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Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
i suffer from joint pains... like many others here with ibd... and... well, i figured i would post how i deal with that because it has actually made me somewhat healthier(understatement of the year).
But basically, i have joint pain, and the very first thing when i wake up is just a whole bunch of moosiness, so i get up, and i take a REALLy hot shower... and then, i do a full body work-out... everyday. jumping jacks, sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, chin-ups, sit-ups, and then i have some free weights that i do various upper body and arm work-outs with. And now that the weather is getting warmer i am starting my runs again(not diarrhea... btw... almost everyone with ibd knows how to spell diarrhea... imagine that), and my joint pains, while i wake up with them most morning, because of my work-outs, i am able to get through the day without any problems. Also, because of my working out, my immune system is too busy repairing the muscle damage(that is a good thing... never over do it, always work up to it) that it leaves my gut alone most of the time!
Just figured i would share
But basically, i have joint pain, and the very first thing when i wake up is just a whole bunch of moosiness, so i get up, and i take a REALLy hot shower... and then, i do a full body work-out... everyday. jumping jacks, sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, chin-ups, sit-ups, and then i have some free weights that i do various upper body and arm work-outs with. And now that the weather is getting warmer i am starting my runs again(not diarrhea... btw... almost everyone with ibd knows how to spell diarrhea... imagine that), and my joint pains, while i wake up with them most morning, because of my work-outs, i am able to get through the day without any problems. Also, because of my working out, my immune system is too busy repairing the muscle damage(that is a good thing... never over do it, always work up to it) that it leaves my gut alone most of the time!
Just figured i would share
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That is good. It gets the blood flowing.
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That is good. It gets the blood flowing.
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Thats sounds good i will give it a try well not all at once bit at a time im somewhat older that you but thanks i do believe exercise helps.
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wow, I had no idea. I have been wanting to try to excersise myself, but every time to do go for a walk or a run I end up with the "runs" lol diarrhea. Will that go away over time? or is that just me and my luck?
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Whenever I try to exercise the pain seems to get worse. Is it because I haven't exercised in a while or is it really getting worse? Did that happen for you?
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I used to do sit ups was told it promotes good digestion, it helped then i got preggers. I had the baby in feb 07 but getting back on track is hard i was fighting the pain doing the sit ups, but when i flared then i quit eating and lost way too much weight. Now i am waiting for this flare to end, then i will go back to it. I have to admit it does help for the most part when i was doing it i was in remission for a long while b4 i got preggers.
jimmysquirrel
well, i did feel worse at firs, both because i was out of shape as well as my body acting a little adversely, but... well, i have had ibd for long enough now that i know what the signs are for when my gut is about to get better, and one of them is that while the pain gets a bit worse, and my trips to the bathroom slightly increase.... the other symptoms start to fade, like the tiredness and a few of the others... so basically, my gut gets a bit worse before it goes into remission.
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