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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...

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disneyfan 03/04/2009

Just wondering if anyone has tried the Nintendo wii fit? I recently bought one to work out with and i love it...It helps me so much. has anyone else tried it??

thanks for listening

Kim

deleted_user 03/04/2009

lol i have one also, great exercise, but i hurt myself swinging!!

lycesq 03/04/2009

Got to wait until my foot heals!

Lynne

deleted_user 03/05/2009

Yeah!! I use it too. I find the balance exercises are great as well the muscle work outs. And my son loves it as well. It's hilarious to see a 3 year old do the step routine!

deleted_user 03/05/2009

i got one about 2 weeks ago and i love it
it has helped alot with moving more

deleted_user 03/05/2009

I have one too. I love mine, but I always struggle with the balance stuff. It's hard to stay upright on one foot and not move. The darned thing keeps telling me to stand still LOL

PJamela 03/05/2009

We bought one for Christmas. My husband, not really understanding that if I do too much exercise, it can throw me into a flare, and me being stupid takes his challenge...well, I did most of what he and my youngest son(he's 20) did at Christmas (on a lesser degree but still way tooooo much). I think it was the main cause of my flare that I am still not over (GP just put me on PREDNISONE to help me-good grief). And the Rheumy I had didn't believe all the pain I was in so I fired him and waiting to see my new one- that is why I had to see my GP.
So- to not get too discouraged, and to use the intelligence God gave me, I got the Wii Fit out again-first time since Christmas, been scared to death of it-and decided that I would be very careful, take it slowly. I love the stretching exercises and balance. Can't put my foot up on my other leg--hurts (I have sore legs), so I dont' do that one. That is the good thing, you can choose what you can do. I don't do what I can't do and yet I do some movement. Yoga is nice, breathing is good. Love that and so we learn.

Thanks for the post. We've got to learn from our mistakes, don't we? ((-:

deleted_user 03/05/2009

good post. we bought one a couple of months ago. is this on the wii fitness thing you are talking about balance? ther eare so many games... the cow one drives me nuts... bowling is fun. if only i could bowl as well in real life.

deleted_user 03/05/2009

we got the wii fit a couple of months ago, and I have found that the yoga exercises help a lot with my range of motion. One warning-never do the hula hoop when you have a sore hip. I think I dang near dislocated my left hip two weeks ago...

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