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Originally Posted by Blessings2You
Well, sometimes lonesome, too, but not so much.
Perhaps there's a lesion on my will power nerve, perhaps it's the fatigue, perhaps I'm just lazy. So I KNOW I'm not getting enough "beneficial" exercise. I can't get moving fast enough to get the old heart rate going without falling.
I'm frustrated when I'm determined actually to "exercise" but I'm so pooped after grocery shopping and getting lunch that honking my nose seems like aerobic exercise. It's not that I don't know HOW.
Last time I was at the neuro's, he said to me (with a straight face) "Maybe you could walk one mile in the morning, and one mile in the afternoon to help you get in shape."
I wanted to bang my head against the wall, then lie down on the floor and cry, then bite somebody. Hey, would that be considered exercise?
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That is one reason the pool is sooo good for MS people. If you "fall" in the pool, you cannot get hurt! Plus, it keeps your body core temp nice and cool while you moe around. Your neuro does not seem to appreciate that when he recommends walking: some of us (me included) don't do well with walking (and Yet I can swim a mile).
One of our popular MS people, Cherie (clinical1) was a doubting Thomas about the pool. BUt, she decided to give it a whirl. She made up her own routines of stretching in the pool. She was amazed at how much better she felt after a short time-- and she was able to shed her wheelchair as well, which is wonderfully amazing.
So, perhaps there is a good public pool near enough to you. We really do have to control our wellness. Lack of motion makes the MS symptoms much worse, it makes balance much worse as the muscles that help with balance atrophy from disuse.
When I began to swim in 04, I could not walk across the room without getting winded. Now, I can swim a mile daily. I know not everyone will be able to swim a mile, but almost everyone, who has access to a pool, can sit in the pool and just move around. Even people who have obesity can move around in a pool and get fit, despite the obesity...