RE: exercize question

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Holli, congrats on joining the water exercise class at the Y. I've never

joined them, fearing I'd hurt myself trying to keep up. I know what you mean

about the 'deep down middle-of-the bone intense ache " . I feel it too

sometimes, and that's just donig the same water exercise I've done 3x a week

for a couple years now. I describe it as " it hurts to move " .

I aqua jog in the deep water, with a little bit of swimming. If I do too

much upper body stuff my hands go numb, so I take it pretty gentle.

RE: the lower back pain. I would also get that until I learned that if I

tighten my tummy during the work out, it improves my posture and takes the

stress off my lower back.

O

exercize question

I'm wondering if the rest of you have similar issues with excersize and how

you handle it. I can't do a lot of the conventional excersize without either

falling down or injuring myself - including PT. I have seen a lot of posts

about water excersize - Gretchen, you've mentioned it lots. So last week, I

joined my local YMCA and took a water aerobics class for seniors (which made

me feel a little silly as I'm 46).

I was pleasantly surprised to find that I got a pretty serious workout

without feeling uncomfortable or in pain. I was able to keep up but didn't

have to slow the pace so much that it did nothing. I felt invigorated and

energetic when I left and slept great that night.

In the last 4 days since I have had a deep down middle-of-the-bone intense

ache in my arms, legs and lower back. I resorted to taking a Percocet to

sleep night before last.

I can't figure out why I should feel so good in the short term and so awful

for days after. I do not take any meds other than the almost constant

re-dosing of Naproxen/aspirin/ibuprofen/Tylenol -- whichever is handy at the

moment.

I wonder if any of you have advice. Is it time to start on some of the meds

perscribed for CMT? I need to loose weight and I need to be able to

excersize or it's not happening. I have a very efficient constitution that

can create extra pounds from water! (or so it seems)

Holli