Gym closures during lockdown hitting people with disabilities and rehabilitation needs

Gym closures during lockdown have complicated rehabilitation plans and cancelled mobility classes for people with disabilities. Key points: Gym closures have affected mobility classes for people with disabilities Without access to specialised machines, some people are unable to exercise People recovering from surgery or injuries have had to improvise with home-based exercises Without access to specialist equipment and her exercise mobility class, ABC Regional Storyteller Scholarship winner and quadruple amputee Mandy McCracken cannot exercise in the way she normally would. Without access to specialised equipment, sports and exercise medicine registrar James Ooi has been redesigning rehabilitation plans around the home. "I've been trying to find stuff online to do, Zoom classes or just watching people on YouTube doing their classes but it caters for able-bodied people," she said.