MS Fitness/Exercise from Canada

[Marco]

Canadian Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung and colleagues have created a the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults with MS which were then incorporated into the new MS Get Fit Toolkit. “We identified the minimum amount of exercise and developed the guidelines from there,” says Dr. Latimer-Cheung. “We want to ensure people living with MS have a good quality of life.”

The Guideline indicates that adults with MS who have a mild to moderate disability need at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic activity two times per week and strength training activities two times per week.

A copy of the guideline can be downloaded from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology in cooperation with the Canadian MS Society. http://www.csep.ca/cmfiles/Guideline...kitEnglish.pdf

[its2much]

Overheating

If you start to sweat when exercising, is that considered overheating? If so, how long do you let yourself continue before you stop?

[misslux]

Oh, I had posted that before too.

[SNOOPY]

If you start to sweat when exercising, is that considered overheating? If so, how long do you let yourself continue before you stop?

Yes, perspiring can be considered overheating. However if you exercise perspiring is normal. Exercise can continue even if you perspire.

It's important not to over do or go beyond what your body is capable of doing at least until you are familiar with how your body reacts during and after exercise.

Keeping cool during exercise or cooling down after wards can be done in a few ways:

- Taking a cool shower after exercise
- Using a fan during exercise
- Exercising in a pool
- Exercising in an Air Conditioned areas