expect sore muscles but not this sore!! It's been four hours since I did my work out today and about an hour since I put Icy Hot on the sore muscles, yup, they still hurt! Knowing that I would be sore, and because I told them my shoulders were screaming this morning, the trainers weren't as hard on me today as McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-31772824115803550552010-01-11T23:03:00.003-06:002010-08-01T12:34:00.896-05:00Roll2Walk: Day OneTwelve hours ago (9:30am) my mom and I left for Austin from our suburban home in Mansfield, TX. Why? Some of you may know why, others may be not. So I'm going to quickly explain.
On a cold night on Dec. 18, 2009 in NOLA, my friends threw me a benefit concert to raise money for me to go to Roll 2 Walk, a boot camp of sorts for those with spinal cord injury, I'll explain a little more later. McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-76538085269200399882009-05-11T21:01:00.001-05:002010-08-01T12:34:21.318-05:00This wheelchair is going places!So I should be writing a History essay about why the Civil War was a failed war for Southern Independence but I rather be writing a blog about me, so take that History, you suck!
It's been a little over two years since my accident... 2 YEARS! It's kind of hard to believe. And yet I'm kind of don't really care. Don't get me wrong I don't like the idea that I've been a wheelchair for 2 years, McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-87088057140098599122008-09-20T20:59:00.001-05:002010-08-01T12:34:40.027-05:00The 1st year
It's been a while since I wrote in here so here it goes...
I've been meaning to write another blog, but when I did (which was in March) it just sounded like I was bitchin' and giving up... which is totally the opposite some days. I have more low days than high it seems, but I'm toughing thru it.
The first year's been pretty hard. I've had to deal with a lot of things. Like being homesick, McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002019388414832942.post-16460625446142532192007-10-27T14:20:00.001-05:002010-08-01T12:37:58.823-05:00The wheelchair that won't give upMarch 24th, 2007 @ about 11pm, Baton Rouge, LA: While drinking with friends poolside, I decide I'm going to jump into a 4ft. deep pool. But I don't just jump, I dive. As I'm floating to the surface I realize I can't move. I broke my neck, not only did I break my neck, my spinal cord is swelling up, which is the reason I can't move. FUCK!
April 9th @ 9:35am, Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, BR, LA:McSammersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07848550353355559056noreply@blogger.com0