Getting out in nature and doing gentle exercise are thereuapeutic ways of dealing with the isolation and tendency to 'blue' moods that are part and parcel with a chronic, progressive disease like multiple sclerosis.
Being compassionate with yourself involves t caring for your mind, your body and your spirit. Gentle exercise like walking outdoors is a starting point. Including a few stretching exercises will lift your mood and will have numerous other health benefits.
Stretching helps prevent injury by warming up the muscles through flexibility and increased circulation.
By increasing flexibility, various motions are easier to perform and your range of motion is improved.
Increased circulation allows for better blood flow to your muscles which can speed up recovery.
There are numerous benefits to stretching:
1. It improve your range of motion.
2. reduces risk of injury during activity
3. prevents post exercise muscle soreness
slow delayed onset muscle soreness
Stretching is done to improve the muscle’s felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.
It is also used for therapeutical purposes (i.e. to alleviate cramps)
Citations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretching#Possible_benefits
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/10/forget-pre-exercise-stretching/
http://www.completefitness.com.au/articles/coreflex/whystretch.php
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