One of the many tools used by my therapists is electricity, not to power the lights or the machines, but to directly shock me. Shown to the left is a direct current tool that uses wet sponges to conduct electricity through my muscles in order to stimulate them. After a typical 30 minute session of being shocked my muscles are fatigued as though I had just undergone an intense workout instead of laying on the table.

In related news I am making rapid progress. I have started using my crutches more each day than I use the wheelchair. In the past week I have been walking in the pool unassisted, this causes a lot of pain in my back as the muscles there are stressed more than they have been all summer. I have also started driving again and getting around on my own. My next doctors appointment in two weeks should be my last with my Arkansas orthopedic doctor. I will probably enter into an in-patient rehab program soon after.