YUKO KAWAI
pianist
6
25/01/16 00:00
[Yuko's Leg Rehabilitation Diary - 6]
In the summer 2013, I couldn't walk very long but for instance about 20 minutes walking - there was no problem.
But when I was walking along Nowy Świat Street in September 2013, suddenly I found the walking difficult. It was only about 10 minutes since I started walking. It was strange. Felt no pain, but the legs were as if they were not mine.
I moved my 'heavy' legs and arrived at Chopin Museum. The driver took me to Żelazowa Wola.
For me it's always a great pleasure to perform at Chopin's birthplace and I was happy after the recital. But after the performance I walked much worse.
I arrived home and thought: 'If my leg condition is worse than today, the concert organisers will have problems with me. I'd better find a very good rehabilitation specialist, a very good "muscle" specialist/doctor soon.'
[video]
Warming up - Chopin Cantabile in B-flat major WN43, at 10.30 in the morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAHYr9qnkMw
photograph: Yuko rehearsing before her recital at Chopin's birthplace, Żelazowa Wola, 8th September 2013
In the summer 2013, I couldn't walk very long but for instance about 20 minutes walking - there was no problem.
But when I was walking along Nowy Świat Street in September 2013, suddenly I found the walking difficult. It was only about 10 minutes since I started walking. It was strange. Felt no pain, but the legs were as if they were not mine.
I moved my 'heavy' legs and arrived at Chopin Museum. The driver took me to Żelazowa Wola.
For me it's always a great pleasure to perform at Chopin's birthplace and I was happy after the recital. But after the performance I walked much worse.
I arrived home and thought: 'If my leg condition is worse than today, the concert organisers will have problems with me. I'd better find a very good rehabilitation specialist, a very good "muscle" specialist/doctor soon.'
[video]
Warming up - Chopin Cantabile in B-flat major WN43, at 10.30 in the morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAHYr9qnkMw
photograph: Yuko rehearsing before her recital at Chopin's birthplace, Żelazowa Wola, 8th September 2013