- Get physician consent.
- Regularly monitor blood pressure, heart rate, RPE, and symptoms.
- Stop exercising if you feel pain or discomfort.
- Don't exercise if you are ill (i.e., cold, flu, bladder infection, pressure ulcer, unusual spasticity).
- Check medications and their effect on exercise tolerance.
- Extended periods of inactivity may cause osteoporosis.
Special thanks to Dr. Steven Figoni and Bridget Collins.