Lifting with Arthritis & Fibromyalgia

[HiDnGoD]

A friend of mine has psoriatic arthritis & Fibromyalgia. He's concerned about his loss of muscle tone from disuse, & fibro flareups from activities.
Does anyone here have, or know of someone with these conditions & how they work around them. His user name is in the quote below, so you can respond here, or PM him.

Hey Bro how's she goin. Any help you can give me to pose a question or make a post or start a thread whatever you call it, I would like to hear from other members who might be suffering from the same condition as mine, are able to work out and get some definition and bulking when you have to guard arthritic joints. I am down to 185 and would like to tone it up for the ladies and myself

 

[HiDnGoD]

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[nsashbl01]

Don't know specifics, but my ex sister in law who has FMS was told to just keep active. Lots of stretching with weight training. Keeping in tune with a chiro also helped...

 

[step@half]

I do keep as active as possible. I mountain bike at least 15k daily. Pound as many hills as posible to rebuild thighs and get some cardio. Would like to stop muscle wasting and start bulking up again. Have been thru the valley of the shadow of death and survived, now need to rebuild my body again. That that does not kill me makes me stronger. lol

 

[step@half]

A friend of mine has psoriatic arthritis & Fibromyalgia. He's concerned about his loss of muscle tone from disuse, & fibro flareups from activities.
Does anyone here have, or know of someone with these conditions & how they work around them. His user name is in the quote below, so you can respond here, or PM him.

Thanks Bro, need all the help I can get. Have to stop my body from canabilizing itself. Now that my fat stores are depleting, my body is stealing energy from any source it can and muscle tissue seems to be where my energy is being converted from

 

[gettnlarge01]

I have severe arthritis in my left knee and all I can say is to push thru the pain if you really want it.

 

[wlmcrae]

I have fibromyalgia and pre-arthritic hips. Given that my experience may not be identical to yours (I am female), to function well I need:

1. Enough calories from clean sources - I am extremely prone to not eating enough, especially during a flare.
2. Significant nutritional supplements - two to three tablespoons of flax or Udo's oil per day, Sunrider Fortune (a green tea/cleanser), Vitamins A/B complex/C/D/E, mineral supplements Calcium/magnesium/zinc/copper, a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement (I use Nutrilite from Amway for all the vitamins), and a fibre bar, also from Sunrider.
3. Resistance and aerobic training BUT not nearly as much as is recommended by some sources. Specifically, I find the Body for Life program to be optimal for me. On that program, I can cut or bulk just by altering my food sources.
4. To be extremely consistent in my program and diet.
5. Natural anti-depressants (SAD light & St. John's Wort) in the fall & winter. Note that this is not due to 'depression' as a cause, but as an effect of the same bio-chemical pathway that causes fibro. Basically, if you have fibro, you'll be extremely prone to mild depression and seasonal affective disorder - it is an almost classical symptom and is physical in nature.

The women's board has some stickies on the top that include things like shopping lists, excellent diets and good workout programs. We tend to have a little more sensitive body chemistry, so we have to have more options to cover the variation. I've included some fibro/diet sites, but from my research, the clean diet in Body for Life or as laid out in Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle (e-book by Tom Venuto) is right down the line for fibro.

http://bone-muscle.health-cares.net/fibromyalgia-diet.php

http://www.connecticutcenterforhealth.com/fibromyalgia-treatment.html

 

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