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Today we're going
to be talking about
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how to set up an
exercise program for those
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who might be
confined to a wheelchair!
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Hello I'm Dick Nunez
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Wellness Director for the
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Black Hill and Education Center.
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Welcome to Body and Spirit!
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Today we're going to
talk about a topic that
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I never see addressed.
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I think the exercise
shows that you watch on
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some of the major stations
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and that's a
program for those who
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might be
confined to a wheelchair.
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This is a very serious topic.
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I know there are a
lot of people out there
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that are confined to wheelchairs
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that wish that
they could do something
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to exercise their body.
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They're still
interested in being healthy.
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There are some who
might be in wheelchairs
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only for a temporary time.
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Maybe there's something they can
do to get themselves stronger
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and might be able to
get out of the wheelchair.
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So we're gonna try and
address all of that today.
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If we look at
what the Bible says,
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Jesus talks about it
in Matthew... He said,
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"bring the people to
me and I will heal them."
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So we want to claim the promises
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and know that He has
great things in store for us
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if we simply do our best
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to follow His teachings
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and His ways.
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He will bless us.
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We need to claim that promise
as we start our program today.
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Because of the
sensitivity of the topic
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and what we're doing.
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I'm going to be doing
this program by myself
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but, obviously I
have a chair handy.
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So, we can get
started with our workout!
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I have a towel with me because
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whenever we look
at training at home,
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I always try to make sure
people can do this without
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going out and
buying lots of equipment.
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Obviously if you have dumbbells
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or some type of flexy
bends that are very popular
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or dynabands,
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those can be helpful
tools for exercise as well.
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But everybody has towels
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and so it makes it very easy
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and you can get a very
good workout just using that,
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regardless of
whether you are watching this
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and you still want to
get a regular workout,
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you can still do so but
we'll have to make sure that
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this is going to be
something that people who
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are in wheelchairs can
do from start to finish.
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So we're still
going to loosen up.
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Same way as we always do.
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We're going to get
the arms moving around
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and try and get
the circulation going.
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It's a key element to
make sure the body's warm
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before you get into any
type of strenuous exercise.
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By doing so you open
up the blood pathways
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and once the muscle is
warmed up it's much more
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affective at contracting.
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Now we're going to
go the other direction.
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You never want to
lose the ability to
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rotate the shoulders around.
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Bring the arms up...
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I've experienced
restrictions in my own body
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from very serious
exercise related injuries
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where I actually
lost 90% of the strength
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in my right arm in one night.
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It took me ten
years to rehabilitate it!
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So I'm well aware
of what can happen when
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a neuromuscular
condition takes us out.
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We're going to take our towel,
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we're going to do
various ranges of motion.
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We're going to start
by just bringing it back
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to the chest and pushing it out.
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Now, while we're
doing this we want to be
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pulling the towel
apart as much as we can
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and focus on the
form coming back.
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The chest is up...
you're touching your chest
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and pushing out.
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This is simulating
like a bench press motion
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and we're going to do
15 repetitions this way.
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There's 9 and 10.
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Keep the chest up!
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11, 12
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And three more.
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13, 14, 15
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Now we're going
to change the angle
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and I'm going to go upwards
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and I'm going to attempt
to do 15 repetitions again.
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If you have dumbbells
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feel free to use that!
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If the coordination
is difficult at first,
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just hang in there!
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The more you do this
the better it will become.
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Now we're pulling
apart and we're going to get
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some shoulder
activity in there as well.
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Those who are in wheelchairs
have to use their arms a lot
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so we're going to try
to really focus on that.
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Now we're going
to try to just do
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a nice hard squeeze here.
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This is the static
contraction of the chest
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and we're going to hold that
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for about a 15
second time period.
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Hold for five more
seconds... and relax.
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Okay now we're
going to do it again,
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push hard!
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Nice steady contraction.
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The arms should be
parallel to the floor
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as we push hard with
the palms of the hand.
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Nice steady push...
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And five more seconds...
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and relax!
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Okay now using our towel again,
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we're going to be doing
some pulls from over the head.
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This is a
simulated pull over motion.
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It's going to be
very beneficial for
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maintaining flexibility
of the rotator cuff area
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of the shoulders
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and also we want
to be stimulating
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the muscles between the scapula.
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We're going to be working
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the upper back here
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and we're going to
try and do five more.
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.Remember if it's
difficult at first...
