#disability exercises

[yrfemmehusband]

Advice needed- exercise and disability.

My cardiologist told me to exercise. I'm gonna do it, I'll be good and do everything my doctors say I should. For the millionth time.

But when I asked what type of exercise I should do, as it's really hard for me, he told me to "walk a mile and see how you feel, push yourself. That's what exercise is."

This was not helpful at all. I know what exercise is. I wanted to know specific low stress exercises. I got extremely sick after a leisurely art gallery stroll- as in struggling to walk from my car to apartment then heaving in the bathroom sick.

I also have no idea how to fit this into my work-home life. I am so exhausted from work, and so exhausted from chores, and errands, that I feel there's no room for anything else.

Does anyone have good exercises for those with extreme pain, fatigue, near constant presyncope and fibromyalgia? Literally all the exercises I do just make me feel worse and keel over for days from exhaustion and pain. If you are chronically ill or disabled and exercise, how do you fit it into your schedule, especially if you have a physical job?

#chronic pain #disability #chronic illness #endometriosis #fibromyalgia #disability exercises #exercising #exercise

[ayin-me-yesh]

If anyone's looking for really gentle or disability friendly exercise...

Doctor Jo on YouTube is a physical therapist who offers lots of therapeutic stretching and exercise videos for specific conditions and pain relief. [x]

Leap Services is a Canadian physical therapy group that has a YouTube playlist of gentle exercise routines. All of these exercises are done in a chair (except for one which is done on the floor) and are intentionally adaptable to different bodies and needs. [x]

Yoga with Zelinda on YouTube has yoga that's adapted to a large number of conditions, for instance, providing a playlist of routines that don't require kneeling and another of chair yoga. She also offers yoga for specific health challenges, like fibromyalgia and mobility issues. There's a playlist of yoga routines for people with bigger bodies as well. [x]

Santosha Spirit on YouTube has yoga routines for people with chronic fatigue, chronic pain, POTS, and EDS. [x]

Yoga with Shaunneka on YouTube has a playlist of slow seated yoga, including chair yoga, as well as a playlist of gentle yoga. [x]

Qinergy on YouTube has tai chi sets broken down into easy tutorials. There is a seated version of her shibashi set. [x]

Perth Tai Chi Academy on YouTube is similar to Qinergy. It provides a seated version of daoyin yangshen qigong. [x]

#exercise #yoga #qigong #tai chi #disability

[theygender]

August 11, 2022

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that 30+ brands of nutrition drinks including but not limited to Ensure, Pediasure, Glucerna, Oatly, and Premier Protein just got recalled for possible contamination with the bacteria that causes botulism, a paralytic toxin with a lethal dose of 1.3 nanograms. If you've purchased one of the affected lot numbers please return it to the store to be properly disposed of as a biohazard but do not accept any compensatory gift cards because that can be counted as a settlement if you need to file a lawsuit for any potential damages caused by this later on. If you have any questions regarding the recall there's a phone number listed in the article above that you can call, but if you believe you may have ingested toxins then please call your local poison control hotline. Stay safe

#spoonie #actually disabled #cripple punk #chronic illness #physical disability #momblr #parenting #parenting tips #fitblr #gymblr #exercise #exercise tips #tagging with different disability/parenting/exercise tags bc i know those are the groups most likely to use nutrition shakes #if ive missed any please let me know #rambling #botulism #clostridium botulinum #recall #food recalls #psa

[thedisablednaturalist]

Literally all the shit rich people have turned into luxuries are stuff many disabled people need (or would need to manage their pain but can't afford it)

Comfy ergonomic chairs

Indoor pool/hot tub (therapy bath)

Massages on the regular

Aides (rich people call them servants)

Yea even a cook who makes you special meals (perfect for people with special dietary needs and for those with severe allergies, as well as people who are in too much pain or are otherwise unable to cook)

Elevators in your house (even small ones just for groceries, my rich aunt has one in her beach house!)

