DR Inclusive Fitness & Wellbeing

Next level!

We’ve worked a lot in Steven’s floor to sitting transfer with the aim being that he would then be able to go from floor to wheelchair. Last week we gave it a go….

Ps the usual message from Steven at the end 😂

Kyle bossing the Lat Pull Down with the help of Active Hands and finding it hilarious when I just about go on my ar*e…it seems a lot of my clients enjoy when I hurt, or just about hurt, myself 👀.

Kyle press!

Here’s a wee video of Kyle smashing out reps of the Kyle press with an added 15kg 💪

The Boss!

When Mairi first come to the gym over 5 years ago we worked a lot on her strength and mobility to help with transfers, especially into her electric wheelchair, so that she could access the community when she wanted.…these are the same things we work on today as maintaining that for as long as we can is the goal!

The boss with a 25kg leg press. The wheelchair accessible leg press is a great bit of kit up at our Dalkeith gym 👏🏻

Progress!!

One year between the two videos 💪

Floor to seated transfer looking amazing. Wouldn’t be a Steven video without the customary one finger salute at the end 😂

Walking bars….level up!

40kg sled pull on the walking bars..completed it mate 💪

Steven wanted to have a go at pulling the sled (40kg)……so Steven pulled the sled 😁.

Still making progress!

Since first trying the walking bars about four months ago and exclaiming “I’ve not stepped like that since 2016!” they have become a regular feature of Mairi’s leg workouts.

Although walking independently will never be practical again for Mairi there is still a lot to gain as a wheelchair user to working these muscles. Strengthening the boss’ legs has really helped with all of her transfers but also allowed her to pull herself up at home to stand and look out the window as she can’t see out in her chair

…..and let’s not forget for Mairi “it feels wonderful”.

Kiera with a 10kg farmers walk with some added hurdles. Kiera has been working on strength and stability with a focus on her walking and leg lift 💪

It’s christmaaaaasss!

George has been working with David since July 2022 with an aim to improve his transfers and to be able to change his position in bed without assistance.

George and David have been working a lot on George’s leg and core strength as well as focussing on his range of movement. As you can see from the video George has smashed his goals and is moving around the house more independently. Due to the work he has put in he is also now able to get his hand to his mouth to feed himself and more importantly grab a bottle and take a drink 😂.

George next challenge is to transfer into a car seat from his wheelchair….watch this space 😁.

Tartan army!

Craig is a wheelchair user and has Cerebral Palsy, he comes to the gym on a Friday to see Ross.

Craig and Ross have been working hard on his leg strength, working on improving his lift and gate as Craig has a fear of falling on steps and relies on his dad to help him with them.

One of Craig’s favourite things to do is to go to the Scotland games and travel on the supporters bus. The bus has quite a big couple of steps to negotiate to get on and as Craig (and his dad 👀) is getting older he has started to find these harder. Craig would also love to get back to being able to get about using a walker so he can be a bit more independent around the house.

Yesterday Craig had another go at the walking bars with some obstacles in the way and absolutely smashed it.

“I love to come to the gym to use the equipment and for the chat (definitely not talking about Ross’s 😂). I like that I am focussed on what I am doing and if this gym wasn’t here it would be hard for me to go to the gym”

Massive happy birthday to the DR inclusive OG Omar Haq!

Some highlights of our wee session yesterday. On the walking bars for the first time in years!

Amazing progress on Steven’s floor to seated transfer.

A couple of the main exercises that have helped his progress with this have been his pull ups and the leg press using our new accessible leg press all the way from America 😁. (See comments)

“I feel wonderful”

The boss aka Mairi has been my client since 2019 and we have done a lot together to maintain her independence so that Mairi can continue to access the community.

Last week we decided to give the walking bars a bash and as usual she smashed it.

Me: How you feeling? (Expecting knackered etc)

Mairi: I feel absolutely wonderful, I’ve not stepped like that since 2016!

Let it shine!

At the end of September Jhon and myself walked the shine Edinburgh night walk in aid of cancer research. Jhon has osteogenesis Imperfecta and if you remember triple fractured his leg just last year.

Jhon has been my client (and close friend, I suppose 😂) for nearly four years and the past 16 months has been a long road and the toughest for Jhon both physically and mentally and I couldn’t be more prouder of how he has handled it and for it to culminate in walking 10,000 metres is an unbelievable achievement. Here are some highlights of our walk 😁.