{"id":279,"date":"2012-04-26T19:46:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T22:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tracyleekarner.com\/?p=279"},"modified":"2012-04-26T19:46:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T22:46:11","slug":"fibromyalgia-factors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/2012\/04\/26\/fibromyalgia-factors\/","title":{"rendered":"Aggravating and Alleviating Factors in Fibromyalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In most cases,\u00a0these factors will help alleviate fibromyalgia symptoms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restorative sleep<\/li>\n<li>Moderate physical activity<\/li>\n<li>Warm baths<\/li>\n<li>Warm and dry weather<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and the following factors will make symptoms worse:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-restorative sleep<\/li>\n<li>Fatigue<\/li>\n<li>Overwork<\/li>\n<li>Physical inactivity<\/li>\n<li>Stress<\/li>\n<li>Anxiety<\/li>\n<li>Cold and damp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Managing fibromyalgia can be exhausting, because it involves making lifestyle changes. To help you reduce exhaustion, my blog is, on purpose, only 1\/5 specific fibromyalgia help, and 4\/5 general inspiration and motivation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The only way I could \u00a0change my life, was a little at a time. I began by concentrating on alleviating the symptoms&#8211;one factor at a time. Then, I slowly worked to reduce or eliminate aggravating factors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During bad flares,\u00a0I&#8217;ll be in the tub 2 or 3 times a day\u00a0(but this happens far less frequently than when I was first diagnosed, when my life was one long flare-up). \u00a0Normally, one warm bath a day does the trick, these days.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Restorative sleep is the primary thing for me. Anything that interferes with my sleep, gets axed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Finding<em>\u00a0the right amount of exercise<\/em>\u00a0was an excruciating process, full of setbacks and disappointment. I tended to push myself too far. I hope that by publishing what eventually worked for me, I can reduce other fibromyalgia sufferers&#8217; frustration. Why would I care to do that? I&#8217;ve explained why, <a href=\"http:\/\/tracyleekarner.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. \u00a0To see\u00a0my fibromyalgia exercises,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tracyleekarner.com\/my-exercises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">go here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, to begin to alleviate your fibromyalgia symptoms you might: take warm baths; learn how to get restorative sleep; and engage in moderate physical activity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The most critically important thing for me, however, was to learn how to<strong>\u00a0think good thoughts, and never let myself dwell on how miserable it is to have fibromyalgia.<\/strong>\u00a0(Yes, it can be miserable&#8211;but it&#8217;s simply not helpful to dwell on that notion.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I\u00a0<em>gradually<\/em>\u00a0became more skilled in managing fibromyalgia&#8211;by seeking out activities that motivate me, spending time with inspiring people, and by believing that I have a right to be healthy and happy. I&#8217;ve gotten much better at\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0overworking and overachieving. Of course I haven&#8217;t eliminated <em>all<\/em> the pain, fatigue,\u00a0stress and anxiety in my life (an impossibility); but I&#8217;ve greatly reduced the aggravating factors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I invite you to keep visiting my <em>developing<\/em> blog. I intend to share the inspiration and motivation I&#8217;ve found, with the hope that it might be useful and fun\u00a0(and, honestly, I&#8217;m not trying to sell you anything, although I hope you&#8217;ll buy the notion that people\u00a0<em>can<\/em> make changes and they\u00a0<em>can<\/em> have better lives).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>But, sorry, I still haven&#8217;t figured out how to control the weather.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My own experience supports what I&#8217;ve said about aggravating and alleviating factors, but that&#8217;s not enough to make generalized statements about fibromyalgia. My data and claims for this post come from Pierre Fabre, a French company who\u00a0bases their medical-conditions reports on scientific evidence, from numerous long-term clinical studies, in America and in Europe.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In most cases,\u00a0these factors will help alleviate fibromyalgia symptoms: Restorative sleep Moderate physical activity Warm baths Warm and dry weather and the following factors will make symptoms worse: Non-restorative sleep Fatigue Overwork Physical inactivity Stress Anxiety Cold and damp Managing fibromyalgia can be exhausting, because it involves making lifestyle changes. To help you reduce exhaustion, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/2012\/04\/26\/fibromyalgia-factors\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aggravating and Alleviating Factors in Fibromyalgia<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[40,384,388,484],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}