All Mark Pollock Blogs
Simulating Walking at Project Walk
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6RfGweMWGE] Above is a video of my recent walking simulation at project walk.The theory is that if I want to get any feeling or movement back in my legs then I better try and use them. The video captures my first walking simulation held up in a harness, on a treadmill and with three trainers. […]
Back Rowing At Project Walk – The Video
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_X7vq0Tc14&NR=1] Check out a video of my first faltering strokes on a rowing ergometer at Project Walk. I thought that rowing without the use of my legs would be a complete waste of time but, with the set up improvised by Margarita at Project Walk, I was able to give it a go. You’ll […]
A Video From Inside Project Walk
Apart from the usual blog articles, Simone and I are experimenting with video and audio during the next month at Project Walk. The following link is our first video taken on an Iphone and uploaded directly to YouTube. I’ll try to get some audio podcasts up here also when I work out how to use […]
Day 1 At Project Walk
We’re on a ten lane freeway in California. The sun is shining through the window, hot on my face, Simone is driving and I am buzzing. I just spent two and a half hours at Project Walk (www.projectwalk.org) trying to move sleeping muscles that have been under the grip of paralysis for months now. We’re […]
Promoting Neuro-Plasticity
Mark explores the potential of promoting neuro-plasticity in his nervous system by following a daily aggressive physical therapy programme in the US. And, with the support of his former South Pole teammate, Simon O’Donnell, they continued the training back in Ireland. Watch at https://www.markpollock.com/promoting-neuro-plasticity/
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the same
Running at dawn on a silent Copacabana beach. Land sailing the Pampas of Barreal, at the foot of the Andes mountains. Snowboarding high in the Swiss Alps. Cross country skiing through Norwegian snow fields. Offshore yacht racing on an angry Atlantic Ocean.These experiences defined the first six months of 2010. It’s weird now that I’ve written this down, but the first […]