Rich people don't buy these for fun I hope but custom powerchairs are obscenely expensive. It pisses me off when I see another person invent "the wheelchair of the future!" Which then is literally never fucking used because none of us can afford it (and insurance definitely won't pay)

Indoor gyms or even personal exercise equipment. Hard to go out to a gym somewhere else when you're disabled, especially if you are immunocompromised

Outdoor spaces to relax in. It's literally vital for your mental health to at least see the outdoors. I'd rather be bedridden in a sunroom (with retractable blinds) than a shitty apartment with one tiny window.

There's even freaking health retreats these people go to regularly. There's a fibromyalgia retreat in new york where they basically take care of all your needs while trying different treatments and seeing which ones help. Either it's heaven or making money off of scamming desperate people who are able to scrape the money together to go.

Private planes, which I honestly think shouldn't exist, but one that specifically catered to people with disabilities (spaces for wheelchairs/other mobility devices, accessible handicapped airplane bathroom, anxiety reducing tools, trained medical personnel and care team)

Also customized cars, except instead of making gas guzzling racecars to joyride in while everyone else is trying to get to work, cars with electric ramps, lifts, doors, cars customized for someone with limb differences. Those cars where you can roll your wheelchair right up to the wheel. Fuck even self driving cars once they are no longer deathtraps.

Skincare products that are safe for sensitive skin like eczema but also actually work

Nice-looking clothes customized to fit limb differences, access points, look good in wheelchairs, colostomy bags, etc. while also being comfortable and not fast fashion.

Dental care!!! What the fuck why is this shit so expensive!! I don't want my teeth to fall out!! (Disabled people usually need more dental care bc we have a harder time keeping up maintenance)

Rich people go and splurge on all of these even though they don't need them while calling disabled people selfish for begging their insurance for even one of these.

#disability #chronic disability #chronic pain #chronic illness #fibromyalgia #spoonie #wheelchair #wrenfea.exe #i hope one day i can get even a small therapy tub #bc hot water therapy is one of the best things for my pain #and swimming is the only painless exercise i can do

[gabbagepatch]

Listen guys, you don't need to look nice to go outside. Your health is more important than appearances.

I just went on a walk in my pajamas, greasy hair in a shitty bun, acne, and a pair of new balance sneakers. Cars passed by and I said hi to everyone who passed. Did I feel self-conscious? Of course, but it was worth it.

Now I feel a lot better, because I didn't A. Overextend by forcing myself to shower/get dressed/put on concealer beforehand or B. Avoid doing anything because I felt like a mess.

Go outside and be however you are. It's not your job to look good to random strangers, you deserve to go outside.

#someone get me a cookie for walking with a migraine #i feel very brave #disability #disabled #hearing impaired #meniere's disease #chronic illness #hard of hearing #chronic disability #chronic pain #chronic migraine #chronically ill #invisible illness #illness mention #invisible disability #disability pride #blurb #exercise #accessibility

[spacedocmom]

Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom "No pain, no gain," is only said by the health-privileged and they're mostly wrong about it for their own bodies too. For anyone with a chronic illness, more pain is likely to equal less gain. Listen to your body, not ignorant people. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked 2:31 PM · Sep 21, 2023

#star trek #doctor crusher #star trek the next generation #star trek memes #star trek tng #support #kindness #care #compassion #health care #healthcare #medicine #exercise #me cfs #fibromyalgia #chronic fatigue syndrome #chronic illness #spoonie #disabled #spoons #chronic fatigue #chronic pain #post exertional malaise

[transmasccofee]

im not ok i will never be normal about this guy again happy disability month

#the specific feeling of telling urself over and over that __ will fix it #only to learn that nothing will fix it and even if you try it will still be there even if you try to push on and ignore it #that its not an injury that can be fixed with surgery or a diet issue or lack of exercise or psychosomatic… that its you. aaaaa #THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A COMEDY ANIME BRUH WTF WAS THAT #i felt his pain thru the screen his fucking face when kusuke said that….my heartttttt #saiki k #saiki kusuo #physically disabled #im so fucked up over this dumb show why did it hit so close 2 home

[credox]

Recenty I got told I have ""low bone density"" and I need to do more "high impact/weight bearing gym exercises". Except I hate doing gym things because there's SO much planning, executing, and recovery involved, when I could be in my nice warm bed. In my endeavor to find some exercises that I don't find boring, I found this wonderful FREE program put together by the CDC & Tufts University: Growing Stronger - Strength Training for Older Adults - CDC

It's wonderfully detailed with every step of the process, written so non judgementally + in a supportive tone for those of us who struggle with sticking with consistent programs, and it's even got nice worksheets to print and fill out!!

