Is It Safe To Exercise With A Cast Or Splint?
Functioning through daily life having to wear a cast, splint or sling from a recent injury can be challenging. Injuries are common and unfortunately these medical assistance items that help you get better can also be quite challenging on their own. Especially when it comes to continuing to live an active lifestyle with exercise. But is it a good idea to exercise with a cast, splint or sling?
In This Episode You Will Learn:
1). Why we decided to dedicate an episode to this issue and how this can affect someone trying to recover from a recent injury.
2). Some of Meredith's personal experiences in training people of all ages and their shared stories of trying to exercise with a cast.
3). Some of the challenges you will face if you overexercise and how that can slow down the healing process.
4). Why it's important to choose the right type of exercises that are safe to do depending on the type of injury you have and the location of the cast etc.
5). How staying active even during nursing an injury can help keep you motivated and make your post recovery workouts easier to return to.
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We hope the information we've shared in this episode is helpful to you or someone you know who may be dealing with a cast, sling or splint. Staying active is important no matter what your current situation is. Always keep in mind to be safe and smart when you do exercise to ensure a healthy recovery from your injury.
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Meredith became interested in working with older adults after a client asked her to become the Fitness Coordinator at a local senior community, and the rest is history! Meredith has a passion for motivating others to lead happy and healthy lifestyles and is dedicated to helping seniors enrich their mental, physical, and nutritional wellness. Her goals are to help all audiences in their health and fitness journey, be an overall inspiration, and help others reach their goals.
Meredith says, “I see fitness not just as a ‘go, go, go,’ ‘push yourself harder,’ ‘run faster’ objective. It is more purposeful, more long-term in benefits, and for overall wellness.”
