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Posted 9/8/2008 12:15 AM (GMT 0)

Just wondering if anyone else can run?  I noticed last year after jogging through my neighborhood, I began to flair the very next day! I really thought nothing of it until I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill a month or so later and again, a flair two days later!  Every time I run it seems to jostle my intestines enough to cause inflamation and alot of pain a day or so later lasting sometimes up to a week as I have a stricture and when it gets inflamed, it causes a blockage!  I do miss running!!!  My husband, 7 yr. old son and I went to our favorite lake several weeks ago for some boating and jet skiing. (yes I also have to be careful not to hit big waves on the jet ski or I could flair!) Anyway, I caught myself running up the dock with our son to help my husband take the boat out. I stopped as soon as I realized I probably shouldn't be running. That evening, I fet the cramps and bloating start to come on. I told my husband (who by the way happens to be a Dr.) and he gave me some celebrex (for inflamation) right away. By bedtime, I was pain free but I believe it was because I didn't run very hard and we caught it early. Anyone else not able to run or be jostled around?

Posted 9/8/2008 12:58 AM (GMT 0)
Ya, I can run like I'm being chased by death....when I have to go to the can that is.

Seriously though, there's a thing called joggers diareah, so running/jogging can upset the gut for sure.

:)

Posted 9/8/2008 2:01 AM (GMT 0)
I can't even walk too much without my knee protesting-then my rhuemy tells me if I keep doing that she is going to make me take Enbrel.
Posted 9/8/2008 2:51 AM (GMT 0)
Yes! I miss running dearly but anything that involves pushing my body to the limits brings on a flare. My hubby recently developed knee problems and is going to try to get us a swimming membership somewhere. I'll let you know how that goes instead.

I did find one program though that hasn't made me flare. It is called couch to 5k and you can google it. Anyway, you start out with a 5 minute walk than a 90 second run than a 120 second walk and repeat for 20 minutes. It eases you into running so you aren't pushing your body. Every could weeks the amount of running increases but the amount of walking in between sets increases too. Ive stayed at the beginner level and can do that so far without flaring.
Posted 9/8/2008 5:46 AM (GMT 0)
Everytime I try to run my whole system cramps up and I feel sick. I had most of my large bowel removed last year and i have always wondered if when i run my gut is jumbling around in all that extra space!

Cheers
Posted 9/8/2008 12:48 PM (GMT 0)
Oops - when I said yes I meant yes Crohns has stopped me from running, not yes I can run. Sorry for any confusion.
Posted 9/8/2008 1:13 PM (GMT 0)
A few years before I was diagnosed I was running up to 10 miles 4 days/week, along with weight training and mountian biking.  Slowly but surely I had to decrease my mileage and activity level. Like clock work about a mile into my run I would have to use the bathroom.  So I thought well let me buy a treadmill and then I could use the bathroom as much as I need.  Well that was not a successful solution either as my joints have increasingly become more of a problem.  I, like Fitzy, miss running dearly.  Running to me was like what prozac and ativan is to others.  I guess what is most frustating is that I have a mild case of crohn's but yet it has impacted my ability to engage in vigerous physical activity.  So I have decided to take a belly dancing class.  I figure it is low impact and hopefully it will make me more appreciative of the body I have and what it can do for me. 
Posted 9/8/2008 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
I can run if I want to poop myself. lol.
Posted 9/8/2008 2:15 PM (GMT 0)
Heck, I'm lucky if I can even walk! I find that if I have an active day...working, shopping, basic mobility....I seem to be wiped out the next day and crampy. So, I can pretty much count on one good day, one bad day, one good day, one bad day. Not bad enough to render me useless, but I do feel it.
Posted 9/8/2008 2:21 PM (GMT 0)
I think with CD we always have to start with the premise that everyone is affected differently...so just because you can't run without a problem certainly doesn't mean the same is true for others....and the opposite is true...just because someone can run without issues doesn't mean you or others can...

I think I said that right...

i was never much of a runner, just a fast pace on the treadmill before doing my weights...I also did a lot of kick boxing ....once the CD kicked in I had to give up all of it....I didn't have the energy for the weights...and the kick boxing, fast treadmill walking, and stationary biking caused me some major issues.

one real and not so humorous issue (I know some will smile at this) was when I would bench or curl some heavy weights...the strain on my body, especially my lower abdomen would/could result in an immediate need to find a toilet...my biggest fear was that I would just let loose with a load of weights over my head.

it has never been a problem dealing with the pain and mess of this disease...but the things we have to give up can at times prove to be too much.

