I’ve never been good when it comes to exercise. Bad memories of gymnastics at school. Loads of YouTube videos of people with great coordination effortlessly and quickly doing exercise routines that I’d struggle to do. There’s a mountain of research about how beneficial exercise is, but nothing geared towards badly coordinated people such as myself. Truth be told it’s frustrating, and it p*sses me off that there’s very little geared towards people like myself.
I wonder if you could try Tai Chi? I guess you would have to go somewhere to do it, unless you learned from a book. I tried learning from a book, but i wasn’t dedicated. I think it kind of feels good and it is supposed to be good for coordination.
Thanks. unfortunately going somewhere to do it is not a viable option given my mobility issues. Ideally I want a simple exercise routine geared to people like myself , not ‘simple’ as in simple for someone who’s well coordinated, that I can do at home. At present I have following exercises given by a physiotherapist- Sit to stand- Two hands, hip flexion sitting,knee extensions sitting, leg lift.
Your welcome, I get it, I think. What about this?
I only can get myself to walk at this point although in the past I could get myself to do some exercise, but it is good.
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Thanks for that. My ongoing problem is getting the balance right between being too sedentary vs too upright/mobile.None of the moderate activities are things that I can realistically do. The result of standing up to do about 2/3s of a mound of washing up on Friday evening , upright for about 10-15 minutes , was several hours of 6-7 level pain. That took 2x2 codeine to ease.
So sorry you are in so much pain. Could you try walking on a treadmill?
I have a treadmill in my bedroom and I can adjust the speed, I don’t have the danger of walking on the busy streets, I am near my bathroom if I need to use it during a long slow walk and I can listen to music or a podcast or whatever while I am walking.
You could walk as slowly as you need to. And you wouldn’t need to go to a gym.
It’s a possibility rather than a probability. I’d have to try one with someone present to see if it would be safe to use with my poor balance.
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Most treadmills have handrails to hold onto and a safety strap that you attach to your shirt that will cause the treadmill to immediately stop running if the person walking trips and falls down.
I hope that could work for you!
I’m sorry, I didn’t see this. I was thinking more the sitting exercises:Sitting exercises - NHS. I guess I should have linked to that. I am glad you have a physiotherapist to guide you. That sounds like a lot of pain.
It’s a lot of pain considering those lying bstd paramedics lied about what they did or didn’t do when I had my second fall, and got away with saying they’d followed proper procedure. My daughter wouldn’t have started a negligence claim on my behalf if they’d responded in the appropriate and correct manner.
A piece of advice, something I didn’t do but you all should do if ever in a similar situation . Make a note of what happened sooner rather than later. That avoids being wrong footed at a later stage of the claim because you can’t remember precise details.
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Yeah, there can be good medical professionals and bad ones. Sounds like good advice.
It seems like it is extra hard when you have SMI to get people to listen.