Purposes:MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and General health(Started Jan 01, 2012)
Date
Dosage
MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
Perceived effectiveness
General health
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Jun 27, 2012
1 hr
M,W,F
Moderate
Major
None
Usually
Not at all
Date
Jun 27, 2012
Advice & Tips
My exercise program is difficult to describe, as it is always changing. Many factors convinced me to finally become more active. I was already managing my MS quite well with diet alone, but I was weak. Interested in activities that required minimal or no physical activity. After some negative news from an MRI scan, my neurologist urged me to start exercising like they had done many times before. Around Christmas of 2011 I signed up for a PE class, that was ironically mostly online, to fulfill a general in my degree. I made a decision that now was the time to change my pathetic physique. I decided I would buy and Xbox with Kinect as an interactive exercise motivation. To my surprise that worked quite well. I quickly became interested in more challenging routines and more difficult activities. once my 7 week long online pe class was over I was confident that I knew enough to start weight training and doing self lead cardiovascular activities. Last month, may 2012 I took two more pe classes that were a few weeks long. This fulfilled my final pe requirements and helped solidify the methods that are most beneficial. Today I do an average of 30 or more min of cardio each day, and lift weights every other day. I do my best to use every muscle group and not ignore anything. Of course some days I do very little, but I always strive for more intensity each new week as I am interested in progressive improvement for the next 10 years or so. a few months ago I started keeping track of all my activity in a journal like composition book. I plan to continue this until I have reached my lofty goals. My distant goals include things such as: (100 proper push-ups in under 2 min, 3000 proper jumping jacks in under 50min, 25 proper pull-ups/chin-ups in under 1 min, Running a 6minute mile)
Purposes:General health and Treat my mood condition(s)(Started Jan 01, 2002)
Date
Dosage
General health
Perceived effectiveness
Treat my mood condition(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Feb 01, 2012
1 hr
M,W,F
Major
Major
None
Usually
A little
Date
Feb 01, 2012
Advice & Tips
I choose to do a 2 mile run because it helps my mental state. Anyone who has not engaged in any exercise in recent years or after any life changing event should begin slow and build according to each of their needs. It should be fun and the challenges should be personal.
Purposes:General health, Fatigue, and Mobility decreased(Started Aug 01, 1965)
Date
Dosage
General health
Perceived effectiveness
Fatigue
Perceived effectiveness
Mobility decreased
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Sep 01, 2010
30 min
Weekly
Jun 01, 2010
30 min
Weekly
Dec 31, 2005
10 min
Daily
Side effects:
Joint pain, Muscle aches
Date
Sep 01, 2010
Advice & Tips
As of Sept 1, 2010, I am lumping running together with the other aerobic exercise I do - walking, exercise bike, elliptical.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Jun 01, 2010
Advice & Tips
I started running again, sporadically, about a year ago. Since June I've been running one or two miles a day, two or three days a week. I usually don't run it continuously. I'll run two or three laps (on an indoor track, 13 laps to the mile), then walk one or two, and repeat.
I”ve found that walking and running reduce my freezing problems (I’ve had severe freezing episodes when I’m off). A couple of years ago, when I pushed hard while walking oar running, I would start to freeze. And once that happened, I could not walk well until I took my next dose of medication. And even then, it would take a couple of hours for my meds to kick in.
Within the past year or so, I’ve been able to push myself much harder when exercising, without freezing. And when I do freeze, I can force myself to walk through it for close to half a mile. And even when walking is tough, running is a bit easier, and seems to keep me from going off. And even when I do freeze, once I stop, I can walk normally within a few minutes, and am good for a couple more hours. I’m also having much less off time –I’m essentially on from the time my meds kick in after I get up, until 7 or 8 at night.
And I know walking and running is primarily responsible for this change, rather than my medications. Because from January until about April of this year (2010), I did much less walking and running (although I continued to exercise hard - usually exercise bike or elliptical) due to a strained hamstring. And once I started walking and running again, I would tend to freeze after about half a mile. But within a few months, I got my ability back and even improved from before.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Dec 31, 2005
Advice & Tips
I started running in high school, to get in shape for track. I was never very competitive in track, but I enjoyed the way I felt when I was in shape. Running also helped me relax. And I noticed I almost never got sick. I had to stop running due to (unmedicated) Parkinson's, but I'm starting to do it again. I'll list it once I can regularly (once a week or so) run a mile or two.
Updating results…
Moderate
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