Courtney Conley

So we introduced the concept of a micro walk.

which is a five minute walk.

So a five minute walk is about 500 steps.

A 10 minute walk is about a thousand, about a thousand steps.

Right.

So that makes it like a little more digestible.

Right.

So you're talking to him.

You're like, listen, all I need is five minutes.

And so we started five minute walks.

And for the first couple weeks, it was, you know, there were good days, there were bad days, and there still are.

But we were starting to build his confidence and movement.

We were starting to get him comfortable on his foot again.

And it was, you know, it was one of those cases where I just, like, I really enjoyed working with him and watching what had happened because...

If you look at step counts, I knew what number I was trying to get to.

Because if you look at depression, for example, 5,000 steps a day can reduce the risk of having symptoms of depression.

If you get to 7,500 steps per day, it can reduce the prevalence of the diagnosis of depression.

So that was in the back of my head.

I'm like, we just got to keep working towards these numbers.

So while we were doing that, we were strengthening his foot.