Hi
My LD department is based at our local hospice. One of the LD nurses there has trained in Lebed and is soon hoping to start offering Lebed exercise classes for people with LD Has anyone had experience of this exercise regime, and did it help?
Thanks
Andie
I haven’t had personal experience but a friend of mine who has BC started classes a few years back after her dx. She said it helped so much that afterwards she trained to teach it herself. Unfortunately she lives too far away for me to go to classes but I know they are very popular.
Nymeria x
Hi,
I don’t have lymphoedema, but I did have a lot of trouble regaining full movement of my arm and shoulder. I saw one of the local lymphoedema nurses who had trained as a Lebed instructor when she came to our support group and she thought it might help.
I then went to the class running at the Haven and it helped a lot in regaining range of movement, plus the classes were great fun. So much so, that I have kept up doing it for myself and then last November I trained as an instructor (there were 6 of us on the training course at the time). I do the basic exercises at least every other day and a longer sequence once a week. I also use the basic sequence as a warm up for other exercise or doing slightly iffy things like using hot tub or sauna! I think it helps with the stiffness from the Aromasin too.
If you can get to a class then I’d certainly recommend it. It is easy to learn and the method has an inbuilt check to stop you from overdoing it (you never exercise to the point of pain and you build up gradually).
Eliza xx