Posted 9/8/2008 2:44 PM (GMT 0)
I work at a resturant and do alot of walking, and that seems to be okay. If I work out, I get on a treadmill, jack the speed up to where I am speed walking and increase the incline. This allows me to still work up a sweat without killing my joints.
Posted 9/8/2008 3:56 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah I have no problem walking most of the time, but sometimes when my trolley was coming and I ran to catch it I would get really bad spasms in my low back. So I try not to run anymore becuz everytime I do I get the same reaction.
Posted 9/8/2008 10:33 PM (GMT 0)
I had to give up running as well, plus most other physical activities. Any time I did something strenuous, I had a small accident! Exercise was one of the most important things I did every day, and I've been a little lost since. I have been trying some vigorous walking, just a little at first (twenty minutes). I'm working my way up (thirty minutes now, whoo-hoo!), but as soon as I begin to feel I'm pushing it, I back off.
Posted 9/9/2008 12:36 AM (GMT 0)
i gave up running (and long hikes and tennis and soccer and anything cardio in that nature) years ago. my legs/knees cant take it. perhaps from the prednisone causing osteoporosis??? i was fine before that med and played a lot of soccer and tennis and my highschool gym teacher tried to recruit me to do cross country cos i could do a 6 min mile without pushing myself to my limit (and he could see that). nowadays my knee(s) will hurt for days on end where i cant walk. it sucks. however i am fine on the exercise bike. go figure. but then anaerobic exercise is better anyway.
Posted 9/9/2008 12:36 AM (GMT 0)

      Yeah. I can, but its pretty hard with the Osteo plus the CD. However, as soon as the weather becomes relatively cool & reasonable, I'll be restarting my program. When it hit the low 100's this summer, I gave up jogging. No sense stressing this old body past its limits!     turn

     Matthew

Posted 9/9/2008 3:19 AM (GMT 0)
I can run sometimes, but I have to really make sure I am ok to go out or I risk an "accident." Nothing worse than having a "mess" and nowhere to clean up! Yikes! When I do run I tend to find a forest trail to run on, just in case I need to duck behind a bush!
Posted 9/9/2008 1:13 PM (GMT 0)
I opted for walking and a stationary bike. I only walk on "safe" days and NEVER eat before taking walks!!!
Can I run? Yeah, all the way back to the house in nano-second speed if I eat prior to the walk!
Posted 9/9/2008 3:06 PM (GMT 0)
I noticed shortly after I began suffering from symptoms that I couldn't jostle my insides or it would give me trouble. No running, jumping, leaning forward, bending at the waist and if I ate/drank anything, it seemed the peristalsis of the stomach and/or the different temperature of the food in my stomach, would 'activate' my guts. And for God's sake, don't poke or tickle me!
I've had/ridden horses all my life and in the past 5yrs I've switched to riding smooth-gaited horses. There is no way I could do a trot, nowadays. I do enough 'trotting' myself! ;-)
Posted 9/9/2008 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
thats so weird, i am total opposite...i can ride a bike or run all day and be perfect but the minute I lay down I feel the movement lol
Posted 9/9/2008 3:13 PM (GMT 0)
take it a step further...if I lay on my left side then almost immediately I have gas pressure and have to use the john.  Even if i have just gone...then within 10 to 15 minutes I will have tons of pressure and have to get up.  Sleep on my right side no problems

Posted 9/9/2008 3:20 PM (GMT 0)
yep exactly..it is a good way however to clean yourself out on demand
Posted 9/9/2008 3:32 PM (GMT 0)
Hspenser I have the same problem as you but on the other side. I can sleep on my left side no problem but can't on the right. Weird huh??
Posted 9/10/2008 1:23 AM (GMT 0)
Gail, I get Reflux issues lying down on the right side..
As for running & the big D, well I had issues with that before the Crohn's! <wink>

Matthew
Posted 9/10/2008 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
I can't run. Exercising alone hurts, but running kills me.
Posted 9/10/2008 12:28 PM (GMT 0)
i just dont exercise,i use to walk to and from work most days but as i got sicker i use to use my car just in case i needed to get home in a hurry,but i hafnt found physical activity to affect my crohns mostly just emotions which sounds weird,but if i get nervous,anxious or even excited i have to go to the loo any1 else gets this?
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