How Do You Participate In Exercise And Yoga When You Have Multiple Sclerosis?
Learn how to participate in a regular exercise and yoga program when you have MS Why exercise? For those with MS, exercise is an important tool to help maintain function, mobility, and help manage symptoms such as depression, fatigue, and anger. Regular exercise can improve a loss of fitness caused by a sedentary lifestyle and be therapeutic for such MS-related problems as spasticity and poor balance. Exercise also builds a reserve of muscle strength and cardiovascular function. Then, if an attack or exacerbation of MS calls for a time-out from physical activity, the reserve is available. When the symptoms subside and the person is able to go back to a more normal life, there is a better foundation on which to rebuild. Addressing the symptoms of MS with regular exercise may help to slow the progression of the disease as one maintains or even gains more mobility. Your exercise regimen should contain aerobic exercise, strength training and stretching exercises. This combined with a mind-
