Exercises

These guidelines are appropriate for adults (aged 18-64 years) with minimal to moderate disability resulting from either relapsing-remitting or progressive forms of multiple sclerosis. These guidelines are used as a tool for making exercise recommendations or developing exercise programs.

This guide covers all stages of knee replacement surgery from how to prepare for it at home, the hospital stay during the procedure and recovery after the operation. It also provides exercises and tips of regaining full mobility and a checklist of equipment you may need in the hospital and at home. 

Exercise and activity are important to help control your blood sugar and improve your overall health. This handout lists safe and beneficial activities for people living with type 2 diabetes. It explains how is blood sugar affected by exercises and how to avoid rapid changes in the blood sugar level while being physically active.

This is a practical, non-technical guide to minimizing the occurrence of falls as well as their devastating effects. The book recommends taking stock of one's current level of health, physical abilities, ongoing medical concerns and current medication. It covers the risk factors of falling, how to alleviate them, as well as some general practices for living a healthy life.

This website provides information for individuals who have had a stroke and for their families. It explains causes and symptoms of stroke, available rehabilitation, including different types of interventions and therapies.  After-stroke physical activity including aerobic exercises, is also clarified. The website provides a glossary of stroke related terms.

Learn about cystic fibrosis, its sign and symptoms and how it is treated. There is also a list of different types of physical exercises which may benefit someone with CF. 

This pamphlet emphasizes importance of exercises for people living with osteoporosis. It offers sets of exercises which help to prevent bone loss, strengthen spine and help to build supporting muscles. Tips for getting started and exercise plan are also included.

This book offers over 150 brain exercises and puzzles which cover mental speed, visual-spatial acuity, language acquisition, sensory growth and more. It also provides information on the connection between brain and diet and includes menu plans and more than 125 recipes.

The Active Living Canada promotes a society where all older Canadians are leading active lifestyle which contributes to their overall well-being. The website offers active living tips  for specific conditions in several languages, healthy living workshop resources, age friendly guides and a series of short videos with tips for the easy daily exercises.

When you take insulin, you need to plan ahead for exercise and other activities to avoid a low blood sugar. This handout will show you how to play sports or take part in other activities safely with Type 1 diabetes.

This booklet may help you to relax and manage stress by performing a set of simple exercises. It also lists additional helpful resources.

Adding more physical activity to your day is one of the most important things you can do to help manage your diabetes and improve your health. Here you can find out more about recommended exercises you can do and how you can stay motivated.

This book attempts to teach people with physical limitations of strength, flexibility and balance to improve their abilities and regain fuller, healthier lives. It discusses and describes simple exercises that work all parts of the body and can be done sitting in a wheelchair.

Staying physically active and exercising regularly can help prevent or delay some diseases and disabilities as people grow older. In addition to the tips on preventing falls, this resource offers exercise routines that are specifically designed to maintain or improve balance, strength, and endurance.

This book shows you how to take control of your health, boost your energy, and reduce or eliminate the need for medication with the latest scientific research and proven exercise plans.

ParticipACTION is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to help Canadians sit less and move more. Originally established in 1971, ParticipACTION works with its partners, which include sport, physical activity, recreation organizations, government and corporate sponsors, to make physical activity a vital part of everyday life.

Dr. Michael Stanton-Hicks, a world-renowned pain expert presents critical information about the scientific studies and progress in regulating pain and its related conditions. Author explains potential causes of chronic pain, new developments in pain management and available treatments. He also brings inspirational and encouraging stories of people who have triumphed over chronic pain.

In this comprehensive, illustrated guide, authors, who between them have seven decades of clinical experience, help readers understand arthritis and give a spectrum of exercises for beginners and experts. The guide offers 100 classical yoga poses and numerous imaginative and physiologically sound yoga poses, all with step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photo demonstrations. Modifications for many poses are also provided.

The book explains dangers of prolonged, uninterrupted sitting to human health. It also presents a simple, low-impact, easy-to-follow movement program that can improve your strength, balance, mood and long-term health.

Meditation can help you deal effectively with nitty-gritty annoyances, get in tune with your body, and restore a sense of balance in your life. The book maps out a simple 15-minute routine that can fit into even the busiest of schedules and comes complete with dozens of tips for improving your overall peace of mind and body.

Written by a yoga teacher and suitable for both yoga novices and veterans, this book is grounded in simple movements, breathing techniques, guided visualization and relaxation sessions. Readers learn to reduce stress and manage fibromyalgia through eight sequences: four for pain relief, one to diminish fatigue and improve sleep, and three for maintaining body awareness and general flexibility.

