Mishap
OK.....
- I have a problem with the results of a broken foot - I walk with a stick and it is jolly painful.
- I have an old slipped disc with the resultant pain down leg, nd it takes very little to set it off.
- I have arthritis in my hip
- I have painful knee from impaired gait due to broken foot.
- I have a painful shoulder
- I have impaired balance
I try......
- and walk as far as I can each day - although it is slow and of little exercise value
- swimming which I love, but is too painful (shoulder and hip mainly)
- cycling is out as my balance is too problematic and it is unsafe. And I have an indoor bike but it makes my knee and hip hurt like hell.
The slipped disc was once exacerbated by an exercise class; and recent physio also set my back off.
Now, if I was to be strictly honest I would have to say that I am heartily sick of people going on about how good exercise is for you - I KNOW it is but cannot do it!!!!
I am not overweight at all and have the luck (!?) to look younger and fitter than I am - but I know that there is an underlying unhealthiness waiting to get up and bite me, but there is little I can do.
Sometimes, when I am in the mood, I do some exercises off the internet for people who are chairbound - which I am not, but am in relation to exercise.
So........any ideas?!
You've already found the solution...you can exercise very successfully from a chair and have a total body workout without aggravating your conditions. I have taught thousands of people with complex issues like yourself, who also thought that exercise was out of reach for them, but they achieved so much and maintained or improved their mobility and fitness.
You could use my chair-based exercise DVDs to do a home workout, then try to find a class near you. Have a look at our website as our network of instructors is expanding all the time. Also, check out your local community centre for Extend classes, Fit as a Fiddle or over 50s exercise to see if it's suitable for you. Most instructors should let you have a free trial for your first session.