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Originally Posted by Lady
Erin exercise is always good advice. I know people in w/c's that do w/c Yoga or strength training in chairs. Never too late, or too early, to start exercising when you have a disease/disorder or any kind.
I do stretching and then balance exercises. I have a Wobble Board. Two different ones in fact. It has helped my gait imbalance and walk. I use a stationary bike too. I couldn't use these tools until I took the LDN. I think the extra energy it gave me, has helped me in more than one area of my life.  It's the truth. |
I did go to exercise today with my dad, got in on his exercise membership. It wasnt too bad until later.
I had some really bad vertigo a little earlier tonight. I called one the neuro's at my neuro's office about it (regular neuro was off today), and told him my regular doctor told me to go exercise, which I did a little of today (25mins on a treadmill walking
verrrrry slooowly, and 20 mins on a recumbent bike (not all of the 20mins was taken up with pedaling, it was more like pedal 5mins, rest 5 mins, pedal 5 mins, rest 5 mins, start pedaling again and saying "screw it. I'm tired")
The neuro told me that he thought I might have done too much exercising. He told me to leave the bike alone, and just do the treadmill for 10 or 15 mins a day for a week or two and then slowly build up. He asked how long I'd been sedentary (I think he was implying
"lazy" ) and I told him I was diagnosed with MS at the beginning of 2007, but that I'd been
"lazy" pretty much since the end of high school. (20yrs ago)
I walk a lot, dont mind walking, it's just that I dont walk for exercise...25 mins of steady walking really was a LOT for me. It felt really good for some reason tho. I felt really good after I got home and took a shower. Even now, I feel good....except for the vertigo, and the weird proprioceptive sensations in my feet.
I think I need to get my neuro and regular doctor together on this exercise stuff...and figure out an exercise that might help the vertigo not be so horrible when I do get it. (I read there are exercises that help with balance, I just dont know what they are)
I did enjoy the treadmill today, except for the lady who kept acting as if I was hogging the machine because I wasnt jogging full tilt, as if my walking really really slowly wasnt a good enough excuse for me to be using the treadmill. Oh well...she looked like her steroids were about to make her start raging.
What's really weird, when I started getting that vertigo tonight, and the weird proprioceptive sensations started in, my feet were feeling like they were waking up from being slightly numb...and they still kind of feel that way...they still feel like they're not quite sure of where they're at tho.
I'm calling the doctor who told me to exercise tomorrow morning, and tell him what happened tonight, and ask him if there's an exercise plan that he can suggest that I build up to.
My boyfriend was all excited that I'm starting to exercise. He needs to exercise too, and he was thrilled that I was trying it out. He's constantly telling me that I need to work out because everytime I've fallen down, I've injured something like a knee or my hands or something. He thinks that I need to build up some muscle so that I wont be breaking or tearing anything if I fall down again.