brandib819
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- Joined
- Dec 7, 2016
- Messages
- 55
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 03/2008
- Country
- US
- State
- FL
I've been trying to do better about getting healthier and conditioning my body to function better living with fibromyalgia. After years of being sedentary and living on pain meds I have finally decided to change my lifestyle. I'm off pain meds and on 1200mgs of Gabapentin instead. It works fairly well, but it seems like I can do very little without causing pain. So I've been trying to exercise to see if I can train my body to get used to moving without the pain meds.
My current work out routine is walking a mile (20 minutes) on the treadmill, doing the ab weight machine with between 10-30lbs depending on how sore I am, and 10-20lbs shoulders. I don't do anything else with legs because I think the walking is enough considering I have to walk the rest of the day.
I haven't been doing this often at home, but while I'm on vacation at Daddy's place in New York I've been trying to do it every day or every other day. So far I've done it two days, and I was pretty sore today. Really sore.
I was wondering if anyone else has tried to exercise, or what you do, or if you think my routine needs to be modified in any way?
My current work out routine is walking a mile (20 minutes) on the treadmill, doing the ab weight machine with between 10-30lbs depending on how sore I am, and 10-20lbs shoulders. I don't do anything else with legs because I think the walking is enough considering I have to walk the rest of the day.
I haven't been doing this often at home, but while I'm on vacation at Daddy's place in New York I've been trying to do it every day or every other day. So far I've done it two days, and I was pretty sore today. Really sore.
I was wondering if anyone else has tried to exercise, or what you do, or if you think my routine needs to be modified in any way?