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In Dr. B guidelines it explains exercising. I do not understand.
When i go to GYM i will do 30 minutes of eliptical and thats it!
What is the best form of excersice like in his guidelines....?
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If you have the stamina for cardio, that's fine. If not, then you shouldn't do it. But even with cardio, you should be incorporating other exercise.
Some kind of strength training. I really like Pilates, it's strength and stretching all in one. On the reformer it can help you correct imbalances in the body - ie my left side is weaker from having had Lyme.
Also, weights or some other form of exercise to gain strength. I think yoga is good though I've never done it myself.
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Juping Jacks Pushups Situps Body Weight Squats Lunges Pullups (use assistance if needed) Calf Raises
High Reps and take 2 minutes between sets. Don't just rotate to another muscle/exercise. Let your heart rate go back down.
If you do any cardio I would just ride a bike/elliptical for 5-10 minutes.
Cardio really chomps away at our T-Cells. I'm very hesitant to start doing that at this point.
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The cardio is still confusing because why then do some doctors report their patients got better doing lots of cardio? Dr. S is noted saying this in his book.
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for me walking...
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The no-cardio rule is ONLY for when your stamina can't handle it. Once your stamina can handle it, cardio is of benefit. It has to do partly with the adrenal glands.
If your adrenal glands are stressed, you don't want to drain them even more by doing cardio.
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Being ill tends to create a sedentary lifestyle. Muscles atrophy quickly. One should build strength (anaerobic) to maintain or increase strength fitness.
But having said that, the BEST exercise is the one YOU will actually do! All the advice in the world is not going to do any good if the workout is so distasteful you won't do it.
So, something that will build strength AND you will WANT to do.
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Personally swimming does wonders for me, it works great for lymph draingage.
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Running is my exercise of choice. 30 min a day. Helps me TREMENDOUSLY and i can tell if its been a couple days..esp.in my clarity.
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Strengthening exercises, light weights machines or free weights are good. I have found Resistance Bands are an awesome work out and offer the same benefit of weights without the weights. Follow his guidelines working up to an hour.
The idea is to create muscle heat and oxygen to the muscles, this is what kills Lyme and Dr. B says is MORE IMPORTANT than abx themselves.
He says throwing someone on a treadmill is not the answer, although walking is good on off days for me.
Here is a video to give you and idea. You can find the bands on Ebay about 5 in a set for around $30.
Also, Foam rolling is great to break up muscle tension etc. before excercising.
Make sure to check w/your LLMd before starting any program, most Ld patients are very deconditioned, more than we realize.
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Thank you so much guys...can i buy resistance bands say in wal mart or something?
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