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Nov 03, 2013, 08:05 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by medicalfox
That's quite excessive, all you need is at least 30 minutes a day. If you walk a good pace for 30 minutes that's adequate exercise for low impact, just walking around the block is not though (unless your block takes 30 minutes to walk around).
"If you have fibromyalgia with painful tender points, deep muscle pain, and fatigue, exercise is probably the last thing on your mind. Yet did you know that exercise may be just what the doctor ordered? Whether it's daily walks, stretching, swimming, yoga, tai chi, or Pilates, low-impact exercise programs can keep you fit in spite of your fibromyalgia and may help reduce pain as well".
"Gradually she worked up to walking to the mailbox and back, and then to more steady exercise on a treadmill. Today, she credits exercise with playing a big role in improving her fibromyalgia pain."
You can find a lot of information on wedmd.com
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I don't suffer from fibromyalgia, but a different chronic pain condition. It is enormously difficult for anyone who has not experienced the utter hell of your body screaming out at you in agony, to fully comprehend it. Like Christina, there are times when, if given the choice, I'd take BP instead of this pain --it really is that bad.
The clinical information on WebMD does not describe the real life experiences -for example, that with each and every movement of the body there comes excruciating pain (at least in my case, when it's at its worst).
I appreciate you trying to help, which I really think is your intention, but in some cases, you just don't know until you've experienced it; treatment and what is even possible differs with each person and this is where very general (not individualized) treatment recommendations on websites is not going to capture everyone's experience, or appropriate treatment.
I appreciate your intention to help --there are things that are, unfortunately, incomprehensible unless you've been there (or are a rheumatologist or pain specialist, etc.).
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