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I talk to a lot of stroke survivors about exercise and how it might be of benefit to them. And because most people have similar questions and concerns, I decided to put the basics down here. If you are a stroke survivor, or know a stroke survivor, please feel free to click below and have … Read more
Through the Get Moving classes we run, I have some experience with exercising with medical conditions (in the classes, we have stroke survivors, people with MS, Parkinson’s and in rehab after injuries or surgery). When I was learning about coaching stroke survivors, I was told a fantastic story about what it is like when people … Read more
Keep your diary free for the following dates: Sunday June 9th, 2pm, Aireville park. Sunday June 30th, 2pm, Ilkley riverside park. Because we are thinking of doing a Get Walking event on those dates. What is Get Walking? It’s really simple….it’s summer, so this is an excuse for us all to get out and about … Read more
OK, so maybe it’s not quite a full blown Davina McCall style workout DVD, but I don’t think it’s far behind! If you can’t make it to one of the sessions, here is your chance to at least so the warm up with us. Play the video and warm up with the gang. I promise … Read more
A quickie to let everyone know, due to flooding in Ilkley, there will be no stroke class tomorrow, Monday 18th March. Sorry for the short notice, but please send all your good wishes to the great people at Ilkley tennis club while they work to get the place up and running again in the next … Read more
Put the date in your diary and please share this with anyone you know! Get Moving, the new exercise class for people with ongoing, chronic conditions, will start on Friday March 1st. If you find it hard, difficult or maybe a bit scary to exercise or even start exercising because of your medical condition, why … Read more
Coming soon! I already do exercise classes aimed at helping Stroke survivors. But I have noticed for a while now that other people, with other chronic medical conditions have been coming and been benefiting from the training. So, I am pairing up with Anna Sheryn of the Craven Dragons netball club to start classes open … Read more
As you may have gathered by now, admin is not my strongest characteristic…so I was very surprised to learn that the Ilkley stroke rehab class has been going for 1 year! Happy birthday to it! And I want to say a huge well done to all who come along to the sessions (click here if … Read more
What is it? The Santa Fun Run is an annual 5k event. You can run it, jog it or walk it. It’s up to you! Oh yeah, you do it dressed as Santa though. And trust me, there are fewer more glorious sites than seeing 2,000 Santas running around town… Where is it? The route … Read more
This morning I was honored to be asked to do a demonstration of the Stroke Rehab Classes I take on Friday afternoons. It was for the Silsden Stroke Support Group (3rd Tuesday of each month, contact me for details) and we did our regular warm up and a few of the simple exercises to show … Read more
Please take a look at my latest article in the Skipton Press about what we do at our Skipton Stroke Rehab Class every Friday afternoon. And while you are there, please feel free to leave comments below the article! Click here to go to the Skipton Press page! As always, if you want to know … Read more
Skipton Stroke Support Group. As you hopefully know, I have started taking a stroke rehab class on Friday afternoons at Craven Fitness Centre (click here for all the details). Well, straight after it, there will be a Stroke Support Group for anyone and everyone to come along to. I’ll be there to answer any questions … Read more
So we just finished our first official Stroke Rehab session at Craven Swimming Pool and Fitness Centre. And I can’t talk for anyone else, but I think it was bloody outstanding! Again, I got to say a huge thank you to Tanya who helped me throughout. Having a second experienced pair of hands I can … Read more
I gave a little talk at a stroke survivors social group this morning. It was to tell people about the rehab group class we are starting in January. I think it went down well (I hope it did, anyway). And everyone seemed pleased that we are finally getting things going. It seems there is a … Read more
Over the summer I was lucky enough to take part in the Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury (ARNI) course. This was to teach me how to help people rehabilitate after having a stroke. I just had the email through now…I PASSED! Not only that, I only went and got a bloody A grade!! So … Read more
Forgive me, but this bit of writing is just me trying to put in words some things that have been flaffing about in my head for a while. Feel free to ignore it… ************************************************* Over the last few months I have been learning about ways to help rehab people who have suffered from a stroke. … Read more
Had an excellent day shadowing a practical session with a stroke survivor yesterday. An interesting point came up… Top end athletes have to work bloody hard, day in and day out. They have to strive for months on end for very marginal gains. Every 1% of improvement is an incredibly hard fought battle. They need … Read more
Over the past month or so, I’ve been on a course teaching me how to help rehabilitate people who have suffered from a stroke. I’ve still to do the course assessment to qualify, so to help me remember the things I’ve learned, here are a few things about stroke and its rehab. I will be … Read more