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Posted 6/17/2015 5:18 PM (GMT 0)
What is it with holding heavy things or keeping your muscles contracted to long that affects fibro?
I helped my hubby hold his truck doors in place while he changed the pins. The door was on a jack, but I had to push up the door to keep the holes straight so he could put the pins in. It took maybe 10 mins with each door.
Now I am fatigued and my muscles feel as though they weigh a ton. I didn't think that would make me feel like this. Anyone else have this before with heavy or making your muscles stay contracted long?
Weird question...lol just wondering.
Posted 6/17/2015 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
Yep. It has to do with energy expended. I have to move heavy pieces all the time. I tend to try to simplify as much as possible. Use your whole body if you can, as opposed to the arms. Also, come at the object from as low as you can, so that you are using core strength rather than chest/arms. Strengthening core will give you greater stamina.

Push where you can. And use gravity as much as possible,
Posted 6/17/2015 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks. I have noticed that too, with moving around heavy stuff. Sometimes if I squeeze something too hard, I will have a muscle spasm. (Like opening a lid on jar)
Posted 6/18/2015 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
Yes!! All the time.

Things don't even have to be heavy for me to feel like this. I absolutely hate it. Pain and the weak feeling, like I've climbed a mountain and now have rubber legs to try to get back down with. Ugh.

Sometimes I haven't done anything at all, but it's worse if I have. So I feel your fatigue.

Debbie
Posted 6/19/2015 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
Aloha from Hawaii,

how are you? one thing that might help is making certain your getting enough minerals in your diet, I noticed long ago that 90% of muscle fatigue is caused by 2 things.
Oxygen to the muscle
Supplying the muscle with what is needed, oxygen producing foods.

Consider this, if breathing and eating are specifically designed to maintain oxygen levels in the red blood cells, then the more oxygen the better off we'll be. Oxygen rich environments make it impossible for Viruses and Fungi to exist.

Most people with Low PH have health problems, raise your PH and make certain you're breathing correctly and you shouldn't have any problems. Unless you don't exercise at all and don't eat correctly, and occasionally take a deep breath, in which case expect accelerated decay.

You should find the following ytube site very informative, it's all on Natural Remedies and is very well done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5EdZlUuXcY
Back to Eden Natural Cures I believe it's called,

Aloha,
James
Posted 6/21/2015 5:51 AM (GMT 0)
My physical therapist told me that people with fibromyalgia cannot handle the burning feeling from exercise - our systems do not handle the lactic acid properly. When I work with him, he makes me stop when I start getting fatigued or feel any burn. Two months in of following his advice and my arms have more tone and flexibility. i still get tired and in pain, but it has been a definite improvement. All without pushing through the burn as I was taught when I was younger.

I roll a ball up a wall and back down.. I do 2 other lower impact excercises. It is nice feeling forward progress.
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