Wednesday and Friday Workouts

Friends,

It’s good to see so many people back again the past few weeks

I love it when we make progress and have fun together.  We’ve been having a lot of that happening again lately.  Thanks for joining us!

Snow last Friday

We missed many of you with the snow but it was good to see everyone that made the trek.  It was really coming down for a while.  The snow didn’t stop Rich from coming 😊

We have awesome volunteers.  Don and Bill were so kind they went out and scraped the snow off of cars.  I didn’t get a picture of Bill but Don gave me  a nice smile.

Tom had a great week last week as he was able to lift his feet and march with the Neubie on.  Great job Tom!  It’s awesome to have great volunteers to help you isn’t it?

Al had a big day on Friday as well

Al waited until he was 80 years old and living with MS to get on the Stair Master for the first time.  You did awesome Al!  Now you know you can do it.  I hope to see you on there more often.

When Al got done, he had an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishment with Marlene.  Marlene always love to celebrate with anyone that does something new or something better.

I love it when two people over 80 living with MS share such an awesome spirit with all of us.  We are so blessed to have Marlene and Al as a big part of our MS-Just Keep Moving family.

Awesome!

Our friend Tom Holtackers is making progress

I’m so happy for Tom.  He had a big day today as it was his first day getting back to exercising for over a year and a half.  Tom is setting goals for our day of endurance as well.  Exciting!

Good job Tom!

Ricky’s yoga instructors program on Saturday was fun too!

Thanks to all who came and made this educational and fun

Thank our Volunteers / Christmas Party tomorrow

We will be having our annual thank you party for our volunteers and celebrate Christmas on Wednesday, Decemeber 14th.  I hope you can make it.

Goal Setting for our Day of Endurance – and the next 9 months leading up to it

Some of you have shared your goals for our Day of Endurance August 26, 2023.  We would like to share some goals and progress as we go through the year.  Jerry Huhn is putting together a format to share progress.

Where do we even start?  Let’s start with choosing something we can do today and would like to make improvements.

We want this to be inclusive regardless of your abilities.  For instance, if you can’t walk but can stand in a standing machine, perhaps you set a standing goal and work towards standing longer all year.  There are many health benefits of standing vs sitting.  Perhaps you could roll in a wheelchair longer.  If you can walk a little but would like to walk more, then set a goal of walking substantially more.  If you can ride a trike, set a challenging goal for how far you will ride.  You can ride tandem, trikes, e-bikes, two wheel bikes, hand cycles, etc.  There are lots of ways to ride bikes with friends.  If you can swim, set a swimming goal.  You can use a pull buoy, flippers, wear a life jacket, anything you want to help you swim.

All we need right now is what you hope to be able to do on August 26, 2023.  From there, we’ll help you develop a plan of how to get there.  Since each of us are affected so differently with our MS, the plan will be specific for each person.

Please send your goal to me or Jerry Huhn and we will start putting a progress chart together.  You can e-mail your goal to Jerry Huhn @ jerryhuhn73@gmail.com

COVID

We didn’t have anyone new test positive for COVID this past week. Yeh, two weeks in a row!  I hope it stays that way.  Even still, we’re not through it yet but I feel we’re getting closer.

To all who have reported their positive testing to me…thank you for letting me know and for being socially responsible and staying away until your symptoms are all cleared up.  If you do come down with it, it’s important we let people know that you have been in close contact with so they can watch for symptoms and help stop the spread.

We’ve all been dealing with COVID long enough and are very well educated on it by now.  I’m not telling you what to do but I’d highly encourage you to wear a mask again if you haven’t had it recently.  Let’s make good choices and be safe.

Please stay home if you have any symptoms or know you’ve been exposed to someone with the virus.  Please don’t come until your symptoms go away.  Let’s also give each other some space when talking to one another and continue wiping the machines down before and after you use them with disinfectant.  Again…let’s be socially responsible and stay safe!

Let’s get together!
We’ll be getting together again from 9:00am – noon on Wednesday and Friday mornings at the gym.  I hope you’ll join us!  If we don’t have enough volunteers, please help each other.

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 Prayer Group  We’ll be having our prayer group Wednesday @ 11:00am.
I just love the way we share, pray and laugh together while we witness prayers being answered weekly.  It’s truly amazing!

Thanks goes to God and to everyone that joins us.  Let’s get together to share, listen, talk, give thanks, and pray however God leads us.

MS Just Keep Caring – Our Caregivers support group will be the first and third Friday of each month from 10:00 – 10:30am.  The next one will be this Friday, December 16th.  If you’re a caregiver of someone you love with MS, please join us and share your experience of caring for your loved one.  This has been very helpful for many.  Thanks to all who participate!

Friday Morning Bike Rides
It looks like we’re done for the season.  Let’s ride indoors all winter so we can pick up where we left off next spring.  The bikes are all set up at the gym.

Our Facebook page is private.  That means you’ll need to join if you want access to all our fun and progress.  We’re now up to 322 members…awesome!   https://www.facebook.com/groups/2639832389489709

Our Facebook page is very active and fun.  Lots of people are doing more and sharing some of their journey on Facebook.  Feel free to join and share your experience and comments.  Thank you to all who are sharing!

There were some awesome pictures and videos shared again this past week.

Thai Massage with Ricky Heldt
Ricky will be here Wednesday and Friday again this week doing Thai Massage.  Ricky says he is comfortable to work with you even if you’re not wearing a mask.  Ricky will continue to wear one to protect you.

Many continue making great progress with chronic pain relief, range of motion, walking better and a new sense of hope when Ricky works with them.  Please keep in mind that consistency is key.  Not only with Ricky…with exercise too.  We need consistency to realize the benefits long term.  We want you to have long term relief.

Ricky has a sign up sheet based on first come first serve.  You can pick the time slot that works for you.  I highly encourage you to take advantage of Ricky’s Thai Massages each day and sign up for your time slot as soon as you get there.

Reiki with Linda  Linda will be here on Fridays doing Reiki.  Many people say Linda’s Reiki work is “magical”.  We’re thankful for Linda offering her gifts and talents to us.  Feel free to let Linda know you’d like to do Reiki with her.  She also has a sign up sheet.

Inspirational Humor with Adam Wollert
We’ll be having our inspirational humor zoom call with Adam again next Tuesday.  Adam is a gift to all of us.

Please join us if you can.
Tuesdays @ 1:30PM
Here’s the link to join us…I hope you do!
Join Zoom Meeting with this link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9431389152?pwd=bWlYbFNaazVnM1M1cWxWMitlODdXUT09

Meeting ID: 943 138 9152
Passcode: 3qP2hu
Phone:   1-312-626-6799

 Let’s reach out
I encourage you to share a smile and encouragement with someone.  Perhaps you could call someone that you have not talked with for a while just to say hi and see how they are doing.  We all could use a little extra love and encouragement.

MS is tough.  Let us have faith, remain calm, be flexible, help each other and learn as much as we can about the challenges of each day as we make good choices.

Let’s keep moving and smiling 😊

In God We Trust…we are in good hands

Dan

http://msjustkeepmoving.org/

P.S.  I didn’t get out in nature to take many pictures this past week but I did capture this one when it was snowing last Friday.

For those of you who can’t get out and enjoy nature due your challenges with MS…my heart is with you.  You are with me every time I’m out there.