General advice for Exercise
• Individually prescribed aerobic and strengthening exercises are safe
(following assessment & risk screening)
• Feel comfortably out of breath, but still be able to talk, and the exercises
Should make them perspire
• Do not exercises to exhaustion
• Recognise when it is time to stop
• Next day tiredness and fatigue
• May not have enough energy left for essential functional tasks
• Do it in short bouts & build up gradually
• Avoid excessive eccentric activity
• Be aware of ‘over-work weakness’
• Muscle soreness should not last longer than 48 hours
• The gym isn’t the only place to exercise
• If they experience unusual symptoms or experience pain then advised to stop
Exercising & to seek physiotherapist or GP advice
• To achieve regular physical activity, people need to integrate physical activity
Into their everyday lives
• Make it fun &sociabel