Exercise
Original Post: I went for my annual health checkup today and apart from my weight everything is ok. Both the nurse and my physician were asking me if I could up my exercise a wee bit more. What should I attempt to do? I can change the resistance as much as I want on my exercise bike. My concern is that I don't overdo it. I am fully mobile and walk with a stick.
Dr. Bruno’s Response: Based on our years of research at the Post-Polio Institute, I cannot recommend exercise in any form that stresses already damaged motor neurons. Certainly, increasing the resistance on your bike could be damaging.
If you're doing exercise now that does not cause you symptoms and you've been doing the exercise in this way for a long time, then you should listen to your body.
Try and up the resistance just a little bit. If you do something new and you know it’s harming you, stop doing it!