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Exercising When You Have SMA
I hope everyone is having a great week!
For this video, I had the opportunity to work with one of our forum members, Crystal. As we all know, SMA has a broad spectrum when it comes to ability. Regardless of your function level, keeping active is important to help maintain the level you’re at.
Crystal and I discuss why we think exercise is important, and how we incorporate it into our daily lives.
Do you have an exercise routine? How do you stay active?
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From past experience I can tell you that too much exercise can “burn out muscle”. I lost strength after too heavy of a program recommended by a physical therapist. Now this was 30 years ago when a lot less was known about SMA 3. Heck it wasn’t even called that then!
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Thanks for bringing that up Jim. I agree, you don’t want to overdo it. As with most things I think balance is key. With SMA I think you don’t want to focus on strengthening, but more maintaining movement. I hope you’ve been able to find a good balance that works for you.
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And on those days that you feel like you can’t exercise, even having someone stretch you for you can be a wonderful thing.
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