Need help with exercises for a friend

Mystik · Post by **Mystik** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:40 am

I have a friend who was in a bad car accident and his right arm is pretty messed up. He's as recovered as he will ever be and wants to start getting some exercise again. He asked me what kinds of things he should be doing. Obviously I told him to start with his diet, but he wants to try to lift weight again. He can't really do anything that involves lifting heavy with both arms.

I was thinking he could start off with lower body exercises, but what about upper body? Does anyone have any ideas of exercises he could do?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:33 am

Total body stuff 3x a week to test himself out, and see what he can do. gradually increasing weight weekly for about 6 weeks.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:07 pm

well what's wrong with his arm?

if he's s rehabbed as he can get then he should be able to do to plenty off stuff with it, otherwise he isn't

Mystik · Post by **Mystik** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:03 am

He broke his forearm in half and has completed rehab. His arm is just really weak and it hurts if he tries to lift too much weight. I was just wondering if there was something I could have him do other than lift heavy to strengthen his arm.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:22 pm

he'll have a lot to address then:

- side to side imbalance in arm strength
- side to side range of motion in internal and external rotation
- side to side shoulder
- side to side hip
- he'll also have a a shit load of scar tissue in there which will require deep tissue massage to break up then stretching to increase range of motion

does it hurt to pressure on or actually hold, lift stuff?

thekid24 · Post by **thekid24** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:23 am

have him use resistance bands maybe?

Mystik · Post by **Mystik** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:39 pm

swanso5 wrote:he'll have a lot to address then:

- side to side imbalance in arm strength
- side to side range of motion in internal and external rotation
- side to side shoulder
- side to side hip
- he'll also have a a shit load of scar tissue in there which will require deep tissue massage to break up then stretching to increase range of motion

does it hurt to pressure on or actually hold, lift stuff?

It hurts for him to hold a lot of weight in that arm.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll let him know, especially about the massaging.

Mystik · Post by **Mystik** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:39 pm

thekid24 wrote:have him use resistance bands maybe?

I was thinking this same thing. We are actually trying them out tonight.