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Just stay with it,
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you never want
to get discouraged!
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You want to keep
going boldly forward!
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Two more...
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Okay.
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Now we're going to hold it up
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over our head and
bend down to the side
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now all the way
down to the other...
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This is accentuating
the upper back as well.
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We had a young
man come to our center
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who had spinabifida
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and he was determined
to do whatever he could!
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In fact, at first, he
didn't even want to come!
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But then he saw that
we had an exercise program
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that he could personally do!
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He got very
excited about the fact
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and started working
out on a real regular basis
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and was determined to
do it every single day
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because he wanted to get
as much out of it as he could.
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It really changed his
whole attitude of life!
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He became very
optimistic where at first
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he was very pessimistic.
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And to this day,
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he tries to keep
his exercise program.
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In fact he emails me
quite regularly and says
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"I wish I could
exercise as much as I want to."
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But the reality is
he doesn't have somebody
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who can always help him.
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But people who
are in wheelchairs
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can do so much more than
they imagined if they simply
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set their mind to
getting as much out of life
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as they can!
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Okay we're going to relax here
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and we're going to stretch
the muscles we just worked
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by reaching back
and grabbing the elbow
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and we want to hold for
a nice steady contraction.
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We are going to
do five more seconds.
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Okay... then the other side.
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A good steady pull.
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And we're going to
hold for nine more seconds.
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Just keep a steady pull.
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Don't bounce it.
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Don't jerk it.
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Good.
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Okay relax.
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Just let the arms
shake out a little bit.
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Okay we're going to
do some shoulder work.
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We're going to do that
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by just raising our
arms out to the side
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and back down.
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We're going to do a
sequence of exercises here.
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This one's called
the lateral raise.
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This can be done with weights.
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You can have a couple of
Clorox jugs in your hand,
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you can have some cans of soup,
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whatever you want!
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Just something that will
give you some resistance.
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I know for many just
using the weight of their arms
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is going to be
plenty of resistance.
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Okay let's do
five more this way.
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Two more.
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Okay now from a seated
position we're going to
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alternate pushing up
and down with the arms.
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This is
simulating a shoulder press.
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If you do have dumbbells,
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continue to use those with this
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or your soup cans,
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or your Clorox jugs.
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Whatever you might have
that's consistent weight
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that you can work through.
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We want to focus on
the shoulders as we press.
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Nice steady range of motion.
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And we're going to
do ten more each side.
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There's 1 and 2 and 3 and 4
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5, 6, 7, 8 Two more!
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9 -Last one...
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and 10.
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Okay! Now with the
arms at the side again
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we're going to go back out.
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Continue doing some of
the lateral raise motion
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and then we're going
to do ten more of those.
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We're trying to get a good
fatigue factor on the shoulders.
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When people are in wheelchairs
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they have to use
their shoulders a lot.
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We wanna make sure we
have good development.
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Now we're going to
alter it a little bit.
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We're going to lean forward.
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Now we're gonna raise
back a little bit and this
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will be accentuating the
posterior aspect of the deltoid.
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The deltoid goes into three
different bundles of fibers.
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Front, the middle and the rear.
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By doing this now,
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we put the focus
on the rear deltoid.
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We'll try and do 15
in this position as well.
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Remember don't get
discouraged! Hang in there!
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If you have to stop and
rest that's okay as well.
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Otherwise,
proceed boldly forward
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and try to get as
much out of it as you can.
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Okay. Now we're
going to sit back again
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and we're going to raise
both arms out at the same time.
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This is working
the anterior deltoid.
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Have a nice consistent
rhythm as we do these.
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Then we're going to
make one more switch here
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after we do five more.
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This should be a
little easier motion.
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Three more.
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Last one.
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Okay we're going to go
to the side one more time
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and do 15 more repetitions here.
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Then we're going
to do a static hold.
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If you do need to rest
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then please put your arms
down and let it relax until
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you feel the
lactic acid subside.
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What happens is as
we go through exercise;
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if we push it through
then we get this buildup
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of lactic acid which
causes a burning sensation,
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which makes it so the
muscles cannot continue on
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and the body will
naturally just stop.
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We're going to do one more.
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Now we're going to try
to hold that for 30 seconds.
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When somebody
does aerobic exercise,
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then we get into an
oxygen transport system
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and then we can keep
going for long periods of time.
