Bodybuilding for Cerebral Palsy 1
Consult a trainer and doctor before starting any exercise program. ENTER AT OWN RISK. This blog is for people with sever Cerebral Palsy. After my hip surgery I had to start from nothing, I’m guessing my body weight was around 80 pounds and the spasms in my legs were so bad that I jerked my knee cap lose when I came out of the cast. My right hand could hardly grip anything, if you want to; you can make a differents in the quality of you life. It takes years and the first year you will see real gains. The key is to never quit! “ THE MORE YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, THE MORE GOD WILL GIVE YOU TO DO WITH.” BOTOX- Isn’t that what kills cattle? They say the affects are temporary? Did you see the couple in Florida who took it for cosmetic reasons and now they can’t move their face? Now, kids with C.P. are dying form their injections! Why would you paralyze your self more then you are? Understanding that there are many different degrees of C.P., I will tell you what I did and you can take it and apply it to where you are physically. Your grip- In most vitamin stores at the mall or exercise equipment shops and here at Bodybuilding.com, you can find Stress balls or a racket ball, squeeze the ball as many times as you can, even if only 4 times, do sets of 3 to 4 once or twice a week. While doing that get a “home gym” this is a rubber cord with handles, they come in many different resistants, find the one that suits your needs. Also, there are wrist straps, found at the exercise shop or Bodybuilding.com; the dumb person working behind the counter there should help you find them. Combine the straps with the cords. A work out partner or trainer is needed. At Wal-mart you can find a Nolan Ryan fore arm/ wrist machine, work on how many repetitions you can get- 1 set. It will take time and a lot of weeks to years, but in time you will improve. Ankle weights can be strapped to your wrist. In some exercises no motion is needed, just hold the weight out for 30 sec. at a time to your side, point thumbs down to work delts-3 sets. Legs- just do what you can, really push your self, because legs help with abs and really everything else, at the same time remember everyone your not alone and it takes time. Make sure all joints are in place, Check with your physician, Remember this blog is for people with sever Cerebral Palsy, not S.I. Supplements- all I will tell you is to research everything very carefully, Protein is the main one. Your health is very important, as far as I can see and in my personal opinion the Flu, colds ect. is the leading cause of death in persons with sever C.P. So, I will recommend a multi vitamin and ZMA. This web site has info on supplements for joints to antioxidants. With in time you be feeling better mentally and physically and if Danny Burke can do it, you can too! P.s. Danny is very ripped in person.
