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exercises with a cane?
by oc1dean, May 05, 2008 04:56PM
I found a couple of exercises to use with my cane.
For flexability in the shoulder and ROM(range of motion) I started by using the pulley over the door, but that
was only available in one place. So I tried something different, Putting the grip handle
of my cane in my affected hand, I grabbed the lower part of the cane with the unaffected
hand and used that to push my affected arm up. First straight in front of me , then to
the side and eventually to the rear. I would try to get my affected hand to the level of
my head, After a while I could get it well above my head. Next step was to move the arm
around in a semicircle around my body as it was up in the air. I first had to use the
unaffected arm to push the affected arm around but was able to get the affected arm
moving by itself. I know this has helped both my arm swing and relaxing my biceps. This
de-weighting of the arm has led to other similar advances.
For working on my triceps I used my cane also. First sit down on a chair and place your
cane in front of you, affected hand on the grip, tip on the ground, starting out you can
use your unaffected hand to fully extend your affected arm. As you get better at this you
will be able to use your affected arm only to extend your arm and then pull it back. I
started out by doing 50 reps of these nightly, ended up doing them also when waiting at a
bus stop bench, or when sitting in a waiting room. For working on your shoulder muscles
when your arm is extended straight in front of you,move your arm to the right and left,
seeing how far down you can go. By using the cane in these manners I am carrying around
my exercise equipment all day long.
Feel free to add some additional ones.
Dean
For flexability in the shoulder and ROM(range of motion) I started by using the pulley over the door, but that
was only available in one place. So I tried something different, Putting the grip handle
of my cane in my affected hand, I grabbed the lower part of the cane with the unaffected
hand and used that to push my affected arm up. First straight in front of me , then to
the side and eventually to the rear. I would try to get my affected hand to the level of
my head, After a while I could get it well above my head. Next step was to move the arm
around in a semicircle around my body as it was up in the air. I first had to use the
unaffected arm to push the affected arm around but was able to get the affected arm
moving by itself. I know this has helped both my arm swing and relaxing my biceps. This
de-weighting of the arm has led to other similar advances.
For working on my triceps I used my cane also. First sit down on a chair and place your
cane in front of you, affected hand on the grip, tip on the ground, starting out you can
use your unaffected hand to fully extend your affected arm. As you get better at this you
will be able to use your affected arm only to extend your arm and then pull it back. I
started out by doing 50 reps of these nightly, ended up doing them also when waiting at a
bus stop bench, or when sitting in a waiting room. For working on your shoulder muscles
when your arm is extended straight in front of you,move your arm to the right and left,
seeing how far down you can go. By using the cane in these manners I am carrying around
my exercise equipment all day long.
Feel free to add some additional ones.
Dean
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