Navigating exercise after a disability can be overwhelming. Your body is not as you know it. Your brain remembers how the body used to move before your disability, but everything is different. Acquiring a disability or chronic condition is life changing, and there is no downplay on the frustration, challenges, grief and impact this has on life.   Movement can offer a unique opportunity to provide…

So, you’ve decided to start exercising, perhaps for the first time or for the first time in a long time. Fantastic! But are you struggling to keep motivated? Are you not seeing the results you expected?  Setting realistic and achievable fitness goals is the best way to help you stay on track and allow for exercise with purpose, direction and intention.  For people with neurological conditions and disabilities,…

Michelle’s experience with Multiple Sclerosis began in a way that would frighten anyone; losing her vision in her right eye due to optic neuritis.   Learning that the likely progression of this is linked to a lifelong neurological condition was, undoubtedly, scary.  Multiple Sclerosis, also known as MS, is a neurological condition that affects more than 37,000 Australians and nearly 3 million people worldwide. In Australia, women are diagnosed far…