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I tried vaping it because I'd heard (anecdotally) that it might help inflammation (I have ulcerative colitis) I did actually lose weight (which wasn't my goal) - it seemed to curb my appetite. I stopped using it because having no appetite is miserable, in my opinion. Could have been pure coincidence.

God knows. I've only just noticed it.

Hi there, I was about to post something similar! Though my issues are less severe than yours. I have ulcerative colitis and until about 3 months ago was in remission due to biological meds but am currently flaring. I've never been a volume eater and get full quickly so am reliant on calorie dense foods for weight gain but…

I don't know if this is quite the same thing, but I wear a tens machine most of the time, for lower back pain and sciatica. 2 of the pads are situated on my buttocks. I've used it for well over 5 years and have it turned up quite high at times. It's made no difference to my glute muscles. I only wish it had.

Thank you :) Sorry to hear you also suffer pain - I wish you all the best, too!

Thank you, that's really helpful. To be fair I think the idea of not lifting is unthinkable for a lot of people. But yeah, it's currently off the agenda for me, at least for a while. By the way I also have arthritis, mainly in my hands, it does hinder progress!

Hey, thank you, I really appreciate your thoughts. I'm in the UK so that probably isn't possible - I'm assuming that's a US thing? I started the SL programme because it looked so simple. I did start to see good results but the pain wasn't worth it and, as I say, I now feel less mobile and strong than before I started…

Thank you so much, I'll definitely take a look x

Thank you for all the replies, I'm very grateful I think, as someone has said, that even though I have tried to follow correct form, it's likely that I haven't! I'm not someone who gives up easily and I've tried hard to persevere, but currently I'm in more pain and am less mobile than ever before. I have a couple of other…

Yes! That's one thing I can still do!

Thank you, I'll look into it!

Initially I was doing strong lifts, it became unmanageable (even with frequent deloading) and not only made existing pain worse but caused new pain in shoulder, neck etc I switched to a bodyweight program for a while but even that was causing pain.

Thank you. Yes, for quite a while both doctor and physio were encouraging me to continue with lifting. The issue is that I keep injuring myself and it seems to happen after apparently innocuous movement (eg I'm currently in pain after wrenching a calf muscle just from coming downstairs!) I have other long term health…

Thank you, yes I agree their default position is often, stop what you were doing You are probably right about form as I was working out at home, in front of a mirror. Apparently I have "hyper mobile" hips - I don't know if that's part of the problem or even if it's a thing!

Pretty much, yes. I have various conditions - severe degenerative disc disease, hip bursitis, osteoporosis in the lower spine and hip and was injuring myself frequently whenever I followed a lifting program, despite being very careful about warming up, correct form etc. I now find any kind of lifting is painful and s makes…

That's interesting, thank you. I'm only going by what I was told when, after years of ibs, I developed ulcerative colitis (coincidentally - the one doesn't automatically follow the other) Aside from new symptoms which I won't elaborate here (!), the clinical changes included raised inflammatory markers in blood and stool…