Question

Ron is a young man with a large family. He has had a psychological disability that caused him to self-harm but now he is on medication and positive about life.

At his first meeting with Janet, a supervisor at a disability service that specialises in fitness, he discusses his love for running. Janet asks him how far he could go with it and Ron smiles ‘Óne day I want to run a marathon’.

Janet later meets again with Ron, his Sister and his Mother. The meeting is a productive and identifies that Ron has diabetes and epilepsy which he manages himself with medication. The impact of these health conditions and the side effects of all his medication, which include dizziness and nausea, are also discussed.

His support needs include transport and due to the severity of his epilepsy, Ron cannot get a driver’s license. They say that Ron needs to be kept busy and active otherwise he can get depressed.

Janet, Ron and his Mum meet again and finalise their ideas and put them in the plan including all the details about Ron’s medications.

Janet investigates joining a gym with Ron, but when he lists all his medications on the fitness assessment form the Manager of the gym is reluctant to take Ron on as a member. After another assessment, the gym agrees to offer Ron a restricted membership at half price, excluding use of the weight room, on agreement that a support worker accompanies him. Getting off a treadmill at the end of his session, Ron strikes up a conversation with a young woman who has finished her work out. They share a coffee in the café afterwards.

Answer 1

A client with the condition like diabetes and epilepsy is at greatest risk of experiencing its side effects .So the clients of epilepsy are generally restricted to use the gym because any type of streonous exercises can reduce the blood glucose to a greater extent and hence decrease the blood supply to the Cerebrovascular system and hence increasing the risk of decreased blood supply to it and causing epilepsy .So as a gym instructor it is always better to place these clients with minimal amount of exercise which can improve their functions and quality of life .