In this new book, authors show how to overcome the aches, stiffness, and unsteadiness in your muscles and joints. Using their simple, self-administered tests, you will assess your level of physical performance in these five critical domains: posture, balance, strength, flexibility, and endurance. The authors also help you develop a personal profile according to the results of these tests.

This is a comprehensive guide to fighting mental decline. With cutting-edge neuroscience, information about Alzheimer's, fascinating case studies, and tips to fight brain aging symptoms such as slower mental acuity and "senior moments," this smart, engaging guide will help keep your memory sharp and your mind active. The guide includes age-defying exercises, from body stretches to word games, other engaging activities and foods that help us think.

This book presents simple, yoga-based practices that you can do at work and at home to release muscle tension for immediate relief. This fully illustrated, easy to follow guidebook also addresses common problems that may accompany neck tension, including headaches, upper back pain, and stress.

Filled with hundreds of tips, suggestions, and strategies, this guide offers practical medical solutions in clear language. It explains how to develop and maintain exercise and nutrition programs, manage symptoms, determine when to seek medical help, work effectively with doctors, properly use medications and minimize side effects, locate community resources, discuss the illness with family and friends, and tailor social activities for particular conditions.

This book is the first at-home exercise program designed especially for those on chemotherapy. The therapeutic benefits of exercise are real. As patients develop strength through exercise, they gain emotional strength. The book provides complete walking and exercise programs which require no expensive equipment, advice about coping with the side effects of chemotherapy and a special devoted to nutrition during chemotherapy treatment.

This is an easy-to-use guidebook for women forty and older on how to use gentle but powerful traditional Chinese exercises, breathing techniques, massage, meditation to promote health, fitness, relaxation, mental clarity and even treat specific health concerns.

The article emphasizes importance of two types of osteoporosis exercises for maintaining bone density: weight-bearing and muscle-strengthening exercises.

Presents a set of gentle sitting exercises with illustrations which are intended to improve mobility and prevent falls. Exercises can be easily done at home on your own.

This book is a collection of 86 one-page activities designed especially for individuals with early memory loss to help strengthen bran functioning, promote social interaction, and provide hours of meaningful entertainment. It can be used independently by older adults with memory loss or by activity staff and group leaders for discussion and programming ideas. Tips for engagement and an answer key are included for each activity.

With fold-out exercise charts and an exercise DVD, the 15-Minute Fitness Series gives readers everything they need to squeeze regular exercise sessions into even the most hectic day. Stretching is one of the most important-and most neglected-components of every workout. This guide will help you learn the essential stretching exercises that are important to your physical health.

This resource lists and describes the best exercises for building and maintaining strong bones, weight- bearing and muscle-strengthening activities.

Clients of the Meir Schneider Self-Healing Method experience their own capacity to bring about recovery, reversing the progress of a wide range of degenerative conditions including eye disease. The book offers simple techniques to gain great vision such as sunning and palming. Such exercises are not only strengthening but also restorative and deeply relaxing.

This is a series of short videos showing tai chi streatching exercises for shoulders, neck and spine.

Ball exercises that can be done by beginners and advanced exercisers include 96 moves that help to strengthen, tone and stretch your body.

This is a self-help guide to recognizing, preventing and coping with back and neck conditions. The book explains the anatomy of the back and neck, explains why problems occur, provides exercises to improve strength and mobility, includes strategies for coping with pain and suggests possible treatments.

This book offers a set of exercises for older active women who want to be careful not to do harm exercising. Exercise can increase bone density, strengthen muscles, and improve balance and flexibility, thus reducing the risk of injury and helping to maintain daily functioning. This is a comprehensive approach that incorporates yoga, Pilates, and Feldenkrais techniques with traditional weight-training and aerobics exercise.

By the age of eighteen, Christiane Stenger had won the annual Youth World Memory Training Championship-three times. Now she shares her proven brain-boosting program to help you think smarter, faster, and better than you ever thought possible. Packed with interactive exercises, activities, and quizzes, this fun-filled guide shows you simple everyday ways to improve your memory and sharpen your mental skills, using odd phrases, silly stories, and visual images you'll never forget.

This book offers a set of simple, pleasant stretching exercises that can be enjoyed by everyone. They release accumulated tensions in the joints and glands, increase circulation to all parts of the body and help improve overall flexibility. People with arthritis and rheumatism have found this book to be very beneficial. These exercises also gently prepare and train your body for the practices of hatha yoga.