The 6 Best Exercises For Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
Everyday activities such as carrying groceries, walking up and down stairs, or getting out of chairs all depend on muscle groups we can easily take for granted.
These tasks are essential and routine which most healthy individuals can perform without assistance. Defined as Activities of Daily Living, we don’t often realize the strength needed to accomplish them until an injury sidelines us.
Luckily, some simple essential exercises help us strengthen areas of the body that we depend on every day.
In This Episode You Will Learn:
1). What “ADL” stands for and how it defines the baseline of activities that someone can do independently.
2). How basic movements that we do every day can cause injury or pain if we don’t strengthen our bodies to some degree.
3). How a modified version of a “squat to press” exercise helps build up strength to handle common movements throughout our day.
4). Why grip strength is important and some of Meredith’s suggestions on how to help strengthen the muscles involved with holding and carrying heavy objects.
5). Some of Meredith’s suggested exercises to help when getting in and out of a car, up out of a chair, or any other compound-type movements we do every day.
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Originally published December 05, 2023
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