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Mr Motivator still going! Older people's fitness vital for mobility.

Marianne72

This is not particularly autistic but does anyone remember Mr Motivator [from Covid times]? Well, he's still going strong, giving fitness classes in care homes.  I've started attending an NHS class designed to improve mobililty for older people and find it very 'motivating.' I was referred after a rotator cuff injury - my fitness had reduced considerably because I found it painful to move. I would really recommend such classes if you are older. These ought to be funded by the NHS because I'm sure they would considerably reduce costs associated with falls, isolation and damaged limbs. What do you think? Should the NHS be more focussed on preventative methods?

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  • Exercise is being promoted as the answer to everything and I agree it's extremely important as we age it's definately use it or lose it. I walk daily as its one of the few exercises I can safely do, if I go to a gym, something recomended to me by the pain clinic, I'm only allowed to use the exercise bikes and treadmill and seeing as I'd have to come home and walk Fearn anyway it's a bit of a waste of time. I'd love to get another skiing machine, but they're not made anymore, you can get seperate machines for the arms and legs but nothing like the old Nordic Track ones, someone, somwhere decided those machines had to be replaced with the ones that have arms and peddles which with my dyspraxia dosen't really work for me.

    I'd love to find a remedial yoga class, but there dosen't seem to be any round here, swimmings not an option, not only can I not swim, but I'm allergic to the chemicals they put in pools, especially chlorine and the pool round here that dosen't use chemicals is a health spa/club where you have to pay to join and then pay for the things you want to do like swimming. 

    I've used exercise to keep me out of a wheelchair sinse my teens, I've never had any help, most of the physios I've seen are useless, their idea of an exercise is a tenth of a yoga move that I can still do to it's full extension, which is part of the problem, I have some hypermobility in my joints and I have to be really careful not to accidently over stretch them

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    Exercise is being promoted as the answer to everything

    Well, not quite everything - but definitely for ageing. My friend Sylvia [RIP] took up yoga at 60 and said she wished she done it earlier. She died age 92, fit in body but sadly after a short illness. Pity they don't do the free 'yoga in the park' summer sessions - they do them near here.

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