Am I right in thinking that children should warm up before they do PE?

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Ds has always been having problems with PE, he has flat feet, hypermobility and is asthmatic. We were chatting about using his inhaler before he starts PE to see if this helps so I suggested he uses it before he warms up. He asked what this was so I told him it was stretching exercises before and after they do PE, he's said they have never done these, they just start to run and has asked if he should just run really quickly as he gets tired alot, he's described the stitch pain he gets when he does PE so he has to keep stopping. He finds PE really hard. Grr! School! Roll on secondary school.

stich is common - my dd loves pe and running but often gets stich and has to try to breath through it.

Have a word with the asthma nurse about using his inhaler before running and pe etc

flat feet - have you any inserts for his shoes or trainer?

sorry I am not sure about hypermobility?

He has inserts in his shoes. Hypermobility=double jointed. He has really lapse ligaments. He can't keep up with the other children, he's not even close. He's been doing pilates at the weekends to strengthen his muscles which really helps, it's the asthma and pain that's causing alot of problems for him I think.

get him in to see a good asthma nurse - I actually ended up changing gp's for a desent astham nurse and my cardio has improved drasticly without needing my blue inhaler - as she changed my preventer. So go and see them and ask what can be done etc.

Has your ds got inserts in his trainers? It could well help with the pain as trying to run with flat feet in trainers is going painful

or is it the stich that is casueing pain?

They are removable inserts so he can take them out and put them in his trainers. I think he gets stitch pain aswell as the pain in his feet.

How do you access a asthma nurse? I go to the GP if I need anything for him but they normally just give him a prescription rather then any advice.

the stich pain is difficult, you do eventually run through it and my dd2 is really into running but always get stich at first. She can swimm 200m and then runa dn still gets stcih so you can tell him it is normal as even some warming up and you can stilll get it. But get him to breath and think about his breathing to try to get rid of it.

The inserts for his shoes will be fine for walking - but for running he could probably ( I owuld think) do with something a little different. Can I ask are they perscribed inserts? and can you go back and ask or something better for a pair of trianers?

Will you aks him if it is his knees that hurt when he runs? Or the inside of his foot or both?

It's his feet, both of them and all of it. I don't think it's helping if they are not warming up before they start. He normally stops because he's wheezy, uses his inhaler, then walks. They are prescription insoles, they should be OK in his trainers as they are slightly squishy.

that is probably the problem - they aren't pok in his trainer and that isn't helping, squichey isn't supporting his arch area and then that is flater in a trianer. I would enquire whether it is possible to get inserts for his trianer

He is wheezy, does he have a preventer? and is it the right preventer still? I would go and tell the nurse he is still whezzy with only a little exertion and see what she says.

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Warm ups are rarely the stand and stretch type you might do as an adult

This activity is ideal for use as a warm-up before the main part of most lessons.

1. The children should begin by walking around the room in any direction.

2. On the various commands listed below, they should carry out the appropriate action:
   Command

Action

JUMPING BEAN
Jump around the room
RUNNER BEAN Run around the room (looking out for other people).
OR Running on the spot (more suitable for younger children than running around the room)
BROAD BEAN Stretch your arms and legs out as wide as you can.

or

This is a simple warm-up activity, where the leader / teacher shouts commands and the group have to complete the relevant action:

• Red - Stop
• Yellow - Run on the spot
• Green - Run around the area
• Roundabout - turn round once
• Motorway - sprint (leave until a bit later in the warm-up)
• Speedbump - jump and carry on.
• Carpool - travel in groups of 2 or more Walk around the room taking as large strides as possible Jump in a star shape BAKED BEAN Lay on the floor in a star shape until the next command is given. OR Lie on floor and Sunbathe

are more they things you would find in a primary PE programme

Thankyou, maybe he's not associating what he's doing with warming up.

he does have a preventer from when he was ill at the start of the year so he could use this in the mornings. He's never seen the asthma nurse, always the GP so we don't really get any advice, just inhalers.