Quadriplegic Morning Routine and WORKOUT

hey guys so this is my first attempt in doing a voiceover video today I'm going to be talking you through one of my morning routines for those of you who do have a spinal cord injury I do my bowel program every other day so this morning is a day where I just get up out of bed my mom just took my water bag off my bed it's a camel pack I got from Big Five I found it's an easy way for me to be able to get water throughout the night I wear a condom catheter in a night bag at night so she just took that off and this is the video of her draining it and then cleaning it so when she's done doing that I will be back [Music] okay so now my mom is gonna grab the remote to my bed and flatten it I have a bed where the head and the feet can sit up so I like to elevate my feet overnight and after I flatten the bed she'll take off the tie downs that hold my legs down from kicking up at night I have pretty crazy body spasms so I have to use those tie-downs to hold my legs down every night I also sleep naked it just works best for me so after I can't get my legs I'd like to roll over and just wipe off my back because I'm laying on it all night it just gets kind of hot and sweaty so after I roll over and wet my back off I'll roll back over straight and kick my legs they usually spasm like that and then I'll kick them back up again and wipe between my legs today I have physical therapy so I'm putting on some workout shorts and as she kind of pulls them up my leg I'm able to kick up my legs and then she'll pull them down and roll me to one side and then pull them up on that side and then she'll push me over the other way and then pull them up on that side and then we'll be back over and that's how I get my shorts on so now my mom's gonna put on my socks and shoes for me and nothing too exciting about this clip but when it's done I'll be back [Music] okay so now I'm going to talk you through my mom transferring me into my chair so after my shorts and my shoes are on she'll pull me down to the edge of my bed and sit me up and usually often just sit there for a little while just make sure my blood pressure's okay I live in a house of six people so usually there's someone home that can help with a lift but today we're on our own so she's using the remote to sit the foot of my bed up I'm six feet tall so I have really long legs so by sitting the bed up it kind of lifts my feet off the ground I'm actually able to help a little bit and push through my feet so we're gonna do a small transfer to the edge of the bed and then she'll kind of fix my shorts move my feet over sit me back up and then we'll count to three and then transfer me over again I'm like six feet tall and my mom is only about 5'4 so the height difference makes it really hard for her to transfer me but so use one side transfer to the chair she'll come around and pull me up straight and then she'll put my feet on the footplate and then by that my shorts kind of ride up between my legs which is a huge pet peeve of mine so she'll adjust them and pull them out we call it D wedgie then once that's done she'll pull me straight up again and then at that point I'm pretty secure in my chair [Music] so after I put on deodorant I'll pick out a shirt and have my mom help me put it on unfortunately I'm not able to put it on by myself so I have to have help doing that all Dean forward and she'll tuck the shirt all the way down my back and then kind of pull me back and help sit me up and then all adjust the shirt and then what I like to do every morning when I wake up is I have these face pads I just like to wipe my face down and clean it so there's no oils and no grease on my face and then after I wipe my face down I have a squirt bottle and dry shampoo she'll kind of spray my hair for me and fix it up so once my hair is done I'll roll out and then brush my teeth and get all my motor so I'll see you in the next clip so after I roll out of my room I'll brush my teeth really quick and then I'll get attached to my motor which is called a zx1 motor it basically clamps on underneath my wheelchair and lifts my wheels off the ground and it's like a mini power chair for me so after that I'm pretty set for the day and then in the next clips I'm going to show you one of my workouts so here we go [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Channel: Zack Collie

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Id: U45DgjUuLrI

Length: 11min 32sec (692 seconds)

Published: Sun May 06 2018