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How Exercising has Allowed Me to Keep My Life It's not a secret-exercising is something that every human being on the face pertaining to the earth should do. Read WebMD, go to your doctor's office, visit a gym or even a spa-articles on the subject of enhancing your life through exercise abound! When you have a chronic disease, it is even more important to maintain a daily physical routine. As a user who lives with Rheumatoid Arthritis, I am living proof that the is so. While growing up I lived with parents who thought that exercise, in a formal setting, was only necessary for the elite, who didn't work for a living. They truly believed (and still do) that sweating was somehow something to avoid at all costs. Due to the way of existence, both my parents have developed a myriad of health problems that otherwise could have been either totally avoided or at the very least, not become as serious. My mom suffers from high blood pressure, heart disease including diabetes. My father has had bypass surgery including a valve replacement, he additionally has borderline diabetes including severe memory problems due to clogged arteries. Both parents were told if they had watched their diets including had simply walked 2 miles a day that most of their problems will not have needed to have the amount of care or medications that they now endure. My mom has more or less taken the advice to heart-she monitors her blood, watches her diet including now walks. However, because she has only worn high heels for most of her 77 years-she walks in them! My father still refuses to change. As a result, he's not allowed to drive including my mother's afraid to even leave him alone, fearing he should walk outside including forget where he is. I have always had some form of physical movement in my daily activity line-up. In fact, my minor in college was musical theatre dance. at the time my disease was at it is worst including I found myself barely able to stand the pain in my feet, I still maintained a daily hobble of at least 2 miles, plus 20 minutes of stretching including strengthening exercises. I believe the is what kept me from becoming a complete cripple. According to the Cleveland Clinic Department of Rheumatology including Immunologic Disease, the 2 forms of movement including the regiment I continue to use helps me maintain movement in my joints. It additionally allows me to keep flexibility including tone in my muscles. It builds including keeps the strength in my cartilidge. including of course, it helps me keep my weight down including my cardiovascular health up. Without the program, the American Medical Association agrees that rather than my controlling my disease, my disease will be controlling me. I've seen first hand fellow RA patients who have fallen into the old school of thought, that we must rest including relax as much as possible. A cousin of my husband's should barely feed herself, is relegated to living on the first floor of her home including if she even wants to walk down her driveway to obtain the mail, she must use a walker. If she had just taken something as simple as a walk 5 times a week, she will have been able to do so much more now that she is in her 60's. I do believe that exercise is the reason behind my ability to even type the article.
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