can’t even spell it!
anyone tried it and found it of benefit?
can’t even spell it!
anyone tried it and found it of benefit?
Hi
When I see a physio, the exercises I do are all based on Pilates. It helps to improve your core strength, which I then find it really helpful for my walking & balance. I definitely recommend giving it a try. Make sure you take lots of breaks - even if you don’t feel tired, you’re still giving individual muscles a good workout, so they’ll to get lots of rest. If you go to a class, there’s nothing wrong with sitting out some of the exercises.
Hope you find it helpful.
Dan
It’s Pilates.
It’s supposedly very good for MS. I’ve never directly tried it, but most physiotherapy exercises I was prescribed by a neuro-physio were pretty much directly lifted from Pilates. I think you’ll find that’s pretty common - the professionals “borrow” from it, so they think it’s more than a fad.
Like any exercise, the biggest hurdle is doing it! You’d think preserving/maintaining the ability to walk should be a pretty good motivator, but sadly not so in my case. Despite seeing positive reasons why I should be doing them, I still find the exercises a boring chore, quite frankly, and tend to put it off until I’ve either injured something, or had a fright about quite how bad my walking’s getting, which reminds me that perhaps I should have been exercising…
If it doesn’t come naturally, it’s very hard to turn yourself into an exercise freak, no matter how strong the case is.
Tina
I need something wheelchair based if I get on the floor I can’t get up anymore without a hoist
I know I don’t do enough but when I could I did and it didn’t stop me getting worse.
That sound as if I am a defeatist but I have fought this at every step for over twenty years and recommend anyone to do what they can and keep smiling. Don
Don all the excercises my physio showed me were done on a bed, which for some strange reason I now do on the floor at home. I’m a bit like Tina though and don’t do them as I should
Jan x
I love it…do two classes a week…and exercises at home too. I have found it really beneficial…not a miracle cure but certainly feel better doing it and more stable I.e balance wise. Due to christmas classes have not been on and I can really tell I have not been doing them…eager to get back to them on Monday and also looking for a good dvd for home use. Highly recommend it xxxx
Hi Jan,
I don’t find it strange you choose the floor. I was also told I could use the bed, but although it’s obviously not such a struggle to get up from, I find it a problem that it wobbles - even though mine’s. quite a firm bed. As I’m quite shaky already, when I attempt the exercise, it doesn’t help if the surface is wobbling about underneath me. The floor is better - if I can still get up from it. At least it doesn’t wobble back if I wobble.
Tina
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hi
pilates is excellent.
although i no longer go to classes, i still do some at home to ease stiffness in various parts of my body.
it’s good to practise getting up from the floor.
it looks very ungainly though and i only attempt it in private!
it is pronounced “puhlahtes”
it is the name of the man who started it.
carole x
I really love the pilates. Go twice a week. Struggle with some of the mat exercises but my teacher is great at adapting exercises for me. I find I get most benefit from using the reformer machine though. Half my class is spent on the machine and half on the mat. Despite struggling with walking I know my muscles are in good shape as I use the reformer with quite high tension setting. Never tired after a class but feel great.
still laugh at one off the cartoons a friend posted on FACEBOOK . Pilates??? Oh I thought you said pie and lattes.
Thansk for the replies.
What sort of exercises are they - akin to yoga?