Studies show exercise can alleviate our symptoms, but anyone with FMS or ME/CFS who’s ever over done it (most of us) knows how debilitating that post-exercise crash can be. So doctors and healthy people tell us, “Exercise more!” and we respond, “I can’t!”
I think part of the problem here is in how we define “exercise.” That word generally conjures up images of aerobics classes, doing a weight circuit at the gym, or spending half the day on a treadmill or exercise bike. I can’t handle that kind of exertion – can you? I’m giving 3-1 odds that you said, “No way!”
http://chronicfatigue.about.com/b/2008/11/18/re-thinking-exercise-for-fibromyalgia-chronic-fatigue-syndrome.htm
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