Oh, the motor moron. All you physical therapists out there have worked with a motor moron. This is the poor soul who can just not do it. You instruct them to do a lunge forward, which seems to be a simple task. However, the activity you get is undescribable. Let me explain with an example.
To strengthen the hamstring muscle post knee surgery, a fun activity to do is sitting on a stool with wheels and just walking. High school age patients liked this activity and occasionally would race me or another patient just for fun. On one specific day, I had 2 high school post knee surgeries patients, one male and one female, in the afternoon consecutively.
The young man had a crush on the young lady so he stayed after his treatment for a bit to talk to her. Feeling a bit cocky and wanting to show off, the young man challenged the female teenager to a stool race. Now I had seen this young man walk on the stool and it was not pretty. He went all over the place and just could not coordinate his legs to walk forward. I was worried.
Despite my misgivings, the race was on. The distance was 20 feet. "Ready, set, GO!"
The young woman stool walked directly to the finish line at an amazing speed with no problem. The young man could not get the stool to move forward. He was weaving all over the place. He lost his balance and boom, he fell off the stool.
Of course, I tried not to laugh. I asked him if he was okay. But, I could not help it and I started laughing as did the female teenager. The young man snickered a little, stood up and said he needed to leave.
Being a motor moron can be difficult and humiliating and .............hilarious!
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