I started a board at Pinterest that is aimed at helping to find ways to stay fit while being mobility impaired. This could help you in your day to day of trying to balance both nutrition and fitness. I add to it on a fairly regular basis. A great place to find some good exercies that can be done while seated is at…
Many of these techniques I learned while in physical therapy. For some of it your only using your own body as resistance band (this is great) or even a bottle of water if your up to it. I start my morning with stretching, or I won't make it through the day. I can't get down on the floor with any assurance that I'm going to…
We can share the exercises and/or links to them here. Here are three sites and exercises to start us off. 1. http://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/exercise/wheelchair-exercises.php Sit in a chair that has good back support and preferably with no arms. You can also do this in your wheelchair but may not be quite as easy…
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For all my disabled friends...A Trainer I know wrote a great book for us to learn to exercise with...This is up free for a short time but if you download please leave him a great review.…
My name is Lorry and I am a 40 yr old Paraplegic, amputee. I was born with Spina Bifida and lost my leg to MRSA a few yrs ago. I was a lifetime member of Weight Watchers before my injury but have let the weight creep up...I now have 23 pounds or so to lose. As far as exercise...I do housecleaning and also ordered Maria…
Well it took forever but i finally got my GP to see sense, it took lots of weekly visits and tears but they finally sent me for some tests and diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia. Which is basically a chronic pain disease. The problem with my knees is still there but now it's affecting my hips, ankles, knees, wrist and spine.…
For the past two weeks i have had absolute agony with my legs, they are like two lead bricks on the end of my knees and now my knees are playing up because of it. I went to the GP about it to see if they could give me anything because i was taking Codine Phosphate and i've tried so many meds that i've lost count now. They…
Im realizing more each day how stunted I am in working out. I dont have immediate access to a pool or a gym so Ive been trying to do a circuit weight training thing at home with various weights of dumbbells and various floor / chair exercises just to keep moving. Little did I know how it'd flare my cervical and lumbar…
I like to chat and get to know all of you a lot better/ Name...........................Calicat======Marie age............................ 81 soon to be 82 Where raise................Dallas County Wher I live now...........Dallas county. How long a MFP.......... Over 4 years Join Dec 2008 Children ....... ............ 2…
