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Posted 1/9/2013 9:21 PM (GMT 0)
I'm curious to see how everyone handles this. I walk everyday for about 45 minutes and recently I added a 30 minute aerobic session. Two days ago I did my aerobic session and I decided to add a few new aerobic moves. The next day I hurt all over all day despite applying heat and light stretches so I only walked for about 20 minutes and had to stop because it hurt too much.
Today I started my walk and again my muscles in my back, legs, and hips hurt too much to do it for long. Plus, my knees hurt a whole lot so I sat back down with a heating pad. I know you are supposed to exercise despite some pain but with the fibro and arthritis I'm afraid of overdoing it. Do you guys exercise despite pain?
Posted 1/9/2013 10:41 PM (GMT 0)
I walk daily unless I have inflammation going on due to my other conditions. Fibro pain is daily and I continue to walk, if I did not I would be really stiff. I can no longer do any aerobic type exercise due to shortness of breath. Before walking I make sure to stretch.

hugs, Robin
Posted 1/9/2013 10:49 PM (GMT 0)
Well, for me it means I'll keep moving, walk a little and don't sit around too much...but if I'm really sore from overdoing it, no, I don't continue to do what made me sore in the first place.

And when I do start back, I'll scale it down.

I'm older, and have disc issues now, but even when I was younger and dealing with only Fibro, pushing myself always backfired.

Debbie
Posted 1/9/2013 10:59 PM (GMT 0)
I've always been active so I feel like I have to find my limits. My weight has been up due to issues with bloating and its driving me nuts. I do have arthritis in many joints and it rained today so that worked against me, too. Just from my short walk today I feel my feet cramping up and my back muscles spasming so I guess I should have just stuck to light stretching. It's just hard for me to figure out my body's limits. I think it's a part of me just now acknowledging to myself that I have fibromyalgia and its not going away.


I am really appreciative of your answers.
Posted 1/9/2013 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
I need to exercise but my job hurts me so much by the end of the day I just want to go home and decompress. My doctor keeps telling me I need to exercise and I try and explain my situation but I don't think she can fully understand. It's the same with my bfs mom she told me to do yoga because it helps her and I tried to explain to her how I feel that most days i just want to lay down and cry. Before I could even finish my sentence she tells me to just do it because it helps her so it will help me.
Posted 1/9/2013 11:20 PM (GMT 0)
Mrs. Megz,

You might want to think about doing daily stretches and exercises. I've been doing mine twice a day for 12 years. It helps give me a little boost of energy and keeps me from getting tighter.

Angelic, I don't think it's a good idea to push yourself beyond your pain and what you can do energy wise. That's what I've heard from professionals. It's sounds like you overdid.

Hope you're feeling better.
Posted 1/9/2013 11:26 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, I'm not feeling better yet but I have plans to. I was raised with that "no pain no gain" saying. Lol my dad was huge with that! I am trying to find my limits now. It'd be nice if fibro could alert me the day of instead of the next morning. It's like an exercise hangover.
Posted 1/9/2013 11:52 PM (GMT 0)
Thankfully after dealing with Fibro since the 1995 and spine issues for 11 years, I know what all the different pains are in my own body and what is just muscular soreness or Fibro pain, and then what is a severe flare of my disc herniations. The latter only happens a few times a year and will literally take my breath away to where I can barely move a few inches.

For all the "regular" pains or from overdoing the day before, I just keep on pushing through as it will only make me more sore by sitting or lying down too long.

This happened just last weekend when I spent about 45 minutes cleaning up the yard by picking up all these small to medium sized branches. That movement, bending/squatting down I don't do very much so I just knew I would be incredibly sore the next few days.

I do am/pm yoga/stretching and then walk 1.4 miles each night with my dog. The only time I don't do this is if it is a horrendous downpour or a herniation flare.

Sorry for the long post...Just wanting to share that it's all about knowing our bodies and which are normal pains and which are new and so painful enough to stop and see the Dr. and/or rest.
Posted 1/10/2013 1:01 AM (GMT 0)
I try and do stretches when I'm hurting. I will say that my Joni's fairly physical, which is why I'm in so much pain at the end of every day. On top of that I don't have a car so I walk and take public transit going home, my bf drops me off in the morning on his way to work.
Posted 1/10/2013 7:25 AM (GMT 0)
I try to walk but there are days I just can't. I listen to my body, I don't push myself. If I'm hurting, I rest. Most days the only exercise I do are gentle stretches. Very slow controlled stretches that I try to hold for 30 seconds to one minute.... You'd be surprised how stretching alleviates a lot of my stiffness and muscle pain.
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