Exercising when you have diabetes and are in haemodialysis

It is a good idea that you exercise when you have diabetes and are in haemodialysis treatment. For example, this can be strength training or walking or cycling. It is important to remember that just a little bit is also right. For example, you can divide your training up into smaller portions so that you cycle five to ten minutes at a time on an exercise bike, or that you walk out to the mailbox several times a day.
Depending on your muscle mass and your condition, which will improve the more you exercise, you will be able to train longer and longer each time. Your training should make you sweat. Get your pulse up, it should be a bit tough. It is important that the training is adapted to you and your everyday life, both in terms of how much you want to exercise and how hard it must be. You should consider what your body can do and whether you have other illnesses. But we must also remember that you can make up a lot of excuses for yourself, and at the end of the day, you only cheat yourself.
Several scientific studies have shown that exercise is important to your everyday life when you are on dialysis, most probably to your quality of life and mood. It also results in greater muscular strength. That means that you can more easily get in and out of bed, get up from a chair, walk farther, get around more easily. You will have more strength to manage all daily tasks and you will have more energy, and it will also give you a healthier pulse and blood pressure. Exercising can also make your brain work better. Your memory improves, and as an extra bonus, it can give you a better appetite and help ensure that you get the right nutrition.
But exercising does not come by itself, and when dialysis patients are asked in surveys why they do not exercise, they answer that it can be due to a lack of motivation, it can be to a lack of support from the staff, problems with transport, that they are tired or that a feeling of illness or a bad mood stands in the way. We acknowledge these factors, and I mention it because you should not feel like you are the only one who feels this way. And this is precisely why we want to help you get started.
Think about planning your training. It should be a part of your everyday life just like getting dressed, going to dialysis and taking your medication. It is important that you do it regularly and that it becomes a good habit. The training videos which you find here on helbredsprofilen show you how you can exercise while you are in the dialysis unit and receiving your treatment. The staff can show you what to do. The most important thing is that you have the courage to get started. If you take note, then I think you will feel your body will feel better from being used. We hope that you will enjoy this once you get started.