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Hard Work Dedication

Hard Work Dedication. Tessa Gillis Alex Sullivan Martel Ingram Derek Johns. What is Paraplegia?. Paraplegia is a person who has suffered a spinal cord injury The spinal cord is damaged and the brain cannot send signals to communicate to the lower part of the body

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Hard Work Dedication

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  1. Hard Work Dedication Tessa Gillis Alex Sullivan Martel Ingram Derek Johns

  2. What is Paraplegia? • Paraplegia is a person who has suffered a spinal cord injury • The spinal cord is damaged and the brain cannot send signals to communicate to the lower part of the body • Can be complete or incomplete • How it can happen

  3. Psychological • Initial Feelings : 1st Stages • What can happen when it sinks in? • How to transition and overcome.

  4. Medical/Health • Changes in the body • Medicine • What to look out for • Concerns when working out

  5. Stretch Importance • Decreases the chance of injury • Helps warm up and loosen muscles • Increases range of motion • Ease pain and soreness after workouts Stretch • Before and after workouts • 15-20 sec count for each stretch • Ease into stretches slowly

  6. Core Importance • Balance • Posture • Avoid back pain • >>>> Workouts • Oblique crunches • Woodchoppers • Medicine ball exercises • Band crunches

  7. Upper Body • Importance of upper body work • Types of upper body workouts

  8. Cardio • Health benefits • Why it is important for this population • Workouts you can do

  9. Sources http://www.myhandicap.com/blog-on-myhandicap.html?gclid=CPCwto_CzLoCFYgWMgodXj8AAA  http://myelitis.org/resources/tma-blog/in-their-own-words/what-you-may-not-know-about-tm-and-paraplegia-this-is-my-story/ http://www.drugs.com/cg/paraplegia-after-spinal-cord-injury.html http://www.apparelyzed.com/forums/forum/21-spinal-cord-injury-health-issues/ http://healthyliving.azcentral.com/gym-exercises-paraplegics-9826.html https://www.healthtap.com/topics/paraplegic-abdominal-exercises http://www.sciactioncanada.ca/docs/home-strength-training-guide-paraplegia.pdf

  10. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhvUmGPm9HE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24tdK5vijBs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41tdkLcdce4

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