2006-07-22 15:33:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
You can build the muscle back up, but you need to start slow.
Surprisingly, muscle atrophy can occur after relatively short periods of inactivity. But generally we do enough walking around that it doesn't set in, even if you have a sedentery lifestyle. Could there be another condition at play here? How do you know you actually have muscle atrophy and not just weak muscles from disuse?
Talk to a doctor if you're concerned about your ability to walk from whatever is causing your problem. They'll set you up on a proper program to get your muscle strength back.
2006-07-22 15:38:31 · answer #1 · answered by lily 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may need a cane or even a walker for awhile, but you know you just gotta get up and move. Moving slowly is still moving. If you possibly can, have someone with you to talk to, so you can go further without giving up. I know it is hard; after I lost my job and My Steve, and was unemployed and sat at the computer just asking and answering questions for a couple of months, getting moving so I could go to school and restart my life was hard, really hard. I had to allow twice as much time to get to the bus stop, and had to accept the bus driver's help to lower the bus steps so I could drag myself up, but I had to do it, so I did.
Try to set yourself some specific goal, such as volunteer work or just doing your own chores rather than having someone else do them for you, and realize that the only thing that will make it easier is to go ahead and do it. You may need some mild pain medication to make it possible. If so, don't be shy about asking a doctor what you can have. You need to move!
2006-07-22 15:42:02 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it's amazing how quickly muscles atrophy.. I was bed ridden for 5 weeks with illness and I could hardly walk when I came home from the hospital...but it does come back..just a little bit more every day.
2006-07-22 15:36:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, don't give in to the pain. Get yourself moving little by little. Walk little by little. Stretching and bending and squats while holding on to the back of a chair will help. I don't mean to be dramatic, by inactivity is the biggest killer in this country. See if the Y has some exercise classes that would work for you. God bless.
2006-07-22 15:39:20 · answer #4 · answered by Darby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check this out. It might help.
http://www.webmd.com/hw/brain_nervous_system/nord1135.asp
2006-07-22 15:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by The Girl With the Eyes of Gold 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