 [ Symptoms ] why is my 20 month old waking up during night crying uncontrollably [ Disease ] there is virtually no medical condition that will keep you from doing any type of exercise even people with congestive heart failure    who were long told not to exercise at all    can benefit from moderate amounts of activity and people with limited mobility can often do water exercises or do yoga or other exercises while seated in a chair some chair exercise videos are now on the market of course if you have any medical condition check with your doctor before starting an exercise program if you have questions about your condition or are still not sure what exercise you can safely do please consult your physician meet with your doctor and discuss if it is safe for you to exercise once you have received your doctor is ok search the internet to find alternatives if your concerns about exercise are related to a chronic illness two good places to start would be with a support group or just looking up if their are any national associations that might have some information they could share examples arthritis foundation the national multiple sclerosis society also ask your physician and contact your local hospital to see if there are any medically monitored programs in your community many of these are covered by insurance and provide enrollees with both exercise and education about their condition numerous people routinely enroll in cardiac or pulmonary rehabilitation programs around the country and are astounded with the benefits they get out of these programs finally since your on webmd check out our article base by doing a search on exercise as there are numerous articles on exercising with a chronic disease