Getting Started - suggested point-by-point plan

· Do your research into exercise options – what appeals to you, why, and what it involves,

· Discuss exercise plans with your doctor.

· Research again – which class and/or which therapist?

· Enrol in a class to learn the exercise and/or engage a personal therapist.

· Start slowly, and progress slowly, in steps.

· Apply heat to sore joints (optional)

· Warm-up and stretching (mandatory)

· Range-of-motion exercises (mandatory).

· Joint rotation exercise (mandatory)

· Muscle and ligament strengthening exercises (mandatory)

· Aerobics exercises (optional)

· Endurance exercises (optional)

· Consider appropriate recreational exercises

· Ease off if joints become painful or inflamed.  Consult your doctor to find the cause to eliminate it.

· Go to the ‘next level’  -  continue with personal therapist or/or attend regular practice class and/or self-practice

· Choose the exercise program you enjoy most and make it a life-long habit.

Written by John Chow,  a practitioner of Chinese medicine, acupuncturist, masseur, healer and teacher of Tai Chi, Chi Kung, martial arts and spiritual paths in Melbourne, Australia.

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