Regular physical activity for Disabled people can help control weight, improve mental health and reduce the risk of chronic diseases. It also can increase quality of life and independence.
The guidelines recommend 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise per week, and muscle-strengthening activities at least two days a week. People with disabilities are more likely to be active when they enjoy what they do.
Strengthening
Strengthening is essential for disabled people because it increases muscle mass, endurance, bone strength, and strength. It can also help prevent falls and improve balance, the CDC notes.
Those with mobility disabilities can perform exercises that build muscular strength and endurance in gyms equipped for wheelchair users, or at home using resistance bands. These exercises should include moderate and high-intensity activities that involve all major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week.
The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommend that all adults engage in 150 min of moderate-intensity aerobic activity per week, and two or more days a week of muscle-strengthening activities involving all major muscle groups. However, the current study found that fewer than half of US adults with mobility disability met either guideline.
Cardiovascular
Physical activity can help maintain a healthy weight, improve blood pressure, cholesterol, and lower the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. It can improve self-esteem and depression, as well as behavior.
It is important to exercise safely, and to follow the advice of a qualified professional.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends adults get at least 150 minutes (2.5 hours) of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity per week. You can get even more health benefits by adding two or more sessions to your muscle-strengthening exercise that targets all major muscle groups.
Flexibility
Flexibility is the ability to move a joint or series of joints through a full range of motion (ROM). This helps performance, posture, promotes efficient movement, prevents incorrect body alignment, maintains appropriate muscle length and balance, and decreases injury risk.
Athletes can also be very flexible, which can help them perform well in specific sports movements. Static-active flexibility is the ability to assume and maintain an extended position at full ROM around a joint, unassisted, while static-passive is the ability to do this using only your body weight or the support of your limbs.
Although the evidence isn’t strong, it is possible that there may be a link between flexibility tests and certain health outcomes or markers in youth. Based on these findings, the committee does not recommend including a flexibility test in a national survey at this time, but does make recommendations regarding the use of specific flexibility tests with educational value in schools and other educational settings (see Chapter 9).
Balance
Balance is an important part of many activities involving movement and mobility such as housework, cooking, shopping and travel. People with disabilities can benefit from a physical activity program that helps them balance better and decrease their chances of falling.
The new physical activity guidelines for disable children and young people in the UK recommend they get 20 minutes of exercise every day, and strength and balance-focused activities around three times a week.
They also recommend that health care professionals work with individuals in order to create a program that is tailored to their needs and abilities. This will increase participation and make physical activity more effective.
Social
The physical activities that we choose to engage in are often influenced by the social contexts that we find ourselves in. The same is true for those with disabilities who are able to participate in some physical activities but have less opportunities to practice and master the motor skills needed for these.
Sport participation is often a way for disabled people to socialize. It can help people with disabilities understand their identities and the effects of their participation on their lives (Rudell & Shinew 2006).
Flexibility
Flexibility is the ability to move a joint or series of joints through a full range of motion (ROM). This helps performance, posture, promotes efficient movement, prevents incorrect body alignment, maintains appropriate muscle length and balance, and decreases injury risk.
Athletes can also be very flexible, which can help them perform well in specific sports movements. Static-active flexibility is the ability to assume and maintain an extended position at full ROM around a joint, unassisted, while static-passive is the ability to do this using only your body weight or the support of your limbs.
Although the evidence isn’t strong, it is possible that there may be a link between flexibility tests and certain health outcomes or markers in youth. Based on these findings, the committee does not recommend including a flexibility test in a national survey at this time, but does make recommendations regarding the use of specific flexibility tests with educational value in schools and other educational settings (see Chapter 9).
Balance
Balance is an important part of many activities involving movement and mobility such as housework, cooking, shopping and travel. People with Disability Services brisbane can benefit from a physical activity program that helps them balance better and decrease their chances of falling.
The new physical activity guidelines for disable children and young people in the UK recommend they get 20 minutes of exercise every day, and strength and balance-focused activities around three times a week.
This will increase participation and make physical activity more effective.
Social
The same is true for those with disabilities who are able to participate in some physical activities but have less opportunities to practice and master the motor skills needed for these.
Sport participation is often a way for disabled people to socialize. It can help people with disability services melbourne understand their identities and the effects of their participation on their lives (Rudell & Shinew 2006).