It's aimed toward an older audience, but honestly, it looks perfect to me for those of us who need a more structured format to just fall into on the daily, and for those of us who struggle with getting up and out of bed sometimes. Hope this reaches someone that needs it!

#Growing stronger #exercise #exercise program #exercise log #planning #chronic illness #chronic disability #depression #In other news I found out today that ppl with chronic health issues need MORE than the recommended amount of active time for healthy adults #That was bonkers to me

[craycraybluejay]

body modification is cool and hot as fuck pass it on

this includes:

-hrt

-diy hrt

-tattoos

-stick and poke/diy tattoos

-cyborg parts (such as in-body disability aids, mechanical heart, or just enhancement parts)

-piercings both professional and diy

-tongue splits

-scarification

-skin dye

-cosmetic surgery

-accidental scarring that you like to have

-birth control implants

-teeth mods

-eye mods

-literally any body mod you can think of. i love you and your unique and beautiful body and how much work and passion it takes to evolve like that. i love scientific advancement in changing ourselves. i love disabled modders. i love neurodiverse modders. i love queer modders. i love body mods as a symbol of rebellion. i love body mods that are just for fun or aesthetics. i love body mods for function. i love body modification. its awesome as fuck. you are valid and you deserve complete ownership of your body and to do with it whatever you wish. thank you for being you.

#pass it on #body modification #body modifactions #transhumanism #bodily autonomy #transsexual #body mod positivity #autonomy means for anything: even things that are risky or hard to understand or that you personally dont like #my body my choice #everything from life saving aids like birth control and disability aid to aesthetic changes like piercings and scarring #deserves to be protected and defended #because to people who want to own your body for you there is no difference #and i dont care if you ever exercise your autonomy to modify your body in any way. you deserve to have that option. #anyway #body modders are cool and sexy and awesome and and and #yeah hi :)

[sharkomen]

learning i have a love for movement and exercise just to learn I am disabled and having to watch my own body deteriorate to the point I can't do the movement i enjoy

#actually disabled #heds #ehlers danlos syndrome #crip punk #cripple punk #its even worse when you realise every doctor ever and random people will tell you how you just need to exercise #like oops sorry you fucking enjoy my dislocated shoulder then

[anti-ao3]

society: why are so many young ppl developing eating disorders and other mental illnesses???

also society: you will only be truly happy if you lose weight/if you're skinny! that's self-care! 😘

#the mental health tag on tumblr is filled with the same skinny white women going to the gym every single day #and btw i know the gym itself isn't the problem #exercising isn't the problem #it's how society romanticizes it for the sake of losing weight #they say it's not about 'aesthetics' but it's still definitely about body image lol #also i feel like they exclude disabled ppl who aren't able to exercise #or can't afford a gym or doesn't have access to one #it's still fucking ableist!!!! #lotus.txt #ableism tw #fatphobia tw #ranting #ranting in tags

[uncanny-tranny]

Hey, you're being lied to about what fitness constitutes. If you can't work in an hour-long crossfit slog, but you can work in a five-minute walk, then that is still fitness. If you can't use your legs but you can do arm circles every now and again, that is still fitness. If you're moving around at work, that's still fitness. It can be intentional or incidental, but here's the best part: your body doesn't care if you're dedicating specific work-out times. It doesn't care if the "only" fitness it gets is your nine to five on your feet. It doesn't care, fitness is fitness is fitness. Some of us do it differently, but the end result is more or less similar.

If you can do any type of fitness safely, your body isn't going to care if you're doing it like an Olympic athlete or if you're just a casual.

