Regular exercise through strength training, resistance training, and aerobics, is vital for staying fit. For wheelchair users, making exercise a part of your daily routine is necessary for maintaining a healthy weight and strong, flexible upper body muscles. [Read more...]
Staying Fit in a Wheelchair
Keep your body and mind fit and healthy from your chair.
Some tips and tricks for staying in shape.
Focus on health first
Staying fit when you’re in a wheelchair is not an easy thing to do, but it is doable. When you first get in the chair after rehab there is always a stressful adjustment period. You are trying to figure out all the things you’re “supposed” to be doing – dealing with a massive life-change, deciding who you are going to be now, and figuring out how you are going to live your life. One of the most important pieces of advice I could give to anyone who finds him or herself in a wheelchair is to focus on health first. [Read more...]
Filed Under: Staying Fit Tagged With: cardio, exercise, fitness, News Archive, Spinal Cord Injuries
Please help with baclofen pump questions!
I have recently talked with a friend of mine who is a T-5 Para and he is having a major problem with spasms and is considering a baclofen pump. We would love some information from anyone else having the same issues. Have you used the pump, do you have one? What are the side affects and restrictions?
Filed Under: Staying Fit Tagged With: baclofen pump
Why should you stay fit?
When you are first injured and fitted for your wheelchair, you are purposely given a chair bigger than you need because it is expected that you will gain weight! These are the expectations we need to change! Gaining weight is an option not a certainty! [Read more...]
Filed Under: Staying Fit Tagged With: cardio, fitness, health, preventing infection, weight training
