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Posted 8/16/2012 4:57 PM (GMT 0)
Of course Fibro pain "is real".... but I mean to say, which aches and pains have an actual reason other than hyperactive nerves ?

This question is extra hard for me, as I am constantly chasing aches and pains around my body, due to my weightlifting. Last week was my left forearm. This week, my right shoulder. This morning my right elbow.....

^ All parts of my body that might have ached "before" I ever started lifting weights, due to my Fibro.

I do still occasionally get pains that I know are Fibro related. Mostly the "nails stuck into my flesh" sensation. {gotta' love those, huh ? :)}

Anyway, obviously if I have seriously strained something, then I need to back off on training that part of my body for a bit.... or switch up my workout to accomadate...

But then again, if I stopped working a part of my body every time it hurt a little, I wouldn't be working out at all !

Fortunately, most of my aches and pains start to go away after the first or second set. Gotta' love those endorphins ;)

Your thoughts ???

Peace,

Fish

Posted 8/16/2012 5:06 PM (GMT 0)
Chris, how about just slowing down a bit or not lifting quite so much weight?  I have had a pain in my upper arm for several months and now have discovered it's bursitis.  I wouldn't have guessed it since my shoulder doesn't hurt...just the front of my upper arm. 

 

You just have to use some common sense and remember we are all getting a little older, too.  Arthritis could be involved or something else.  I found out this winter that a lot of my horrendous back pain was from another illness on top of fibro.  I was given the appropriate medication and I'm so much better now. 

 

So I would just try backing off a little and see what happens.  That could give you some indication as to what really is going on.  BUT don't stop moving!  You seem to be in great shape and you don't want to lose that. 

 

Sherrine

 

Posted 8/16/2012 9:35 PM (GMT 0)
I couldn't imagine doing weight lifting. I had a friend that was doing some serious weights and now her shoulder cuffs are a mess. I know for me it's hard to find that happy medium with excercise. When I feel good I want to over do it and then the next day is miserable. As I get older I get a little smarter. Lol
Posted 8/17/2012 4:50 AM (GMT 0)
Sherrine, your advice would probably be the smartest thing for me to do.... But it's SOOO psychologically {and somewhat physically} addicting, to work out, once you get into it for a year or two, and you work out all the initial soreness.

But yes, too.... I'll be 48 in August. Certainly feels different working out now then it did 30 years ago < even before I had Fibro {got Fibro at 22}.

Me, in good shape ? Well, its taken just a little work > and I have a LONG ways to go.

My story, as I often say, is not where I'm at, but how far I have come to get here !
I'd probably post a few photos of {before and durings} if you asked :) Then you could decide for yourself :)

AK Angel, well of course a lot of people > even without Fibro, couldn't work out the way I do. I've just been blessed with that. But as I say right along with the moderators, Fibro is different for everybody, but do whatever you can, and just keep moving !

And have the best day humanly possible :)

Peace,
Fish
Posted 8/17/2012 12:39 PM (GMT 0)
Chris, you did post pictures of you a while back.  That's how I knew you were a pretty fit guy.  Cute, too!  smilewinkgrin   

 

I guess you have to decide what is more important...stick with what you are doing or have less pain to deal with the rest of the day.  It's not like you are giving this up but you might not be able to do as much or lift as much as you used to.  Somehow the word "denial" pops in my head!  LOL

 

I'm 65 and there are many things I used to be able to do that I can't do now.  I used to move my spinet piano, all by myself, to clean behind it once a year.  Those days are l-o-n-g gone.

 

Sherrine

Posted 8/17/2012 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
"That's how I knew you were a pretty fit guy. Cute, too!"

See ! Now I KNOW you must be thinking about somebody else :) LOL

Denial.... Oh yea.... a large dose of it I'm sure.

But hey anyway, today is my day off weight training anyway, and no particularly sore spots this morning...... So I should be just fine for that 4.4 mile, 1000ft hill climb / run this evening after work, huh ? ;) LOL

Peace,
Fish
Posted 8/17/2012 4:58 PM (GMT 0)
shakehead  

Sherrine

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