What are good cardio exercises while on crutches? (sprained ankle)?

(sprained ankle) Asked by Sokreteen2K 58 months ago Similar questions: cardio exercises crutches sprained ankle Health > Fitness & Diet.

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Seated Cardio Suggestions Q: I have a disability (I walk with crutches) but I’m still interested in knowing what cardiovascular activities I can do while sitting. Do you have any good suggestions? A: Yes, there are a number of seated cardiovascular activities you can try, depending on the extent of your disability (or in the case of injured athletes, the type of injury).

First, you can try rowing ergometers, with or without using the legs. If you can sit in one of the moving seats but remain stable, by moving arms, arms and torso, or partial range arms, torso and legs, you can get a nice cardiovascular workout with little or a lot of resistance. In most cases, however, this is an activity to perform at the gym, unless you can afford a sturdy home rowing machine.

You can also try seated aerobics. Lisa Ericson, ex-figure skater, has an aerobics video for seated able-bodied or disabled people that is actually quite a challenge for any level athlete. She, herself, demonstrates the movements from her wheelchair and includes several levels of exertion.

Her enthusiasm is infectious! For more information about the product or ordering information, you can visit her website at http://www.seatedaerobics.com. Finally, there are upper body ergometers that are something like bicycles for the arms, using crankshafts with varied resistances for upper body workouts.

Many large commercial or university gyms may have one or two of these specialized pieces of equipment available, but unfortunately most smaller, local gyms will not. You may also be interested in trying swimming at some point. Swimming is a great cardiovascular exercise that can be done with buoys held between the legs if walking, kicking, or using the legs at all is difficult.

The only drawback to this option is finding a pool with the right equipment and hours to suit your needs. Finally, don’t forget the benefits of doing free weights or band resistance strength training! These can be done with very little equipment whatsoever, in the privacy of your own home.

Additional pages on the Body Results website can give you useful tips and suggestions; simply use the “search” button (upper right corner) to link to the right pages. Sources: http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bodyresults.com%2Fe2seatedcardio.asp&ei=FmjPRaH_NJjOoQL82qyaAw&usg=__c4mnedwY0Hlgyzt5kidtQnNgIQ0=&sig2=VG3XUytCH_lJIuusYe-hCw .

Careful, careful Any time your body is damaged you want to avoid using that damaged part. As an example, I used to do bodybuilding, and received a bad spot on a bench press of about 295 that resulted in injuring my shoulder. I stayed out of the gym for three months.

Remember that a fitness routine is about fitness. Not about thinness. So if you become so concerned about thinness that you're willing to sacrifice your overall fitness, you will cause incalculable long-term damage to yourself.

The incapacity that you will suffer from having an injury will pass, but if you force yourself to work out and do further damage, it will last much longer. As an example, my shoulder is still screwed up because a three month break wasn't long enough. It's been years and years since that injury.So the answer to your question in part relies on your overall level of fitness...as well as the routines you currently do for your workouts, and whatever your diet and lifestyle looks like.

In general, I suggest that you scale back your workouts and use this time to focus on healthy living alternatives. For example, analyzing your diet to cut back on hidden areas of sugar intake (such as ketchup on food or flavoring added to your coffee drinks). To allow your body to properly heal you want to give it all the good stuff it needs: bioavailable protein, slow carbohydrates, good fats.

And remove all the damage-inducing things: caffeine, carbonated drinks, smoking, alcohol. You should stay off your foot as much as possible, period. If you must exercise, it should not involve movement of your legs.

Movement of your legs absolutely will result in the muscles around your ankle activating, and this will occur while your body is trying to heal itself. To that end you must minimize all involvement of your legs. There are arm-intensive things you can do.

However, in general you might just want to take a break, focus on other things, and bounce around the internet for things you can do a number of weeks from now when the pain starts to go away.

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I sprained my ankle June 15th. Had it X-rayed, and no breaks. It still is very stiff in the mornings -after two months?

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Its been 3 weeks and still swollen and sore.

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