TREATMENTS TO HELP MANAGE PAIN: EXERCISE
Many endometriosis sufferers feel that they cannot exercise because of chronic pain or constant tiredness and lethargy. However, exercise is important in that it increases your muscle tone, improves your fitness and gives you a feeling of well-being. Exercise also increases the production of endorphins.
Before starting on an exercise programme it might be sensible to visit your doctor for a physical examination.
One of the most important aspects of exercise is that you must find it enjoyable. Try to find a form of exercise that causes you little or no pain. Start exercising slowly for a short time each day. As your muscles strengthen you will gradually be able to increase the rate and length of the time that you exercise.
An excellent non-jarring exercise is swimming. Your exercise regime should also include some weight-bearing exercises such as walking, to help protect against the development of osteoporosis.
During the last few years many women in Australia have found that they have benefited by attending water aerobics classes.
Water aerobics has the benefit of being a weight-bearing, low impact exercise and is suitable even for those who can not swim. Because the water is supportive it does not have the same jarring effect on the body as floor aerobics.
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