| Can You Get Fibromyalgia Relief Through | | | | supervision of your fibromyalgia doctor and may |
| Exercise? | | | | begin as simply as a five minute walk in your |
| Fibromyalgia sufferers often search many years | | | | neighborhood. Adding one minute per day might |
| looking for some kind of relief from their pain. | | | | be possible for most patients. If a pool is |
| Many fibromyalgia patients have heard that | | | | something you have access to you might find |
| exercise can help but they may be in too much | | | | that swimming or even just walking around in the |
| pain to even think of any type of exercise | | | | pool is another form of low impact aerobic |
| program? Even healthy individuals have a hard | | | | exercise that is good for fibromyalgia. One |
| time following a program of exercise so it is | | | | advantage to being in water is that it can be |
| understandable that someone suffering from | | | | soothing and puts little stress on the body. |
| fibromyalgia pain might have a hard time | | | | The second class of exercise that is very helpful |
| embracing an exercise program for fibromyalgia. | | | | for fibromyalgia is stretching as found in yoga and |
| Will Exercise Make Fibromyalgia Pain Better Or | | | | tai chi. These forms of stretching usually include a |
| Worse? | | | | component of meditation and relaxation that are |
| Dozens of studies have shown that exercise can | | | | different than aerobic exercise. Stretching and |
| greatly improve fibromyalgia pain. This can result | | | | increasing your range of motion may have a |
| for a variety of reasons. First, it is well know that | | | | profound impact on your level of daily pain and |
| fibromyalgia usually causes sleep disturbances | | | | sensitivity at tender points. Again you should work |
| along with increased stress levels and feelings of | | | | with your doctor to find stretching exercises that |
| simply having no energy. Gradually increasing your | | | | are appropriate for you and the severity level of |
| level of exercise will fight all three of these | | | | your condition. For a number of fibromyalgia |
| common fibromyalgia complaints and improve | | | | syndrome patients, doing both stretching and |
| your overall sense of well being. It is important | | | | aerobic exercise have yielded even better results |
| that the exercise for fibromyalgia be of the right | | | | for relief of their fibromyalgia symptoms. |
| type and level of intensity. | | | | Gradually working into some type of exercise |
| What Types Of Exercise Help Fibromyalgia? | | | | program is probably the single most important |
| The type of exercise for fibromyalgia falls into | | | | thing you can do on your own to reduce your |
| two main classes. The first class of exercise for | | | | symptoms of fibromyalgia. There are many types |
| fibromyalgia is aerobic exercise. This includes | | | | of exercise to select from and one of them or |
| walking and swimming. Aerobic exercise will help | | | | even a combination will benefit you and help you |
| with all aspects of fibromyalgia including insomnia. | | | | return to a more normal, less painful daily life. |
| The exercise should be started under the | | | | |