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  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    I (thank goodness) don't suffer from endometriosis. I do however have extremely short yet ridiculously heavy and awfully painful periods - I'm talking about changing a super tampon hourly otherwise I get red shoes...

    Needless to say I make those three days my rest days as working out makes me heavier. But that's what works for me... Check with your gp about what they would suggest

    Best of luck op
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
    I absolutely can not do moderate or intense cardio for the first two days of my period unless I want fetal position, sweating buckets, gasping for breath, feeling ripped in half pain. Sometimes an easy walk can help ease my regular cramps when they radiate down my legs, but I try not to get too far from home, just in case it triggers the evil cramping.

    I usually stick to stretching (hip flexor stretches help the pain a little) or light upper body resistance exercise on the first 2-3 days of my period and I use NSAIDs and a TENS machine to help ease the cramping.
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    edited July 2015
    I used to have endometriosis. It was much improved by consistent exercise. Even heavy cardio is fine and helps cramps. I just had to stay near a bathroom early on!

    When I have my period, I often hurt from the base of my skull to the second joint of my toes. I have prescription painkillers, and a hydrocodone +prescription strength ibuprofen gets me going, and after it's much better. :)
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    edited July 2015
    Oh, and I don't have a magic cure for endometriosis, sorry. :( I had it before I had my first kid, it got REALLY bad (with adhesions) between 1 and 2, and then cleared up pretty much entirely after #2.

    I think that working out during my period makes the bleeding much heavier but last much less longer.
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