by Pamela Rice Hahn
Note: I wrote an initial article about the Bounce Back Exercise Chair in 2005 while working as the about.com guide for the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome site. Getting a chair for myself has been my goal since that time and I now finally have one! I’ve had mine for a week, and I can tell a difference already; it’s especially helped lessen some of my lower back pain. … Now for the article:
Maintaining or improving one’s physical fitness is difficult for a healthy person. It’s even more so for those with Fibromyalgia, and especially so for those who are exercise intolerant because of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Although it doesn’t promise an easy solution, the Bounce Back Fitness Chair does provide a safer fitness alternative. Because it combines the function of low-impact aerobics while the user is seated in a comfortable chair, anyone with balance or most other mobility problems can perform the exercise.
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Many women who suffer through the pains associated with Fibromyalgia and arthritis find they have problems wearing a bra. This often leaves them suffering from a dilemma: The decision of whether to appear in public sans bra or whether to go for the support of that upper-body undergarment and suffer intensified muscle spasms as a result.
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Those who cope with the joint pain and muscle problems associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia may be interested in new information that suggests that the beta-cryptoxanthin in fruits and vegetables may cut arthritis risk.
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A University of New Mexico graduate student doing doctoral research is working on a study of mothers with rheumatoid arthritis and/or fibromyalgia and the effects on their children.
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A professional writer since 1984, Pamela Rice Hahn is the author of more than 20 published books.