Re: Fibromyalgia - a Review of Recent Discoveries


You didn't plug for me, you plugged for stretching.
Ya know, if a person simply holds a particular stretch position,
they are enhancing circulation while they do it.
After all, when people are side-lying when they sleep, they
are maintaining a stretch in certain muscle sets.
But not as easy to discover certain stretch positions. No discovery,
no experience. And opportunities missed. Your choice on whether
or not to see a book show a maneuver. As I've reminded before,
to everyone their own choice, otherwise someone would tell me
how I'm trying to control people.

On Mar 30, 4:45 pm, "lightlady" <l...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
good stretching is slow stretching... no repetition exercises for people
with CMPD, and fibromites don't need 'em either :-) no pain, means no
pain. there is the 'hurt so good' feeling tho, so folks need to know the
difference.

and yup, folks without the ailments definitely need to learn about it all
from a book. those of us with it, can experiment with different techniques
that work for us at that moment. what works one day to release a trigger
point, may not the next because another muscle has joined the party by
triggering another Trp. so yes, books have their place, but experience
teaches better IMHO

and this is my opinion based on personal experience, not from reading a book
or two <sheesh> i don't plug for you mikey, so please don't make it look
like i do.
--
lampy

The Sims meets Spinal Taphttp://www.musicworld3d.com
Sat, march 31, 7th Floor appearing in live webcast from lakeland fl.

"Michael B" <baugh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Thanks for putting in a plug for learning to do good stretching.
The books I mentioned can help, but I mainly suggest the
"Trigger Point Self-Care Manual". There's a muscle dealt with
in there that I had not known how to deal with other than by point
pressure with a pencil eraser..

On Mar 30, 12:02 am, "lightlady" <l...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
scattered scat, will make you scat, unless of course your doing the scat
(dance)

and if you live with CMPD, you better know how to slow down, stretch
wisely
and slowly, and learn to recognize Trigger points and what they do, how
to
ease them up, and keep them from interfering with your life. I live it
daily. no, the painis still ther cuz it is. you learn to deal with it,
well at least i have... i may have fibro and cmpd, but they don't have
me!!

oh, and you can not count on anyopne being able to get rid of trigger
points, unless you are in charge of how they manipulate them, i don't
care
if they **do say** they are trained in myofascial release and trigger
point
therapy. took me 9 years to find someone who listened to me and worked
**with** me. but that PT closed, so i'm back to using my tennis ball
and
cane to hit the spots. so yes, YMMV with therapists
--
lampy

The Sims meets Spinal Taphttp://www.musicworld3d.com

"Michael B" <baugh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Margo, do you feel that a fecal reference has to accompany
each of your comments? Still burning from your "scatalogical
reference" debacle?
No, getting over FMS is not just a matter of will and exercise, and I
have never said that. I have also noted that it's unlikely for only
FMS to exist. Even if the comorbid condition is something so
physically invisible as PTSD.
And you're welcome to tell me what you think I must know, but
that doesn't make it so. ANY PWFMS THAT CAN GET UP TO
GO TO THE BATHROOM IS EXERCISE TOLERANT.
Starts with passive range of motion, then active ROM, incorporating
stretches, extending the muscle groups for maximum EXTENSION,
which facilitates elimination of muscle metabolites and delivery of
oxygenated blood.
Does that sound like I think everyone should be on the treadmill?
Nope. Walking is a pretty dismal activity for someone that needs
to be stretching muscles and working against disuse atrophy.

For those that think there might be a way to improve their level
of activity, I suggest "Stretching for Dummies", with copies on
eBay, or "Trigger Point Self-Care Manual", by the coauthor of
"Trigger Point Therapy for Myofascial Pain".

Or you could take Margo's lead and decide there's no point.

On Mar 29, 1:32 pm, saavik <saa...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sh*t, here we go again...Getting over AMF is just a matter of will
and
exercise - so saith Michael Baugh.
Michael, there are people who would love to consider that
alternative,
but FMS is rarely the only factor. And even when it is, many PWFMS
are
exercise _intollerant_, as I'm sure you know.

Margo


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