Chronic Pain & Exercise.. How They Work Together?!
Question: Chronic Pain & Exercise.. How They Work Together.?
I tend to have chronic pain... joints snapping, bones popping, etc. I sound old, but unfortunately it's just mainly because I haven't taken good care of my body. I want to try to rectify that, preferably without prescription medications. I've heard advice such as exercising, which sounds like the most viable option, save for taking vitamins -- I also want to lose weight, so this advice is advantageous to me on two fronts. Here's my question... if I were to develop a regular exercise regiment, will this help or hurt my level of pain.? also, feel free to comment on anything else that I've said thusfar.
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Since you are a person that has chronic pain patterns the type of exercise that you want has to be mild. Stress on the joints is not going to help you. So the patterns of exercise should be aquatics preferably in warmer water, as close to skin temperature as possible, walking, and biking as long as the bike has gears and you know how to use them properly. I would also recommend some resistance exercise for two reasons. The first is that it would help you with weight control. The more muscle fiber that is created the more calories are consumed by the body long after the session is over. The use of heavy weight would not be recommended. The use of a system called super slow would be the way to go. This requires the use of a light weight being moved very slowly through the entire range of motion. The movement is broken down into two phases. The concentric, where the weight is being brought towards the body, and the eccentric where the weight is returning to the starting position. The concentric should take five long seconds to complete while the eccentric should take ten. Only one set is required per body part and it would be best if it was done on machines. The advantage of this system is that the joints are never under a heavy load and thereby don't get sore the way they would if you were lifting otherwise. The other aspect of this is that any exercise program causes a change in the body's manufacturing of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine levels for the better. These are the chemicals that will elevate your mood and response to pain. To do this you need to see a qualified trainer that could help you with the program or see a physical therapist who would then design a program for you. Either way it is bound to help you.Health Question & Answer
I think most musculoskeletal pain comes from not putting your body through its full range of motion.
Study martial arts. they're great for that. I'm 47 years old and I've never experienced the sort of symptoms you describe.
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Study martial arts. they're great for that. I'm 47 years old and I've never experienced the sort of symptoms you describe.
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