How am I supposed to do this????

Sorry to bother you again, but..........

How do you excorsise and lose weight when you suffer pain?  (I figured, what better board than this to ask this kind of question on.) I still have weight to lose. My doctors tell me losing weight should decrease my pains. (how would they know when they are still undiagnosed!?!?!)  But anyway, how do any of you excorsise when you suffer pain? I would like to excorsise by walking and light dancing. (I am still recovering from my panni/hernia surgery, so lifting weights and sit ups and stuff is obviously not what I can do at the moment.)

I have trouble taking pain meds due to side effects, allergies, and drug interactions with my Coumadin.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks again to all of you. Take care and God bless.

You're never a bother, we're all here to support and share info. Yep that's the 64 million dollar question, how to exercise with all the pain we have. Myself I just can't do much because of other health issues. Walking is always a good one because you can do anything from a stroll to fast walking. If there is a pool close to you that's always good too (once your incision heals), often they are nice and warm which feels good. I can sometimes ride my stationary bike which is a recumbent type because of my back pain. Anything we do we have to balance between doing too much and not enough and to some extent we just have to suck up the pain and do it anyway. The way I look at it is I'm gonna hurt anyway so I may as well go ahead and exercise, fortunately I can take narcotics and don't have to work outside the home. Even with the narcotic pain meds I still hurt. Just do the best you can and go slow so you don't set off a flare and make it worse. God bless back to you cause He's the only one that gets me thru the day!

I have noticed that you are a great suppurt to lots of us here on this site. Let me thank you from all of us..................

THANK YOU!!!!  

It really does mean allot.

I am fortunate that I can take narcotic pain meds.  They help most of the time but not all.  I have break through pain if I over do it.  One of the things I've found easiest to do is water exercise.  I swim and sometimes just walk in the pool back and forth where the water comes to my shoulders.  That way I'm getting some resistance on my whole body.  Sometimes after the water workouts I am more sore and tender, but that is okay in comparison to what I feel like from ordinary exercises.  It's a process of figuring out what works and what doesn't.  How much, how often, etc.  Good luck and don't hesistate to post!  We're all in this together!
Margie

You are not a bother. I have Fibro, too, and it has wreaked havoc with my life. The pain can be unbearable at times. I can suggest a couple of things that may help, first just start walking a little. Make sure you stretch gently prior to walking and invest in some very good walking shoes. I can't believe what a difference that can make! I also agree with the others that swimming or just walking in the pool is very "do-able". just start slow - 5 minutes a day, then add another 5 minutes the next week and so on. I was always an "all or nothing" kind of gal. I felt like I needed to walk on the treadmill at 4.0 speed for an hour in order for it to count as exercise, but with Fibro I have realized that a little at a time does really help. You could even try just sitting in a chair and marching your legs up and down. The internet has some great low impact exercise ideas for those of us with physical limitations.

I would like to recommend two drugs that may help and are NOT considered pain meds: I take cymbalta (120 mg) and Lyrica (3 100 mg tabs a day). These made a HUGE difference for me. I tried one or the other alone, but there seems to be something about combining these two drugs that truly benefits Fibro. I am also lucky that I can take narcotics. I take them in addition to the Cymbalta and Lyrica. Even still, I have major pain some days - but I know that if I didn't have these meds, I would not be able to even get out of bed and I could never exercise.

I hope this helps. I also wish you well and know that you always have us out here in cyber-land that can relate. Take care!!!

Thanks to all of you for your support. Unfortunately, my med availability is limited because I am allergic to most pain meds and am on Coumadin. I cannot take Cymbalta or Lyrica because it increases the chances of bleeding.........something I can't afford with Coumadin. I am only 32 years old........no diagnosis for my pains.........suffering with SOMETHING.......and feel my life is over!

Thanks anyway for all your support. Take care and God bless all of you.