#fitness #gentle reminders #i hate hate hate the idea that fitness must be done Intentionally and in a Hegemonic Way #like... fitness is whatever you make of it and whatever you do #your body isn't going to be like 'well you walked for fove minutes but you didn't do shoulder presses at the gym so it doesn't count 😊' #if you want more specific forms of fitness then SURE you might want to do more specific exercises and activities #but if your goal is overall movement for however much if your body then... you don't Need to be THAT specific #and your goals may be specific for only parts of your body and that's GREAT! #a wheelchair user may for example do more arm exercises so they can use a manual chair for instance... #...and to many people i've noticed they don't think it 'counts' because the chair user isn't using 'all' of their body... #...but it's like... using your arms in non-powered chairs can be really important so like. it's still fitness. #you don't actually have to equally focus on everything if you don't want to or can't #all this to say that fitness is Not hegemonic and you don't need to feel shame about what you do or don't do #even a tiny tiny TINY amount is significant and matters <3 #this is definitely something i've gotten more passionate about since becoming a ~gym bro~ #because you see just how different people are and what they want out of fitness #and it's taught me a lot more about my own disabilities and how i work with (and even against) them to find balance #this is what i love about those fitness video games too! because they're often made to be engaging and fun! #i LOVED just dance as a kid and that was fitness merging with video games (and i loved video games (still do!)) #and i HIGHLY recommend people get video games like just dance or that one nintendo ring game because of these elements! #it combines the comfort of home with movement with engaging music/story/video game elements #and things like that make me believe in peace and love and care on planet earth <<3

[cookinguptales]

Do me a favor, okay? Next time you have a chance, close your eyes for a minute and take a deep breath and imagine someone loving you.

Imagine someone who gets excited just thinking about you. Imagine someone who loves the things you say and do and who genuinely enjoys spending time with you. Imagine someone who feels lucky every moment they get to be around you.

It can be a real person or someone you just made up. You can imagine them praising you or laughing with you or touching you or whatever love means to you. It can be romantic or otherwise. Take your pick.

And if you had a hard time doing it?

Do it again. And again. And again.

I read once that it’s important for us to visualize being loved. That your brain needs to be trained like a muscle, and like a muscle, it can become weak from disuse. Your brain can only do the things that you practice doing, and if you never, ever visualize someone loving you, it becomes difficult to even imagine someone loving you. You get stuck in a rut. And once it’s impossible to imagine someone loving you, it becomes impossible to believe you will ever be loved.

I think… sometimes it can become easy to stop believing that we’re worthy of love. And I think sometimes we have this fantasy of someone making us believe that we’re worthy of it again. Or that somehow we’ll just — earn it, one day. Being worthy of love and desire, respect and affection.

But I think the truth is that we can only start believing that we’re worthy of love if we’re capable of imagining it. And it becomes much, much easier to imagine it if you practice doing so.

It may feel awkward at first. Embarrassing. Silly. Maybe even painful. But think about it like this, maybe: your first day in a dance class, you’ll fall. You’ll look ridiculous. It’ll feel like your body will never be able to do this fluidly. But by the end of the class, you’ll be able to move in a whole new way. Maybe not perfectly, but… better, y’know?

Learn to waltz with your own mind, and try not to cringe too hard at your first awkward movements. Start small and work your way up if you have to. Someone liking you, then someone liking your conversations, then someone liking your presence, then someone purposefully seeking you out. Someone putting time aside for you. Someone thinking about you when you’re not there. Someone being with you because there’s nowhere they’d rather be.

It may feel self-indulgent, but… I mean, we all deserve to be indulged sometimes. And we all deserve to feel worthy of love.

So… indulge yourself. Take a moment and have a silly little fantasy. Get into the habit of imagining love, and imagining it for the you that exists right now, not the you that you wish you were.

Learn to speak the language of love as it applies to you, even if you think that it doesn’t, and one day you’ll realize how to use those syllables to say your own name.

It’ll come one day. In the meantime, let’s learn to dance together, okay?

