How and why it is good to take deep breaths to help you get and stay well. These are for anyone to do but you can get some more help and advice from your local Physiotherapy team.
If you are very unwell and/or unable to say a whole sentence without stopping for breath you must seek urgent medical advice.
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Here is the second general exercise group session. You will need a sturdy chair and some weights (a water bottle or tins of beans). This video consists of a demonstration of the movements and alternative variations you can do.
Follow Gwen's video to give your arms and body a lovely stretch. Look out for the cat and pigeons in the background!
Find a comfortable place to lie down. This video will show you some ways to stretch your hips and back, ending with a pose called 'happy baby!'
This session consists of a short warm up, followed by 6 exercises and a cool down.
All the exercises are done whilst in sitting, a suitable sturdy chair is required. Some of the exercises are weight optional, if you don’t have weights you can use tins of beans or bottles of water etc. If the pace of the session is to quick feel free to pause as required. PNF is a way for support staff/ family to help individuals to give their arms and legs a good stretch while reinforcing helpful movement patterns by encouraging brain signals to be sent from the skin to the brain and back to the muscle. This helps promote movement and relax tight muscles when it’s done on a regular basis.
Here is the first of our general exercise sessions. There are options to make it easier or more difficult. Please always work within what feels comfortable for you.
This video shows you how to do the standing: tree pose. It also shows you how to do different options to make it easier or harder.
You need a bit of balance for this exercise so have a look at the video first to make sure it is the right activity for you. Please exercise within your own limits. These videos are designed to support you whilst you are at home during the Coronavirus. Choose the videos that best suit your needs, and stay careful - if in doubt, watch the video through first. We hope you enjoy them and find them helpful.
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