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I was in a drs' office yesterday and they had a tv in there that show different medical clips.The one that reeally jumped out at me was that some drs are sending fibro sufferers to a pain boot camp to learn to deal with the pain.When this woman was diagnosed[sp?] with fibro and could bearly walk her dr sent her there.They apparently make you exercise 8 hours a day every day for several weeks no matter how much pain you are in.According to her she can now work and is doing great,still in pain but she can deal with it without meds.
After just walking around Dollywood for a few hours on SATURDAY I can still bearly move.That would kill me.Do you all beleive that a place like this would realy help?
After just walking around Dollywood for a few hours on SATURDAY I can still bearly move.That would kill me.Do you all beleive that a place like this would realy help?
Gives new meaning to.. no pain, no gain, I guess.
Read this to my husband and he is ROFL at the thought of it.
New kind of fibro torture ... what next!
Coralie XxX
Some of our Pain is actually from lack of Movement...the More you Hurt, the slower you get, the MORE You Hurt..I Know this First hand..and you can Spiral down fairly Quickly..
However...8 hours Everyday seems a bit much...even for the Healthiest of Peoples...
I do 5-30 minutes several times a Day...mostly out of Fear I was going to develope a blood clot as I cannot take the Plavix..and Moving Lots helps keep Blood pumping good & Strong..
I am now in the best shape I have been in, in Over a Decade..
Not cured...not by a Long shot..but Compared to where I was...I am MUCH better..
and I make it Fun, or make it Relaxing...Decided to take care of me First so I am Better able to Help others..and it has Paid off !!
Gentle hugs, Sherrall
this fibro crap had me so fucked up when i was still active duty! i would shake and then my muscles would give out, and that was only during push ups! there's NO WAY the work out can last 8 hrs!!! and don't even get me started on flares AFTERWARDS.
i think that this woman that did the pain boot camp thing either was mis-dx or her fibro isn't that bad at all. but i'm leaning towards mis-dx.
HONESTLY, before ever getting fibro (and especially when i was still a Marine) i really DID believe in "no pain, no gain"!! but during my last year active duty when fibro was let out of it's horrid cage, that statement was only a joke to me. seriously here.... after fibro set in, that statement was all BULL SHIT. i couldn't believe that i allowed to be brain washed into thinking "no pain, no gain" ever applied.