#personally... #I mean I am disabled and I am not conventionally attractive #I have PTSD now from the kind of childhood abuse that makes you feel... broken I guess #so I have spent an awful lot of my life finding it difficult to imagine truly being loved #when there are so many 'easier' choices in this world it is hard to imagine someone picking me #so believe me when I say I know it's hard #but I also know that I closed myself off to love once I stopped being able to imagine people doing it #I lost the vocabulary for people loving me so when people did it I could no longer describe it #I didn't notice or worse - it stressed me out #but... I have started doing this visualization exercise and it does help #sometimes I have a spark of... well yes this person in this fantasy does deserve to be loved #and I am that person #so there's a spark of hope to it #hope can be good and hope can be bad but... I guess it's necessary too isn't it? #so let's do our best to make our brains stfu when they're being mean and instead focus on self-love

[thedisablednaturalist]

I think when people think of mental illness and what helps, especially with things like anxiety and depression, the treatment involves pushing yourself. Pushing yourself to get out of bed, to exercise, to take a shower, to go out in public, to order your own food from the cashier, etc.

And because the mental health movement has grown so much, people think that's the default of ALL illnesses. That the only way someone will get better is if they push themselves. That practice makes perfect. That you'll become more comfortable or strong over time the more you do something.

But what people need to realize is, with physical disabilities and chronic illnesses, pushing yourself in most cases is DETRIMENTAL. Pushing yourself past your limits can lead to flare ups or further injury. That's why it's important to know your limits, how certain activities may affect your condition, and learn how to either adapt or get help to complete the activity in question.

Also, most of us are already pushing ourselves. Most of us don't have access to the help or equipment we need. Most of us live in places where we frequently encounter inaccessible obstacles. Most of us NEED to rest.

So please don't try to be our physical therapists or doctors. There are people specifically trained to help us navigate our own conditions and limitations. There are people trained to help us strengthen our body's resilience without causing flare-ups or injury. Do not tell us "it'll be good for you" or "you need the exercise" when we say something is too heavy or too far or when we say we need our mobility aid(s). Your friend with depression may need to be encouraged to get out of bed, but your friend with chronic illness definitely doesn't.

Respect our rest.

#wrenfea.exe #DISCLAIMER: dont take this as me saying you should be pushing your mentally ill friends #this is more about how physical conditions often differ in how they are treated #also dont like. force your friends or anyone with anxiety to do things they dont want to #thats what therapists are for #also most mental illnesses require medication alongside therapy before they can get better #but even chronic illnesses and disabilities that benefit from exercise still require knowing your limits #and not being pressured to push past them #ive noticed some professionals who help both mentally and physically ill patients tend towards the push method #like my therapist and sometimes my counselors fall back on that method #and i have to remind them i am already pushing myself #and i need to adapt rather than push forward #chronic disability #chronic pain #spoonie #disability #chronic illness #cripple punk #cripplepunk #cpunk

[autistic-katara]

are u even queer if u havent pounced on an opportunity to get beat up by ur crush?

#no joke at my friend’s bar mitzvah one of our mutual friends/someone i lowkey had a massive crush on #was kinda like play-fighting ppl in our group on our friend’s trampoline #and i volunteered to go w/ her #knowing full well she was relatively physically strong #and given my physical disability relating to energy + the fact that i basically never rlly exercise i’m physically weak asf #so yeah she easily beat me #what can i say its a queer’s mating ritual #anyways while this was mostly abt me i thought abt a few ships while writing it so just gonna tag them #korrasami #rangshi #lumity #catradora #huntlow #zukka #soukoku #ranpoe #shin soukoku #queer #lgbt #bisexual #gay #lesbian

[daniemililly]

It's not that medical professionals are evil or something, it's that they're not equipped to judge the lives of disabled people because they largely have no experience comparable to it. They can't empathise because medical culture is fundamentally different than disabled lives, and in the cases of neurodivergent people, they largely can't empathise as neurotypicals with us. We need a culture of care/support that trusts disabled people/those we nominate to be the judge of our own needs

You can read more about the "triple empathy problem" for neurodivergent people in healthcare settings in this paper here: https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Barriers_to_healthcare_and_a_triple_empathy_problem_may_lead_to_adverse_outcomes_for_autistic_adults_a_qualitative_study/24424333

#disability #ableism #disableism #irish #ireland #disabled #politics #poverty #art #comic #comics #medical tw #medical bias #neurodivergent #medical trauma #care #care work #diagnosis #exercise tw #adhd #gaslighting #medical gaslighting #medical gatekeeping #cartoon gore #mental health #mental health crisis #hospital tw #academic papers #autistic #double empathy