Exercises

I feel empowered when I swim!  So many insecurities kept me out of the pool!  First was my lack of self-confidence about my body size. I’ll forever be grateful that I was born  with skinny genes but I didn’t always believe it was so.   Then I when started needing a cane and then a […]

Warm-up, stretch, exercise, stretch, cool down Here are some of the benefits of stretching: Some people say that stretching relieves up to 50 percent of Pain. The muscles are elongated with stretching, it helps break up scar tissue, adhesions to help protect area of injury but over time it compresses area and diminishes range of

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19089.htm If we don’t exercise including stretches, our muscles, tendons and ligaments will shorten and we may lose the full range of motion. This is called contracture and exercise including stretching will help strengthen and lengthen our muscles, tendons and ligaments and prevent contracture.   A tendon is a fibrous connective tissue which attaches muscle

The stability ball chairs, also called an exercise ball or swiss ball chair, will greatly improve the aching back, legs and arms that come from working at your desk for hours. Working at the computer for extended times makes the office chair an all-important piece of furniture. The stability ball chair provides a bit of

Move it! Fatigue is a common symptom of MS. Developing an exercise plan that works for you and one you can sustain over time may help reduce certain types of MS-related fatigue. It’s of course important to work with your healthcare team to design a suitable MS exercise program.         Gain endurance.

Slowly and deliberately stretch and squeeze the muscles of the ankle through the alphabet. You can spell the full alphabet in large capital letters or simply write your name. This exercise will strengthen your ankles and develop new pathways in your nerves to get the messages from your brain to your feet.    Instructions: Sit