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Suggest Exercises To Avoid Muscular Atrophy
My mom just broke her femur just below the trachanter (within the last 24 hours). She had surgery and had a titanium rod and pins placed. She is 58 years old, about 125lbs, and significant respiratory history - severe asthma, COPD, she has gone in the hospital 8 times for respiratory failure, 5 times needed to be intubated, and also has osteoperosis (caused by being on Prednisone for many years - rarely gets below a 10mg doasge or else goes into an asthma flare.) Each time she has gone into the hospital for her respiratory failure, she loses leg muscle and has to do physical therapy. She actually just finished 6 weeks of PT about 2 weeks ago. Because of her health problems, I know she will take a longer recovery time. What exercises can she possibly start now to reduce muscular atrophy? And is there anything that we can do to help speed up recovery?
Mon, 21 Mar 2016
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I have gone thru your query regarding your mom's multy problems due to
Muscle atrophy . I can understand your concern .
For your info , Muscle wasting, results from loss of muscle tissue. Little or no physical exercise and a sedentary lifestyle and faulty food habits and Over Use of medication indiscriminately , are common Causes of muscle atrophy resulting in so much sufferings be it respiratory history - severe asthma ,osteoperosis , broken bones and so on ---.
It is a matter of derailed immunity .
Dear , only medicines will not help cure unless you modify life style and food habits .
Modification of life style and food habits Include essential nutrients and antioxidants in natural form - fresh fruit , green veges , Almonds ,Amla , Aloe vera , cow's milk according to daitition .
.
Control diabetes. Monitor your blood pressure.
Avoid fried fast foods , fat , salt , fine flours stress , worry , over exertion , dehydration and constipation .
Do Regular walk , practise Yoga postures , Pranayam - Deep Breathing , Kapal bhati , in moderate speed , Anulom Vilom , Tribandh , Bhrameri , Yog nidra - Shavassan for proper circulation of oxigenated blood , under guidance of trained Guru , all help detox your system enhance immunity
to gain physical and mental health and speed up recovery .
Follow any regime after discussing with your doctor ,is the most appropriate program of physical activity.
Hope this helps solves your query . Take care . All the best
I have gone thru your query regarding your mom's multy problems due to
Muscle atrophy . I can understand your concern .
For your info , Muscle wasting, results from loss of muscle tissue. Little or no physical exercise and a sedentary lifestyle and faulty food habits and Over Use of medication indiscriminately , are common Causes of muscle atrophy resulting in so much sufferings be it respiratory history - severe asthma ,osteoperosis , broken bones and so on ---.
It is a matter of derailed immunity .
Dear , only medicines will not help cure unless you modify life style and food habits .
Modification of life style and food habits Include essential nutrients and antioxidants in natural form - fresh fruit , green veges , Almonds ,Amla , Aloe vera , cow's milk according to daitition .
.
Control diabetes. Monitor your blood pressure.
Avoid fried fast foods , fat , salt , fine flours stress , worry , over exertion , dehydration and constipation .
Do Regular walk , practise Yoga postures , Pranayam - Deep Breathing , Kapal bhati , in moderate speed , Anulom Vilom , Tribandh , Bhrameri , Yog nidra - Shavassan for proper circulation of oxigenated blood , under guidance of trained Guru , all help detox your system enhance immunity
to gain physical and mental health and speed up recovery .
Follow any regime after discussing with your doctor ,is the most appropriate program of physical activity.
Hope this helps solves your query . Take care . All the best
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