Exercises

Mobility, Balance, and Strength

The following videos will demonstrate to you some of the techniques and exercises I used with George to help him stay mobile and able long into his illness.

We did exercises with Youtube videos by Chris Powell and yoga videos. The following two videos show the big difference just a few months made in George's ability to move. I had stopped doing many of the other exercises with George because he could not follow along.

I liked the Chris Powell fitness class vidoes because it had George getting down on the floor and back up. That is a very important skill!

This video was from August, 2017.

This video was from April 2018.

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