Working out with Fibromyalgia & MS?

I have bad Fibromyalgia and I cannot bend well at the knees. In fact getting up from a sitting possition can be difficult! Now add in the fact I have Multiple Scelrosis and it’s a health disaster. For the over heating part I have a scarf with these beads in it I wet and tie around my neck to keep my body temp down, also drinking a lot of ice cold water.

Now I had 2 kids (by c-section!!!!!!!) and I use to be 5’7 135lbs. Now I am 5’7 165 and I advoid bad foods and drink a lot of green tea but I mostly have extra baby belly skin I can’t seem to tone. When I had my last child I used toning creams and strech mark creams and you can barely see the strech marks but… it will never tone just using a cream!

Working out won’t just be for the bennifit of looking good but for my health also. I can NOT do a lot of things (I can only pick up to 25lbs, can not walk up and down stairs much and will not walk for a very long time and never in the sun!) and when I get a health insurance that helps me out more I will get physical therapy but there has to be things I can do at home. I wanna work glutes to tighten my butt so that it would bennifit helping my aching back. Cruches are a horrible waste of time and push up’s only work arms which my arms happen to be the only thing not effected badly so I mainly get around and pick myself up with arms so they are nicely stregthen I don’t wanna just work arms. Having this asymetrical belly (cause I still have the rest of a body of the thin girl I was but it looks like I am preggo) is probably hurtting my health more so now and I am sick of it. I also don’t have money to go to pilaties class or I would have done that already. Swimming is out till I get into PTand use a heated pool or the cold water would stop my joints from working!

I just hope it’s not as difficult as it feels 🙁
Yes it is 100% MS and Fibro…. There are seriously HOLES in my brain it is apparent in the MRI’s and I have most of he Fibro trigger points (actually after hitting the first 7 my rhem. didn’t wanna test more he figured all probably would be effected)

There is no way around my underlying issues.
seriously tender or trigger I don’t care, that wasn’t my question….

First answer- wtf.. Celiacs? My Mum has celiacs and I have FMS and there is no way that our symptoms are anything similar..

Anyway, I’m sorry to hear about this, it’s really not fair at all. I’m 19 and I understand what you’re going through.

I do what I can, but walking is probably the best. Just going for a slow walk along the flat can help you feel better because it’ll get the endorphines going and you’ll be burning calories. I’ve heard that running/jogging is good, but walking is just as effective. I try and go for a walk every 3 days. That way I have a few days in between to rest.

Pilates is really good, but because you say you don’t have the money to do that in a class, why don’t you look for some basic yoga/pilates positions that you can do at home?

Swimming and aqua jogging would be good as well.

Good luck!

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