Health is wealth. We keep guards to protect our wealth from thieves. We should protect our health from disease. Physical exercise guards our health. Good health is impossible without proper exercise. Physical exercise prevents the attack of disease. There are some diseases which can be cured through physical exercise. Different people do different exercises. It depends upon their physical constitution and their likings. Morning walk and evening walk are recommended for all. But those who have weak constitutions are advised not to go for gymnastics.
It's hardly surprising that Shana Pezaro started comfort eating. After 200 years of unexplained and debilitating symptoms, she had just been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Having built up her own stage-school business. I went from 12st to 15st in the space of three years. The fatigue was so bad that I didn't have the strength to cook, I was living on microwave meals and snacks. The steroids and other medications made me incredible hungry. And of course as my legs got worse I was getting less and less exercise, I could barely walk. I was miserable. Weight gain is a serious exercise for the disabled community. In a study of 30,000 people published this summer by the University of Texas School of Public Health. 42% of adults with a disability were reported as obese, compared with 29% of those without a disability. Gaining weight not only affects a person's emotional wellbeing, but can also make mobility even harder and symptoms feel worse. The fatigue and pain can make sport participation seem daunting. And although things are improving following the success of the paralympics, access remains a major barrier. Just 18% of people with a disability or long-term limiting illness participate in sport each week, around half the level of the general population.
Organisations such as Aspire and the English Federation of Disability Sport run inclusive gyms across the country. But not everyone is lucky enough to be near one and regular gyms are still lagging behind says Daobri. Often the staff get the approach wrong sometimes it's just laziness, sometimes it's ignorance. Health and safety is used as a crutch, too. Another issue , she tells is that disabled people can feel frightened to be seen going to the gym in case their benefits are cut.
- The characteristics of physical disabilities including wheelchair clients, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, Down syndrome, visual impairment and total hip replacement.
- Limitations and capabilities of disabled clients.
- Appropriate exercise strategies for clients with disabilities.