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Ask Fitz! Losing Weight with a Disability & Frequency of Abdominal Training

Posted: Apr 16th 2008 6:16AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Alternative Therapies, Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Ask Fitz!, Cellulite, Obesity

Have fitness questions? Fitz has your answer. Our ThatsFit.com fitness expert -- and now your own virtual personal trainer -- will help you get fit, increase your overall health and do it in a fun way. Drop your questions here in the Comments section below and we'll choose two per week to publish on That's Fit! Learn more about Fitz here.

Q. Hi Fitz, My question for you is: how can I lose weight when I'm no longer able to exercise due to a life time injury. I'm even stuck relying on the government for my income and food. Lisa

A. Hey Lisa. As if staying in shape isn't hard enough! Dealing with a disability truly makes weight management a challenge. It's not an impossible accomplishment though. It's just going to take a decent amount of education about nutrition for you, and an even greater amount of discipline.

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Depression after stroke can be debilitating

Posted: Mar 27th 2008 11:00PM by Maggie Vink
Filed under: Emotional Health

Roughly a year ago my cousin had a stroke. It shocked and scared everyone in the family because nobody saw it coming. Prior to her stroke she worked at a school, but has yet to return to work. She's made great progress physically, though she still has weakness in one arm. But her bubbly, effusive, and gregarious personality has never quite been the same since the stroke.

According to an Australian study, depression can disable stroke patients almost as much as physical issues. The study followed 210 stroke patients. Of those who eventually went back to work, 33% were diagnosed with post-stroke depression. 45% of those who didn't return to work were diagnosed with depression.

Obesity leads to disability

Posted: Nov 8th 2007 7:26PM by Martha Edwards
Filed under: Health in the Media

Obesity is a new form of disability, according to this article. Studies are showing that those who are obese have a very difficult time walking short distances or climbing even a few stairs. Obese people also have trouble lifting, bending and getting out of chairs. It's a vicious circle, really -- obesity is keeping them from activity and no activity is keeping them obese.

Still, it's nothing new. I've been seeing obese people using Handicapped parking passes for years, but while many people are quick to label such people as lazy, perhaps it's just that they physically can't walk that far. What do you think? Is obesity a real disability?

Fitness is a struggle for disabled people (for all the wrong reasons)

Posted: Apr 17th 2007 9:00AM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Fitness, Health in the Media

This is a subject near to my heart as I have worked for several years in the health care industry, most recently with adults who have suffered traumatic brain injury. Exercise and fitness is a huge part of the rehab process for these individuals, and if you think it's hard for you to get in (or stay in) healthy shape just imagine how it must be for someone with major physical limitations and little to no available facilities or equipment to work with.

Unfortunately the social perception seems to be that disabled individuals are unhealthy and unable to take part in anything physical, or that they're a liability in a gym setting, or that they simply can't do it or aren't interested. I can say from experience how largely untrue these ideas are, but they are not going to change unless, and until, we all take ownership for our own misconceptions.

Should being short become an official disability?

Posted: Nov 13th 2006 12:07PM by Brigitte Dale
Filed under: Health in the Media

The debate continues over whether or not being much short should be considered a disability. Dwarfism is a condition recognized under the Americans with Disabilities Act, but that applies only to adults with a height of 4' 10" or smaller. This new debate is about people who are slightly taller than that, 4'11" to 5'3", and have what the medical community calls idiopathic ( which means unexplained) short stature, or ISS.

Children who are growing far behind the normal rates for their ages can be given human growth hormone, but treatments are extremely expensive and most insurance companies won't cover the costs since short stature is not an official disability at this point. Growth hormone supplements are generally safe and better understood now than in the past, but can only add a few inches of total height for most people, leading to a secondary debate over whether the treatment is worth the high costs.

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