Anne Mace - Personal Coach, Mobility Coaching
Mobility challenges are frustrating, limiting and have numerous causes including
- The need for joint replacement
- Recuperation following a joint replacement
- Recovery from a sports injury
- Arthritis
- Spinal fusion
- Trauma
- Any condition which causes muscle in-balance or functional limitation such as post polio syndrome, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis or similar
Maintaining your mobility or increasing
your ability to function within the mobility constraints
you already have may be part of your wish list. While
surgery is sometimes the answer, you can also make life
easier for yourself with my simple mobility tips.
As a person with mobility challenges myself from both post
polio syndrome and joint replacements, I speak from both
personal and professional experience as an Occupational Therapist
who has worked extensively in physical rehabilitation.
The following tips might prove useful to you:-
- Always put sleeves or trouser legs on to the stiff/sore arm or leg first, and take them off the stiff/sore arm or leg last, allowing flexible fabric to be moved over the least flexible body parts.
- If you are having trouble turning over in bed, hold on to the piping on the mattress using it as a stable point from which to turn
- Put a spring loaded peg on each end of a long piece of tape, and attach to each side of your trousers which can then be dropped on the floor and pulled up by means of the tape.
- If you need to support your weight on a small table in a cafe to assist you to stand up, look underneath first to ascertain that the legs will support your weight, remembering that if a central support only has three feet at the bottom of it, the table will likely tip when you put your weight on it.
- If you have an external mouse with your computer, use it on your thigh to prevent shoulder strain
- If you are finding it hard to turn to get your feet out of a car, try sitting on a plastic bag, it stops your clothing sticking to the car seat, and allows you to turn more easily.
- If you use 2 sticks or crutches it is very difficult to carry things upstairs. Consider securing a long strong cord to the top of a drawstring bag, and tie the other end of the cord over the top banister. Make sure the cord is long enough to allow the bag to reach the lower level floor. Fill the bag while you are downstairs, go upstairs then pull the bag up to relocate things without compromising your mobility. My family call this my “rope elevator.”
I collect tips from all my clients so that I can pass them on to you; all you need to do is ask.
Do you know?
Time magazine states that the worlds 2nd biggest problem, after Aids, is the
increase in joint and muscle problems, leading to serious mobility challenges
for people in their 20s and early 30s.
Remember I care about YOUR ability to enjoy YOUR life.
If your challenges come from moving across town, from city to city, or country
to country, please check out my Are you Moving? page.
I am also a business coach so tricky business situations and time management
are things I cover on a regular basis.
If you would rather be part of an on-demand discussion group, the topics I
cover are
As a personal coach, relationship challenges either personal or professional are part of what I deal with, as are goal setting and forward planning.
I also send out a light-hearted seasonal newsletter, at no cost, to those who are interested. My newsletter contains updated news about mobility challenges, information about various forms of special needs, tips for small business owners, and other relevant information.Click here to join my light hearted gang of friends.
To find out more about what I offer, and why, please check out my FAQ page,
and About Anne Mace.
Contact
me now for further information!