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Posted 12/29/2011 11:08 PM (GMT 0)
My body aches, even my biceps and ankles. This is new. I have been tolerating the neck, back, lower back pain but it feels like I've done a hundred squats and lifted weights. sad Is this normal progression with Fibro?
Also, I quit my job today as I have missed so many days b/c of pain. Feeling defeated and hopeless.
Posted 12/29/2011 11:20 PM (GMT 0)
I know how you feel. Many days I wish I could just give in and stay home, but I live alone and there is no one else to pay the bills. Plus, if I dont feed my dog, he might decide to eat me instead lol Im also having some days in the past couple weeks that I really just felt like breaking down and crying. Dont give in to it! I find that doing things that I enjoy will help to take my mind off of how helpless, hopeless, and depressed I feel; I even started playing video games again, just to change things up.

I have problems with my heels, especially in the morning. I have rapidly acquired more aches and pains in the last 3 years than I had before, and sometimes I do feel like Ive done a heavy workout. Those are usually the days when I have slept poorer than usual, or am really stressed.

I really hope everything starts coming together for you :)
Posted 12/29/2011 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
*Jaden,
I was going to mention that! My ankles are killing me as well! I would like to exercise as the doctors and specialists say this is vital for us but I know if I do a "stroll" I will ache horribly the next 4 days. I feel like by the end of my day I am turning into stone.
I did a sleep study two weeks ago and got the results from my psyc doc today...everything looked good. ...sigh...
Posted 12/29/2011 11:51 PM (GMT 0)
I swear by my water aerobics. heated pool, take it easy because it's really easy to misjudge in the warm, supportive water. I have been doing pool work for the past four years, and it makes things so much better.
Posted 12/30/2011 4:32 AM (GMT 0)
When I was working under a lot of stress I had the same problem. I would get out of bed feeling like I worked out or got beat up. I got out of bed in a ball and hardly could walk. I now am on disability and stable with my pain. I still have pain, but very managable. Reducing the stress, resting when I need to, light exercise, heat and supplements have done the trick for now. Fatigue is my bigggest problem. When I do something extra, it feels like my muscles are wasted. I feel like grandma sometimes. I need to be in bed early on those days.
Hopefully you can get some control of fibro.
Posted 12/30/2011 6:16 AM (GMT 0)
I am with Myself 09 you can do all your exercises in the water...I do this 3x a week and it is very low inpact it sure helps me..I am not as stiff and sore afterwards...Isure hope you feel better soon.

Take care, Amy
Posted 12/30/2011 1:12 PM (GMT 0)
You do have to keep moving.  I walk and it helps me a lot.  I have ankle problems and did have heel problems until I switched to Birkenstock shoes.  That took care of the heel problems (plantar faciitis).  I don't power walk or jog...just walk at a pace I can handle for that day.  Some days I can walk faster than other days. 

 

Water exercise is wonderful, too, but you do have to keep moving the body parts or you will be stiffer and have more pain.  There are some gentle stretching exercises in Fibro 101 that really help and they are done sitting down so this could help you too.

 

Sherrine

Posted 1/3/2012 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
I've been in denial for awhile and a couple of days ago fibro proved itself to me.I decided to dance to some old rock and roll music for some exercise and did some hand weights the next day from head to toe hurt.
Posted 1/3/2012 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
I would love to do all the water exercise everyone keeps touting, but there is no indoor pool around here to my knowledge, unless you have a gym membership and go to the hospital. If any of you have ever been to Bakersville or Spruce Pine in NC, you know exactly what Im talking about. It is a ghost town.
Posted 1/3/2012 11:40 PM (GMT 0)
I always join the YMCA whenever I move to a new town. I learned it was well worth the 60 bucks a month, especially with the hot tub and sauna facilities.
Posted 3/3/2012 6:22 PM (GMT 0)
Last week I began an Aquafit class at our local pool. Some days it's just stretches and some days it's stretches and resistance using water weights. It depends who is teaching the class. But, I have found it to help keep me active as possible before I become part of my couch material-if you know what I mean. I'm hurting all the time but the dr says stay off my feet because of my chronic fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis so that combined with everything else- fast lately I have become more sedentary than normal. My resting heart rate has been 109-126 lately. So, the water exercise is great since it's low impact (I don't use the weights much- I tend to over do things even after all these years so I was told by the dr. Monday to quit using weights for now) and helps keep me moving. Sometimes, I don't do that class at all, I just walk the length of the pool in the shallow end a couple laps. At least it gets me moving without being hard on myself. I know not everyone has a pool available and I'm 100lbs overweight to boot so I really didn't want to do it but...I can't stand just sitting. It certainly isn't good for me!
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