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I have been free of all lyme symptoms for over 8 months. This past month I started exercising daily - treadmill 30 minutes, weights. Now I have great pain in my feet and my hand joints. I am not fatiqued, but I creak and pop alot again. Did I wake those suckers up? And NOW what?? I need the exercise for stress and weight. Suggestions again please.
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Aniek
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A few thoughts.
When your body is not used to exercise, when you first start exercising it actually weakens your immune system. As you continue to exercise, your immune system is strengthened. If you have been exercising regularly for a month, I think you would be in the strengthening stage of the immune system.
If your body isn't used to exercising, it also does hurt when you start exercising. Some of your pain may just be your body getting used to it. Or a sign that you are over-exercising and hurting your muscles.
Some forms of exercise also release toxins. So make sure you are drinking plenty of water afterwards to help wash out the toxins.
If you had a lot of pain with Lyme, your body could have permanent changes in how your body interprets pain. When you have chronic pain, your body actually feels more pain from triggers other people don't feel as pain. I think that would take time to dissipate, even after the Lyme is gone.
I would cut back on the exercise and see if it makes a difference. If it does, then increase the exercise very slowly so your body has a chance to get used to it.
Even if the Lyme is back for some reason, I wouldn't stop exercising. I'd just adapt it.
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It's known that Lyme borrelia can hide out in the body even when all symptoms are gone. And Lyme borrelia can't survive in presence of much oxygen -- it only handle very small amounts. So if you're exercising and pumping oxygen thru your tissues, maybe you're killing borrelia and experiencing a herx from this. I have definitely had stronger herxes the day after some good aerobic exercise. Exercise, oxygen, Lyme, all are grey areas... Exercise has been amazingly helpful for me. I agree - just go easy!
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Sammi
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Crazychris, I agree with the other posters.
At the Lyme conference last weekend, Dr. B. stressed that exercise is critical to recovery. I agree.
Maybe it would help to take a day off between work-outs or cut back some on the intensity. Too much is not good.
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Hi crazychris
I do notice when I over due I get some symptoms back. That is key to me to know how far to push it. But it's real hard to know how far to go without going too far. Not real sure if it can actually make the bugs come back?
maybe going slower at first...working up gradually may be a good idea.
And like the other poster said, take a few days of rest to allow your body to re-group.
Also taking time to get warmed up, maybe a quick warm soak first & some streatching may help.
Maybe just start out with a minimal amount of walking at first? Walking & weights may be too much for your body right now.
I have learned the hard way to listen very closely to my body and take baby steps. In the long run this does work for me,
I am not a doctor & none of this is medical advice, just what I have learned from my own lyme body.
take care Dana
make sure to talk over everything first with your LLMD.
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start out really slow! No need to feel like you are superman at first, that will come later
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I definitely woke something up when I had to shovel some super heavy snow a few months back. It took me awhile to get back to my old miserable self, too.
Same thing happened when spring rolled around and I was getting spring fever and started to dig flower beds.
From what I understand, ANY stress - good or bad - physical or psychological - can awaken the critters from their nap. So be careful.
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