Physical Activity

Physical activity will help contribute to the enhancement of functional capacity, which could help improve daily tasks such as reaching for items, using stairs and light lifting.

View our Physical Activity guide

Our Rehabilitation team have found some sites containing videos of exercises that you could do at home. These include some sitting, standing and lying down exercises which focus on developing muscle strength, increasing flexibility and improving balance. Please only attempt the exercises that you feel you can do safely and follow the instructions carefully.

www.stchristophers.org.uk/seatedexercises
www.stchristophers.org.uk/video-exercise-standing/
www.stchristophers.org.uk/lyingexercises

Why not take some time to read over some important information about physical activity set out in these websites:

www.nhs.uk/livewell/fitness/documents/NHS_strength_exercise.pdf
www.nhs.uk/livewell/fitness/documents/NHS_sitting_exercise.pdf
https://assets.nhs.uk/prod/documents/NHS-flexibility-exercise.pdf
www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/balance-exercises/

Why not monitor you progress by making a chart to complete?