Programmes MDI Ran

Pilates MDI

• MDI Classes | Inner Strength

Tai Chi MDI

• Seated Tai Chi 2024-10-17

• Seated Tai Chi -- class 2

• Seated Tai Chi - class 3

Health & Well being by Alan Byrne – Sport & Health Scientist

• Week 1 -Health and Well Being Part 1

• Week 2 -Nutrition

• Week 3 - Why We Sleep

• Week 4 - Health and Well Being Part 2

Sports activities

• Ireland | Sailability

• Sailability | Royal St George Yacht Club (rsgyc.ie)

• Watersports Inclusion Games (sailing.ie)

• Rockclimbingcentral

• AIPF – Association of Irish Powerchair Football

• Sports Ireland - sportireland.ie Activities for All

• Sport Inclusion Disability Charter

• Sensory walks

Members Recommendations

• At-Home Physical Therapy Exercises for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

• Deep Breathing Lung Exerciser

• Stability chair or Reformer Pilates

• Dublin Climbing Centre are encouraging and inclusive. - Dublin Climbing Centre – The Dublin Climbing Centre

• Festina Leinte, horse riding , bray , Co Wicklow - Festina Lente Enterprises CLG Charity | Equestrian Learning Centre

• Taekwondo in Palmerstown - Palmerstown Taekwon-Do School | Facebook

• St Gabriel’s Hydrotherapy Pool

• Kilkenny gymnastics academy run gymABLE for children with disabilities - Kilkenny Gymnastics - Kilkenny Gymnastics

• Rescreational Sports Partnership (KRSP) is amazing, they run super camps & swimming & the GAA All Star programme. - Home | Kilkenny Recreation & Sports Partnership

• SwimLab - Swim Lab International - turning disability into possibility

• Balance bikes

• Resistance bands, low to ground treadmill for walking & Tera trainer physical therapy machine at home

• Smoovey rings - smovey® The Original I The official smoveyWEBSITE

• Padel Tennis Ireland in Fota in Cork - Padel Tennis Ireland - Padel tennis in Cork

Benefits of Exercise

1. Promoting interest in leisure and hobbies

2. Involvement in social group

3. It can help improve your mood

4. Help with sleep

5. Improves circulation

6. Preserves flexibility and range of motion

7. Improves and maintains physical function

8. Improves respiratory efficiency

9. Improves overall fitness

10. Sustains bone density

Exercise Equipment

• Resistance bands – set of exercise bands

• FitBeast pull-up bands set– Five different levels resistance band for calisthenics, crossfit, powerlifting, muscle toning, yoga, stretch mobility.

• Adjustable grip strength trainer– (10-60KG), grip ball, ring grip exercise, finger exerciser and finger s

• Therapy putty

• Hand grip strengthener

• Hand therapy squeeze exercise balls

• Finger Strengtheners

• Balance exercises– NHS UK

• Wobble cushion– for core training, agility, gym workouts, yoga, comfortable sitting etc.

• Resistance exercise band kit–for mobility, strength and rehab.