to exercise or not to exercise?

when muscle pain makes exercise worse... that is the question... or to walk some sort of fine line. even hydrotherapy can tweak me. luckily i can walk about 45 minutes a day. but i wish i could do more but when i try i seem to be worse not better for the effort... sigh. should i keep on anyway or respect the pain signals? what would or do you do?

thanks~

Lotusrising,

Traveler gave good advice- don't overdo it!

On the other hand, some exercise is absolutely indispensable! Exercise gets the blood flowing, which is one of the biggest deficits for Lymies. Have you ever noticed that when an otherwise healthy elderly person has a falll and becomes bedridden in the hospital, that they often die in the hospital? Inactivity starts a cascade of events that becomes a self-fulfilling syndrome. Identify the activities that you can safely do, and do them faithfully. I would probe the limits of how agressive you can become in your exercise pursuits, but do not cross the line or what is appropriate.

I can tell you that Dr. Jernigam encourages his patients to engage in some kind of physical activity while they are at his clinic. Since Heather is a swimmer, he encouraged her to practice with the Wichita Swim Club while she was out there. Although she was not at full speed, it was therapeutic for her to gently get the blood flowing.

There is a mild debate as to which form of exercise is best. I have noticed from the past that one of our members has insisted that his long distance running has helped him from getting even more sick from his illness. We can see that some prefer various levels of aerobic exercise. On the other hand. Dr. Joseph Burrascano recommends weight resistance exercises over the aerobic approach. I don't know which is better, but i would explore the issue by finding out which is comfortable and best for you. Nobody is more of an expert on that issue than YOU!

Don

Please don't over do it.  I played raquetball many years ago started back up

to get exercise and my knees are hurting.  Know I hear all this popping going

on.  Dr.  told me to try Wobenzyme-N. said they had success with it.  So Im going

to try it.  I think I will try something not so hard on my body....

I sometimes go for a walk, just to keep my bloodflow a bit 'up'. I don't go too far, cause I can suddenly be too tired to get back home. I wouldn't go into the woods by myself for that same reason.

I was never very sporty, but now I'm actually longing to do some sports, but I can't...

Just listen to your body, it'll give you a sign when you're overdoing it - my dr said to be careful, first healing, then rehabilitating