"Move Normal"

The advice my physical therapist left me with Friday was to "move normal".  What the heck is that supposed to mean? 
He had said this once before and I brushed it off but this time he went so far as to say, "Move normal.  Don't think about your disability just move normal".  Grrrrr.....
I like my physical therapist and all but these kinds of comments have to go!  If he wants me to walk a certain way or move a certain way then he needs to give me specifics and we'll work on that.  By telling me to "move normal" and "ignore my disability" he's sending the message that I'm moving like a spaz and walking like a gimp and that this bothers him.  His comment also seems to assume that I am not trying to "move normal" which is also a bit insulting. 
Hmmmmm, "golly doc I never would have thought of that!" *sigh*  Another person who thinks I walk like a duck. 
Another medical professional who is not all he's quacked up to be.

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[Cancergiggles]

He obviously means "walk normal - for a duck"
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Cass

[Gimpy Mumpy]

Exactly CD! So many times when they want flexion/extension x-rays done they ask me to bend at the waist, both forward and back. When I explain that I cannot since my spine is fused with rods and screws at the waist they act like I'm being difficult or making it up! Grrrr....if they questioned it then all they have to do is look at all that metal on the x-ray!!

[charlesdawson]

The ones that really get to me are radiographers. They want you to distort your body and limbs into unworkable shapes to fit their damned flat plates, and when you can't they accuse you of "not trying" or "being unco-operative". The idea that if you could stand up straight in the first place you wouldn't be here being X-rayed, never seems to occur to them.