Fibromyalgia

A good foam roller might help you keep your muscles stretched out and a little more relaxed. I do no suffer from Fibro, though I do have chronic muscle spasms. I use a foam roller by HyperIce called the Vyper. It helps me, so something similar might help you.

I have had FM for 11 years. The first few years it was much worse than it has been since.

I can always walk, although some days I can only walk 5 minutes out and 5 minutes back. I don't walk particularly fast, hardly ever even average 3.0 mph, but walking is a core activity for me. These days I go for 10,000 steps per day, although if your fibro is bothering you that is probably too high of a goal. Remember that you can do your exercise in small chunks -- 5-10 minutes at a time. Doesn't have to be an hour workout to do your body good.

I find that the a recumbent stationary cycle is my go-to activity. I can almost always do that. I read a book while I pedal.

I found swimming in a cold pool was terrible for me, made me feel much worse. If you have a warm pool -- the kind that is kept very warm for arthritis patients -- available to you, go there. That made me feel much better when I did it.

Yoga is often a good one for me. Try some of the Yoga with Adrienne videos on YouTube -- her style is very relaxed and she helps me to only do what feels good and to truly *own* my yoga practice.

Re the foam roller, that will probably hurt like hell, at least it does me. But I do it regularly anyway. If you foam roll for about 8 weeks and can't see a difference, then I would drop it. But I do feel better overall when I am foam rolling.

One of the theories about FM is that the capillaries are not acting the way that they should, and one of the effects of that is that lacitic acid builds up more than in normal functioning people. So weightlifting yields huge DOMS for us compared to others. I find this to be very true for myself. But, I have also learned that I can lift when I am feeling well. If you build up your baseline fitness enough, you might find that doing some lifting works for you. And if so, you might find, like I have, that it makes your FM recede quite a bit. But I have to be pretty fit through doing these other things before I can lift weight.

Hope this helps you some. Bottom line for me is that doing a little bit of exercise helps my FM and allows me to do more, but building up has to go really really slow, or else I'll crash into a flareup.

My local gym offers exercise classes that are described as being for those over 60 but can also be attended by younger people with mobility issues. They are chair based exercises that help with toning and stability. Could be with checking if there is anything similar in your area xxx

Im a long timer of fybromialgia so i feel i can relate and share honestly.
First being determined is a must as i am fed up with medical terminology. I did my own research and highly recommend for everyone.
Juicing and cleaning out the colon, liver and kidneys was a life giver and i now am riding my bike, walking and dance for exercise.
Food is a biggy to relearn how, when and what to eat. Plenty of water is essential. I add whole lemon, lime to it which helps also clean oneself out. Nutrition of whole foods will bring anyone serious and pesistant through.
I hope this helps.
Erin

I have a different type of myalgia but I do yoga and started walking and now finally moved on to jogging.
foam rollers and massages can be very useful
I don't like pools because of cholorine. that makes my skin burn like a sunburn.

I also remind myself that the pain is real but my body send extra pain signals. so while the pain is real, it won't kill me. that sometimes helps me keep going