I haven’t moved (unless I had to) for years…because it caused so much pain. Now that I have started going to physical therapy (for a bad shoulder injury), I am learning to use my muscles a little bit at a time, and yes it does hurt! But no, I can’t stop! And I have learned if I keep doing the exercises and follow what the therapist says…the pain does lessen as I use the muscles on a gentle and regular basis.

I never would have believed using my muscles would make my muscle pain hurt less, but it does seem to be helping. It is taking time and it is slow moving.
I was hurting pretty bad last week and actually did not go to therapy, but I think it it due to the level of pain I am feeling from the shoulder injury (I still have to go through surgery and then further therapy after surgery). I have noticed that the flare-up in the shoulder has settled down a little bit, but my all over muscle pain is a little more intense. So, maybe not doing the physical therapy helped to calm down the flare-up in the shoulder, but I think it actually may have set me back as far as the progress I was making with warming up and working out the stiffness in my Fibro-muscles.

I will be talking to the physical therapist about this and (hopefully) I will remember to come back here and post my findings….ha! ha! We all know how forgetful we can be!

Maybe they will suggest that I work on the Fibro-muscles after I have the shoulder surgery. But at least I know now that there is something to all this talk about gentle exercise actually does make a difference!

Am wondering if the yoga would help w/ the weight loss? I am needing to lose about 30 lbs. It is not coming off very quickly.