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But, when our body gets
to the lactic acid buildup
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then it's going to stop us down.
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People often
times think lactic acid
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is what makes us sore.
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Actually it's not, actually
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it's minute
disruptions of connective tissue
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and although it may
sound bad the reality is that
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a little bit of
soreness isn't bad.
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We just don't want it extensive.
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We're going to do
five more seconds here...
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...starting now.
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Okay.
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Now we're going to try and
row up row up and push down.
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This will be a
little bit awkward having to
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work around a chair but it
still gives us a range of motion
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for that upper trapezius area.
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Now the shoulders should
be getting pretty fatigued
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Okay and we're
going to do ten more!
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Hang in there!
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It's almost done
for the shoulders
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but once again it's
a very important area!
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In fact, this whole
presentation is very important.
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My heart goes out to people
that have been confined to
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wheelchairs because
that's not what they want!
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They want to be
up walking around.
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They want to have
something that they can do.
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They don't know where to start.
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Okay relax.
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Okay now we need to
stretch those muscles out.
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We're going to
pull the arm across
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and just hold it
for a nice steady count.
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We're going to hold
it for just 15 seconds.
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Feel the stretch
in the shoulders?
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And five more seconds...
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Switch!
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Again we're going
to hold for 15 seconds.
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Don't bounce
your stretch at all.
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Just a nice steady pull.
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3, 2, 1 Relax!
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Okay now we're gonna
try and use our towel.
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It might be a little awkward
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but we're still going to try
to get to the arm training here.
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We're going to
pull up and extend down.
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We can really
dictate how hard we go here.
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So, if we really want
to put some effort into it,
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we can!
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Or if you find that the
towel is too "bundle some",
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just go with the palm.
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This is acceptable as well.
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We're going to do 20
repetitions this way.
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You can make this
really difficult if you want.
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You can make them really slow
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giving yourself
a lot of resistance
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or you can have more
of a steady repetition.
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The thing you want to
avoid is just popping them off
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because then you don't
near the benefit you do if
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you keep the repetition slow
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and good concentration!
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We're going to go one more time.
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Good! Okay.
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We're going to switch
over to the other side.
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We'll start with the towel here
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and do a few
repetitions of that.
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Again, if that's uncomfortable
when you switch over
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then just use a hand.
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Then we're going
to do 20 repetitions
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and then we're
going for 10 more.
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Often times you see people
who are confined to wheelchairs
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who develop very strong
upper bodies because they
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have been determined to
carry on. Regardless of it!
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I think it's fantastic
that they have programs like
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marathons for wheelchair people!
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Good.
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Okay now we're going
to try to do the triceps.
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The way we're going to do
this is we're gonna lean back
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just a little bit.
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Put the towel up over our head,
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and we're gonna pull down
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and extend the arm up!
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Again, we can
dictate how hard we go.
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The key element is we
want that arm to go all the way
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straight at the top.
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As you can see as I go up,
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my arm goes all the way
up to a straight position.
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We're focusing on the
triceps (the back of the arm).
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We're going do ten more.
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Try and bring it
down so you get as much
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range of motion as possible.
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And three more!
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Good.
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Okay even though I can do a
lot of weight that still hurts
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if I put the effort to it.
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Okay we are going to
do the opposite side now.
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It's very important to
contract both sides equally
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because we want the
muscles as balanced as possible.
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Again, we want a
good full range of motion.
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Way down... way up.
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Let's go for 20 repetitions.
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I'm on number 8 and I'm
already starting to feel it!
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.Okay
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Ten more!
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Down to 7 and 6!
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We've got five more!
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1, 2, 3, 4,
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and 5 Good!
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Okay now that got my arms tired;
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Now we're going to focus on
the legs as much as possible.
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I understand that
some that might be
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confined to their chairs
can't move their legs at all.
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But some of you can!
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So while we're in this position
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we're going to try and
do a couple of things here.
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The first one is
we're just going to try to
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raise our leg up and
down as much as you can.
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Even if you just feel!
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Try and contract the leg.
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Now obviously if there
is no feeling there at all
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I understand you're not
going to be able to do anything.
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But this is a start!
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Just try to lift the
leg as much as you can
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for those who are able to
contract their thighs still.
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We're going do six more.
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And two more.
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Okay let's go to the other side.
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We're keeping the leg
at a steady bend here.
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I'm not extending the leg out.
