Morning,
fine people…
So, some
kind of exercise is important for anybody.
This maybe moreso for the crip, because they don’t walk. In many cases, we have to improvise, because
gyms may not be set up for wheelchairs.
This is where the cardinal rule to being a successful crip comes into
play…ADAPT.
For example, my boy, Scott, who has CP, can walk with a tight
gait. He got himself a trainer and hits
the weights at Planet Fitness. Doing the
weights strengthens his leg muscle while stretching him; therefore, making him
less tight. I’ve swung by to watch, and
the dude’s a beast.
The same
goes for Joey with her karate in college and now her flail practice. Of course, she gets out of her chair to go to
the bathroom and play with the dogs or clean up their various messes on the few
occasions that happens. These exercises are
hard for her, obviously, but it’s the price to pay to be “normal.”
Now, on the
upside, since Joey and I don’t use our legs, everything we do relies on upper
strength, so we’re essentially exercising for everything we do whether it’s
lifting things off the floor with our reachers, or simply reaching for
something on, say, a table or the far side of the bed.
Like the
Nike commercial says: Just do it!
Be good to
each other.
-J-
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