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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 17, 2008 14:30:06 GMT -5
Over at a local rehabilitation center in Atlanta, Georgia, "Wild Thing" James Bowen is hard at work with the trainers to get his knee at 100%, in time for his return in the fall.
He started out by working on bending his left knee, which was very hard, especially after surgery. Then he tried walking from one side to another of the rails.
James: It's a slow progress, but I am determined to not let it get to me. I know the XWA's coming to my hometown for a pay-per-view, so I'll be there to hang out. As long as I rehabbing my knee, I'll be back in no time, but it does depend on how my progress on my knee is doing. I got to respect the doctor's decision, as well as my own.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 18, 2008 12:38:44 GMT -5
Day 2: "Wild Thing" James Bowen returned to the rehabilitation center, to continue working on recovering his left knee. He repeated the same exercises, as well as starting to walk laps around the track, outside the facility.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 19, 2008 11:48:18 GMT -5
Day 3: Training process resumed, as James repeated his exercises to gain mobility on his surgically-repaired left knee. He had also increased the amount of laps he was walking. Doctors predict that in a couple weeks, he could increase his speed a little bit.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 20, 2008 12:15:11 GMT -5
Day 4 (the end of Week 1): "Wild Thing" James Bowen resumes his training, as he included lifting light weights into the rigorous training.
James: Well, it's been a tough week rehabilitating myself, but I am glad I am the precautionary steps possible. Now I got the weekend to chill out, as well as going to the Philips Arena for their pay-per-view, because one, it's close to home, and two, I would like to see how much new talent is out there.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 23, 2008 17:21:49 GMT -5
Day 5 (beginning of Week 2): "Wild Thing" James Bowen has been showing progress, but is taking things slowly. His knee is slowly improving, taking the right steps to show progress.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 24, 2008 12:32:14 GMT -5
Day 6: "Wild Thing" James Bowen picked up the pace, as well as adding light weightlifting, and he has lost 4 lbs. (making his weight 216 lbs.)
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 25, 2008 16:12:21 GMT -5
Day 7: "Wild Thing" James Bowen's knee suffered a sprain, during the bending exercise, so rehabilitation was cut short for the day.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 26, 2008 14:05:04 GMT -5
Day 8: After a mishap that cut yesterday's session short, "Wild Thing" James Bowen came back to resume training. Although his knee is still sore from the sprain, he kept going and went on to finish the rest of his training exercises.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 27, 2008 10:22:07 GMT -5
Day 9 (end of Week #2): "Wild Thing" James Bowen finished the second week of rehabbing his left knee with a small improvement on bending his knee. However, he must still be on crutches.
James: Well, Another week is done, more to go. Looks like I'll be at Soul Survivor in time to visit.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jun 30, 2008 18:57:03 GMT -5
Day 10 (Week 3 begins): James returns from the weekend to resume training. His knee is still slowly improving, and has now started walking with a cane, as he got rid of the crutches.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jul 1, 2008 13:03:00 GMT -5
Day 11: James increased his reps with light weight training, as well as increasing the laps he walked.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jul 2, 2008 18:13:19 GMT -5
Day 12: Slow improvements are steady, and James's weight went back up to 220 lbs, although looks slimmer.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jul 3, 2008 15:48:16 GMT -5
Day 13 (end of Week 3, due to the 4th of July): James's weight training increased as he moved the weights up 3 lbs. for reps.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jul 7, 2008 22:50:25 GMT -5
Day 14 (beginning Week 4): James returned to increase the weight training and endurance training.
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Post by defleppardvanhalen on Jul 8, 2008 12:57:39 GMT -5
Day 15: James's condition improving vastly; the endurance and stamina training has been successful, as his knee is near 75%.
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