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Simply lifting it
up, trying to feel the
00:20:12.23\00:20:14.88
contraction up in
the quadriceps region.
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If you can hardly move
it at all even just making
00:20:18.37\00:20:22.35
the fibers start to
contract that's alright!
00:20:22.40\00:20:26.82
You have to have
a starting place.
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Try and encourage your leg
to do as much work as it can.
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Some may have a
problem that they may have been
00:20:36.83\00:20:39.48
amputated from the knee down
but yet they're still attached
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from the hip to the knee.
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This is also good!
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You should continue to exercise
00:20:47.31\00:20:49.05
the area that you still have.
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Okay you've got five more to go.
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And two more.
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Okay now we're going
to try to extend the leg
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as much as possible
00:21:02.80\00:21:03.77
and once again you might
not be able to do this at all
00:21:03.78\00:21:05.82
or you may have to just
extend your leg or yourself
00:21:05.87\00:21:08.68
and try to let it drop back down
00:21:08.73\00:21:13.22
(or control it drop
back down I should say).
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You want to try and get a
good contraction at the top.
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You might find
yourself just going up
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and you might feel like your
leg's just falling back down.
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It's okay, keep
trying to hold onto it,
00:21:34.63\00:21:36.98
try and hold onto it and
let it down slowly as you can.
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You'd be amazed at how
much you might progress
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by just giving it a good effort.
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The thing you want
to always remember is
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don't give up!
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Good!
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Let's switch sides.
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When we get to the top we
want to flex as much as we can.
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You want to focus on the thigh.
00:22:11.27\00:22:14.35
Squeeze it.
00:22:14.40\00:22:17.68
We've got eight more to go!
00:22:17.73\00:22:19.22
There's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
00:22:19.27\00:22:29.02
6, 7, 8
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Good!
00:22:34.47\00:22:35.44
Now however you might be
able to brace yourself whether
00:22:35.45\00:22:37.15
it's against your chair
00:22:37.20\00:22:38.98
or just reaching
out a little bit;
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I want you to pull your leg
back in a static contraction.
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We'll do one leg first.
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Just keep a
constant pull against it
00:22:47.67\00:22:48.95
so you feel the muscles
of the hamstrings contracting
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and we'll try and
do this for 30 seconds.
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Okay there's ten.
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You want to feel a
nice steady contraction.
00:23:01.25\00:23:03.02
I'm pulling back with my
-my heel's dug into the carpet
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and I'm pulling back hard.
00:23:07.00\00:23:08.62
For those at home who
are not in wheelchairs
00:23:08.67\00:23:11.95
but are just maybe
having trouble getting around;
00:23:12.00\00:23:14.48
if you're just sitting
there you can still do this
00:23:14.53\00:23:18.52
and get this good
contraction of the quadriceps.
00:23:18.57\00:23:23.42
Okay.
00:23:23.47\00:23:24.44
I'm going to
switch to the other side.
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Again, I've dug my heel
into the carpet and I'm pulling
00:23:25.43\00:23:27.78
and I'm flexing in the
muscles of the hamstring area.
00:23:27.83\00:23:32.22
There is three of them
there: Semimembranosus,
00:23:32.27\00:23:35.45
Semitendinosus
and biceps femoris.
00:23:35.50\00:23:38.05
They all work together
making up that hamstring group.
00:23:38.10\00:23:42.72
I'm pulling hard
for five more seconds.
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Okay we're going to
do one more if we can.
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We're just gonna try
and turn the leg in and out.
00:23:51.70\00:23:55.02
We're gonna try
and work internal
00:23:55.07\00:23:57.02
and external
rotation of the hip.
00:23:57.07\00:24:00.25
Again, I understand some
might not be able to do this.
00:24:00.30\00:24:03.48
However, some of
you probably can!
00:24:03.53\00:24:05.85
I don't want to
eliminate you either.
00:24:05.90\00:24:08.68
Okay and two more.
00:24:12.57\00:24:17.38
Okay good!
00:24:17.43\00:24:18.40
Now let's do the other side!
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We're just internally and
externally rotating the foot.
00:24:20.03\00:24:23.08
It might be difficult at first.
00:24:23.13\00:24:24.98
The thing I try and
help people think about is
00:24:25.03\00:24:27.02
think of your foot
as a windshield wiper.
00:24:27.07\00:24:30.12
You're just trying
to go back and forth.
