| Disability is one of the worst evils that | | | | Like any contemporary exercise schedule, you |
| occur with people today. Present in any form, | | | | should start with a good warm up session: |
| it makes life miserable. Situation is even | | | | Practicing, stretching and then cooling down |
| worse when people suffer disability in their | | | | for at least 10 minutes, before and after |
| lower limbs. For life long, they are | | | | exercising. Remember, always start with |
| dependent on wheelchairs for their mobility. | | | | moderate exercises. Then gradually, pick up |
| Ask them and they will tell you how restless | | | | more rigorous exercising. |
| and annoying it feels when you are wheels | | | | |
| ridden. Wherever you go, this dead, lifeless | | | | A golden rule is to have a positive attitude. |
| iron structure follows you. | | | | Set right goals for yourself. Always start |
| | | | slow. Regardless of the disability you are |
| When there is no movement in the body, it | | | | suffering from, your right attitude will help |
| tends to get rigid. Therefore, it becomes | | | | you achieve your set goals. |
| important for you to make your body moving, | | | | |
| while sitting on the wheelchair itself. To | | | | Even better it would be if you consult a good |
| achieve this, you can practice a set of | | | | medical practitioner, who will guide you on |
| exercises. This can be done very easily, if | | | | the best exercises according to your |
| you follow the wheel chair exercising | | | | disability. For, not all disabilities are |
| pattern. Wheel chair exercising should | | | | similar. |
| therefore become an important part of your | | | | |
| daily exercising regime. | | | | Generally, there are two types of wheelchair |
| | | | exercising patterns. They are strength |
| Wheel chair exercising helps you build in | | | | training and resistance training. A strength |
| yourself impeccable strength and confidence. | | | | training exercising includes the lifting of |
| It also makes your body quite flexible by | | | | dumbbells. The other exercise, resistance |
| initiating more mobility in your body parts. | | | | exercising includes the use of large and |
| Exercising also opens door for healthy lungs | | | | stretchy rubber bands. What you need to do |
| and heart and the related organs. And not to | | | | with them is to tie one end of the band |
| forget, it also helps in regulating your body | | | | around a door or a pole. The other end should |
| weight. | | | | be with you. Now gradually pull the band away |
| | | | and towards you. This exercise helps in |
| But there is a set of procedure that you need | | | | providing strength to your muscles. |
| to follow, if you plan to take up wheel chair | | | | |
| exercising. Your exercising routine will | | | | Thus a regular practice of wheelchair |
| majorly involve all the upper body workout | | | | exercising will surely not allow disability |
| programs. These body parts would be arms, | | | | grab your whole body, besides keeping you in |
| your upper torso, the neck and the shoulders. | | | | a healthy state. |
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