The hand cycle I know of is powered entirely by you. My injury is C5 leaving no triceps, hand nor wrist movement. When I began this exercise I could hardly move the wheel at zero resistance. I now crank that wheel for ten minutes with little to no resistance applied. The aerobic activity gets me to actually breath hard as working-out in the old days. This increase in circulation feels fabulous which nothing feels better. You bet that at night my arms hurt but that soon forgotten I go back for more.
Merrill _____ From: Joan Anglin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 5:39 PM To: 'Merrill'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] QUAD Weight And Exercise OK I'm confused. Are these hand cycles we're talking about motorized and your hands or placed on them (or strapped on them) for exercise, or do your own muscles do the work? I have absolutely no voluntary movement forward or back or up or down in my arms. I can raise my shoulders and that is absolutely all. As I said before, my neck is very strong. I can do a tilt back, drop my head backwards and lift it up-move side to side-up to 25 times before it gets tired. It took me a very long time to work up to that, but for all the suspended sling movement that I do, it is controlled completely by my shoulders, no triceps at all and very little bicep. This link really describes my level of quadrom :-).http://www.sci-info-pages.com/function.html Joan From: Merrill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: FW: [QUAD-L] QUAD Weight And Exercise I go to physical therapy twice a week where there are professional hand cycles. They also gave a cheepo to me for use t home. These are hard to work with by only sitting on a table top. You just need to hunt for one but I really do not know how satisfied you will be with nit. The hand cycle is exhilarating to my whole body not to mention muscle building. I wish you could try one in a store or at home before buying unless insurance is paying. If you have Medicare and a facility close to go to you will not regret it. Merrill _____ From: Fragile [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 6:59 AM To: Merrill Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] QUAD Weight And Exercise Where did you get your hand cycle? (if you don't mind my asking) On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Merrill <[email protected]> wrote: The abdominal binder is the best prevention to avoid the quad belly. If the belly is already there I can see how the binder riding up can be a problem. No suggestions from me though on the butt spread. Radical weight loss only through small food intake and proper food works for me. I do not feel hunger nor being full. Grazing by eating small amounts through out the day with one small well rounded healthy meal seems best for me. My binder is the 11" with definitely supports. Riding up is not one of my problems. For an exhilarating exercise for quads or anyone, my aerobic and muscle building exercise is the hand cycle. I love the exhilaration on light tension, light resistance for 10 minutes. ANOTHER ANNOYING SURVEY May I ask what people's weight is? I am male C5, I am most comfortable around 130 lbs. Merrill "BEST WISHES TO EVERYONE" _____ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1861 - Release Date: 12/22/2008 11:23 AM