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Ten more.
00:24:36.20\00:24:39.55
3, 4, 5, 6,
00:24:39.60\00:24:44.15
7, 8, 9, 10 Good!
00:24:44.20\00:24:49.78
Now we're going to
try and do some crunching
00:24:49.83\00:24:51.82
from the abdominal area.
00:24:51.87\00:24:53.18
We're gonna sit
back as much as we can.
00:24:53.23\00:24:54.52
We're going to blow out
and just try and crunch forward
00:24:54.57\00:24:58.82
and lean back.
00:24:58.87\00:25:00.12
...blow out...
00:25:00.17\00:25:01.78
...crunch forward...
00:25:01.83\00:25:03.18
...lean back...
00:25:03.23\00:25:04.38
...blow out, crunch forward.
00:25:04.43\00:25:06.12
...inhale through the nose...
00:25:09.30\00:25:11.15
...exhale through the mouth.
00:25:11.20\00:25:13.65
We're just trying
to shorten up points,
00:25:16.37\00:25:18.45
we're trying to
draw in as we do it.
00:25:18.50\00:25:20.92
Try and do 12 more!
00:25:31.60\00:25:37.12
Ten more!
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You probably hear my breathing
00:25:44.67\00:25:46.05
and that's a key
component of this.
00:25:46.10\00:25:48.52
You want to make sure
you get that good exhaling
00:25:48.57\00:25:52.52
as you come
forward into that crunch.
00:25:52.57\00:25:55.98
Okay three more.
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Okay now we're going to
try to sit towards the edge
00:26:02.93\00:26:05.32
of our chair as much as we can.
00:26:05.37\00:26:07.38
We're just gonna turn our body
00:26:07.43\00:26:09.92
and you can use
your leg or chair
00:26:09.97\00:26:13.12
to give you a
little extra turn there,
00:26:13.17\00:26:17.48
Now let's go in
the other direction.
00:26:17.53\00:26:21.55
Feel that stretch?
00:26:21.60\00:26:26.08
Okay!
00:26:26.13\00:26:27.62
Again, turn...
00:26:27.67\00:26:34.62
and turn one more time!
00:26:34.67\00:26:40.32
Okay good!
00:26:40.37\00:26:42.12
Okay I'm going to stand
up now and that should be
00:26:42.17\00:26:45.05
a good workout for us today!
00:26:45.10\00:26:48.28
The message I
want to have for you is
00:26:48.33\00:26:50.05
the message of hope.
00:26:50.10\00:26:52.28
I know that some are paralyzed
00:26:52.33\00:26:53.95
and they have no
hope again of walking
00:26:54.00\00:26:55.52
on this Earth
until the Lord comes.
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But that is a wonderful promise!
00:26:58.53\00:27:00.35
That you will walk again!
00:27:00.40\00:27:01.37
You will leap for joy
and of praise for His name!
00:27:01.40\00:27:05.38
We can't wait for that day!
00:27:05.43\00:27:06.88
In the meantime, I know,
there are some of you out there
00:27:06.93\00:27:09.55
who can
rehabilitate yourselves still.
00:27:09.60\00:27:12.35
There is still life
in your legs if you will.
00:27:12.40\00:27:14.92
The nerves are working
and the reason you're in the
00:27:14.97\00:27:16.95
wheelchair is because you
haven't taken care of yourself.
00:27:17.00\00:27:20.98
You've let your body go!
00:27:21.03\00:27:22.00
You've gotten too heavy,
maybe you've developed diabetes
00:27:22.01\00:27:24.22
along the way or some
other type of problem.
00:27:24.27\00:27:26.52
There is hope for you
as you continue working out
00:27:26.57\00:27:30.28
and claiming the
promises of the Bible.
00:27:30.33\00:27:32.48
In Philippians 4:13 it tells us;
00:27:32.53\00:27:34.85
"we can do all things"
00:27:34.90\00:27:36.22
and I want to emphasize
00:27:36.27\00:27:37.48
"all things through
00:27:37.53\00:27:38.78
"Christ who strengthens us!"
00:27:38.83\00:27:40.15
As we claim his promises
of what He has in store for us
00:27:40.20\00:27:43.88
great things can happen!
00:27:43.93\00:27:45.48
Stay with it!
00:27:45.53\00:27:47.38
God bless you
00:27:47.43\00:27:48.62
and I'll see you next time.
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