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Daimere 12-23-2011 11:40 PM

Exercise without impact?
 
I've strained my muscles and it's recommended that I rest for 2 weeks. I was finally getting into the groove of working out. Is there anything I can do in the mean time? Like arms?

ddc 12-24-2011 12:52 AM

Can you walk? ride a stationary bike? yoga?
If your upper body is ok, you can do some weights.
Or just rest for two weeks, that'd be ok too :)

indiblue 12-24-2011 01:02 AM

Which muscles did you strain? If you have strained something that generally means you shouldn't use them (unless it's in a therapeutic/restorative capacity), which is different from "no impact."

For example, if I strain some muscles in my leg I probably should work on stretching and healing and maybe shouldn't try to use them (even in swimming, biking, etc). If I have knee pain, I probably shouldn't do high-impact activity, like running, and can substitute it for biking, swimming, etc.

Giving us an idea of which muscles you strained could help us come up with alternatives. Though, caveat, asking those questions to a physical therapist would be better. As many injuries as I've had and as many times as I've been in PT this is really different from actually being able to give sound advice on the subject :D

Daimere 12-24-2011 04:33 AM

It's my calf muscle. Sorry for the ambivalence. I was trying to write it really quick before my break was over. I've been doing RICE (as much as I can considering I still have to work) on the calf. Yoga didn't hurt it the day I tried it (before I realized it wasn't super DOMS like I thought) but if rest is the best way of healing, I ought to do that. Right now rest and compression have been helping lots.

carolr3639 12-24-2011 10:26 AM

There is an exercise called Bodyflex that you do sitting.

bethFromDayton 05-10-2013 02:15 PM

You can find upper body workouts (done while sitting) on YouTube. I didn't find any that I'd want to do over and over but it was something.


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