EXERCISE RESOURCES
Helpful resources to improve your best life.
Helpful Resources to Support People with Disabilities and Their Families
The resources below include some helpful advice, interesting research, and practical guidelines on maintaining and improving fitness and wellness while living with a disabling condition, such as spinal cord injury or stroke.
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Exercise Guidelines:
Evidence-based scientific exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, volume 56, pages308–321 (2018).
Discussion of the new exercise guidelines for adults with SCI at spinalcord.com. Includes a one-page pdf download of guidelines.
Exercise resources from ICORD’s (International Coalition on Repair Discoveries) Physical Activity Resource Centre for spinal cord injury.
Physical and exercise recommendations for Stroke Survivors. American Heart Association 2014.
Cardiovascular Health & Exercise – Introduction
Exercise Video pAGES:
Fitness and Mobility Exercise (FAME) for stroke survivors.
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability’s (NCHPAD) Inclusive Fitness Tips.
Multiple adapted cardio and strength workouts for SCI by Adapt to Perform
EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES
EXERCISE VIDEOS
ARM EXERCISES FOR STROKE SURVIVORS
BY FLINT REHAB
LEG EXERCISES FOR STROKE SURVIVORS
BY FLINT REHAB
CORE EXERCISES FOR STROKE SURVIVORS
BY FLINT REHAB
AEROBICS FOR STROKE SURVIVORS
BY NCHPAD
High energy wheelchair-based cardio workout
BY BORP
(Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program)
OUR PREREOCORDED LIBRARY OF WORKOUTS
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