Comments on: Swimming For Arthritis http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2011/05/swimming-for-arthritis/ Adventures of a superhero on his journey through chronic pain and debilitating inflammation Sun, 30 Jun 2013 03:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ellen Pringle http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2011/05/swimming-for-arthritis/#comment-6341 Ellen Pringle Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:10:25 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=11845#comment-6341 Have to admit joined y by me and love it our instructor has been great, sur ehas done alot for me plus getting me out of the house meeting new people which has been great. Pool therapy TID week and gym BID since I have torn menicus they are excellent with making sire I use proper equipemnt cannot say enought about the Y they are super they BEST LOVE THE POOL GREAT WORK OUT AND GREAT FOR MY ARTHRITES

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2011/05/swimming-for-arthritis/#comment-3678 Stephanie Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:57:31 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=11845#comment-3678 Love, love, love to swim! It has been a big part of losing 15 pounds (ten more to go). It is hard on my hands sometimes, and at that point I’ll either run laps in the pool or just use a kickboard. I’d love to find some sort of waterproof splint for freestyle & backstroke.

In the winter I hit the hot tub (adjacent to the gym pool) before & after swimming. But in the summer heat, it just drains my energy.

Water aerobics is a terrific workout, too. Unfortunately, the instructor at my gym seems to think she’s teaching pre-school and I just can’t handle it.

]]> By: Trish http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2011/05/swimming-for-arthritis/#comment-3584 Trish Fri, 20 May 2011 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=11845#comment-3584 Have been participating in deep water aerobics classes 3 x week, and feel so much better! I still have bad days but no as many and not as severe! Now looking to add swimming 2 x a week because it really has helped. Still hard somedays to pull myself to the pool, but always glad I did!

]]> By: LynnRivers http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2011/05/swimming-for-arthritis/#comment-3538 LynnRivers Fri, 06 May 2011 00:46:44 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=11845#comment-3538 Water is the only way to go! I go at least once a week. I’ve found a friend with back pain who also finds that swimming helps. So we make an afternoon of it and because we’ve made a comitment it keeps us both motivated to keep going. I mostly tread water in the deep end cuase I can’t really swim anymore. The hot tub is really great too!

]]> By: Squirrel http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2011/05/swimming-for-arthritis/#comment-3534 Squirrel Wed, 04 May 2011 16:45:59 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=11845#comment-3534 Yeah I try to go swimming once a week. I find it great exercise, the only thing is I can only do breast-stroke and sometimes find that my right knee clicks weirdly when i push off. So I’m always careful to control my movements and not go wild with the kicking. I think the front crawl might be better for my knees so I might learn how to do that this summer. Glad you’re enjoying it, I hope it continues to help!

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