Hello All,
On Friday I went for an early morning swim. I've not been swimming for some time because of the foul and cold weather.
Had a good swim, didn't really overdo things. Yesterday, I didn't feel too bad at all, although I expected to.
But today, some 48 hours + later, I feel dreadful. Fatigued beyond words, and muscle aches I've not had for some time to this extent. Hips, upper thighs, upper arms, neck and shoulder blades.....you name it, it aches.
I've not had this sort of 'delayed reaction' it's normally the very next day. I thought I had got away with with post excercise stress....clearly not. Anyone else had a delayed reaction to exertion ?
Scully
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Hello All,
Have just posted his link to Derby42.
But figured it may be pretty useful for lots of us.
Introduced by Sally Gunnell for the MS Society. For all abilities, standing and sitting excercises to help us gently s-t-r-e-t-c-h and excercise those muscles!!
http://www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-resources/exercising-ms-dvd
Scully
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Morning All,
I know the benefits of excercise, whether we have MS or not, it's a good thing.
Here is my problem.
Have been taking a short walk every day, I know it's not much but at least it's excercise right?
Have also been working through the muscle strength and yoga excercises on the Wii board. Next month, I am signed up for circuit training at the local physio centre for MS people.
Problem - I have been told by Neuro-physio to excercise (apart from the walk) every other day to start with.
On my 'day off' however, I can barely move! This morning, my left leg is in so much spasm that it seems to be way shorter than the right leg. My left hand is clawing and tingling, and my neck is stiff and painful...
My fingers have started this very strange twitiching stuff, all by themselves making picking up things and typing very difficult...........this is a new symptom for me....is it MS related of just down to my new found fitness regime??
Is it the excercising.........or is my MS just progressing anyway? I find it hard to comprehend that the progression can happen so quickly, so it must be the excercising thats doing it..............if it is, should I stop?
SODS law says that excercing is good...................so why does it make me feel so dreadful?!?!?
I don't know who Sod is, but he has wayy to many laws, and most of them very unfair!
Scully
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Edited for typo's
Hi there. Is there anyone out there who runs for excercise. I am lucky enough that after the initial 3 attacks I had when first diagnosed nearly 3 years ago I have regained just about all my mobility. Have been left with a weak left side and mild numbness. This means I have started running again (used to before initail attacks)and I am hoping to do the Bath Half Marathon in 7 weeks. But sometimes when running I get a heavy left arm (one of the first signs I had that there was a problem) and of course I get very very tired, much quicker then I used to but I now no to rest up after a run for the remainder of the day. But it would be great to no if there is anyone else out there that runs. Thanks for reading. Jan :
Hello all,
I totaly appreciate that none of this is proven to help in any way, but by taking excercise it will hopefully keep my heart going by putting it to the test everyday and giving it a workout. It is after all a muscle and if it is never used and my heart rate is never put to any extremes, then I can probably expect to lose what it is capable of.
I did speak to my GP and Physiotherapist prior to doing any of this and it is done with their consent. I have absolutely no idea what I would be like if I did nothing, but I doubt I will lose out by attempting to stay mobile for as long as possible.
I have the longterm use of a 'Thera Live' excercise machine, it is an excericse bike that one does not actually sit on, but can be used with a wheelchair or regular chair pulled up to it. There are two different modes. One is where the machine does the work and I am just a passenger, the other is a regular excercise machine where I do the work and put more effort into it all.
The mode where the machine does the work I generally use after getting up in the morning, as I find it just loosens me up and stretches out muscles that would tighten up during the night while I am asleep.
Later on in the morning I usually do the work and it puts my heart to more of a test by pushing it a bit.
There is either an attachment where I can excercise my legs (I think it is the standard machine), or I can excercise my arms (I think this is an extra part that must have been purchased as an attachment).
The machine is very well built and is more like the type of thing that would be found in a health centre or something. There is an anti-spastic mode where the machine would automatically stop should there be a spasm, it is optional as to whether this is switched on or not.
The base is very stable, so it is less likely to topple over or something and would be very suitable for in a wheelchair, or someone who is capable of walking. It is a superb machine.
I believe it was manufactured in Germany by a company called 'Medica'
http://www.thera-trainer.de/de/
and their is a dealer in England for spares or questions. I ordered some small attachments for calf supports to be able to return the machine in the same condition as I received it. The parts came from Cheshire and just screw on. (The original supports had been superglued on and I had to get a local blacksmith to grind them off). The company in England were very good and mailed some new attachments out by return at no charge to me. I did explain that I thought the machine was great, it was mentioned that they have ex-demonstrators from time to time and sent me a load of sales literature to buy one at a reduced price in the future.
It really is great and I would suggest to anyone to try something similar. If looking for an excercise bike, please look for something that is stable, it is not something I would have thoguht of automatically, but it is of more importance as my balance has deteriorated. By being able to use a normal chair at it or a wheelchair it is probably more safetyconscious than some machines as I would not need to climb onto this thing.
Please talk to your GP prior to using anything, as it is something they should be able to advise on and take your heart rate etc in advance.
With best regards,
Ron
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