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So it\u2019s important, when considering an exercise plan, to have options that you can scale and honor your body.<\/p>\nIf there\u2019s anything certain about MS, it\u2019s the uncertainty of the disease.\u00a0Energy, strength and mobility can fluctuate over the years \u2013 especially if you\u2019re living with Relapsing Remitting MS.<\/p>\n
So it\u2019s important, when considering an exercise plan, to have options that you can scale and honor your body.<\/p>\n
Personally, I\u2019ve always loved exercising. So my ability to maintain a consistent schedule is something I treasure. I start my mornings either at CrossFit or going for a run.<\/p>\n
This is what works for me now.<\/p>\n
Shortly before I was diagnosed my \u201cworkouts\u201d looked drastically different.<\/p>\n
The fatigue was so extreme, the most movement I could do was a child\u2019s pose on the floor next to be bed. Slowly I worked my way to walking around the neighborhood and eventually as I went into remission I developed the stamina to strength train.<\/p>\n
The most important thing to know when developing an MS-friendly exercise plan is to always honor what your body can do in the given moment.<\/p>\n
Sometimes that means giving yourself a pep-talk to take a stroll around the block even though you\u2019re feeling a little down. Other times, you may need to scale back your efforts as anyone with MS knows, the fatigue is not something you \u201cpush through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Only you can be the true judge in striking that right balance \u2013 and it will likely be a fluid process. But keep in mind, even small efforts with diet and lifestyle can add up to create a healing environment in your body.<\/p>\n
Need some ideas on where to start?\u00a0Check out these New Exercises and Activities to Try if You Have MS<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This post originally appeared on\u00a0www.alenebrennan.com<\/a>. Reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n Alene Brennan has been featured in USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Huffington Post and Mind Body Green. Alene overcame debilitating migraine headaches through diet and lifestyle and is now once again using a \u201cLess Pharm, More Table\u201d approach is managing her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Alene holds four certifications: Nutrition Coach, Yoga Instructor, Personal Trainer and Natural Food Chef. She also completed specialized training in nutrition for autoimmune disease specifically the Wahls Protocol and the Autoimmune Protocol.\u00a0Since receiving her MS diagnosis and seeing first-hand the power of using diet and lifestyle to create a healing environment in the body, she dedicated her virtual nutrition coaching practice to helping people with MS and autoimmune dieseases take back control of their health.\u00a0Visit her website,\u00a0alenebrennan.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If there\u2019s anything certain about MS, it\u2019s the uncertainty of the disease.\u00a0Energy, strength and mobility can fluctuate over the years \u2013 especially if you\u2019re living with Relapsing Remitting MS. So it\u2019s important, when considering an exercise plan, to have options that you can scale and honor your body. Personally, I\u2019ve always loved exercising. So my ability to maintain a consistent schedule is something I treasure. I start my mornings either at CrossFit or going for a run. This is what works for me now. Shortly before I was diagnosed my \u201cworkouts\u201d looked drastically different. The fatigue was so extreme, the most movement I could do was a child\u2019s pose on the floor next to be bed. Slowly I worked my way to walking around the neighborhood and eventually as I went into remission I developed the stamina to strength train. The most important thing to know when developing an MS-friendly exercise plan is to always honor what your body can do in the given moment. Sometimes that means giving yourself a pep-talk to take a stroll around the block even though you\u2019re feeling a little down. Other times, you may need to scale back your efforts as anyone with MS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":21198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,85],"class_list":["post-23626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-mfn","tag-exercise","tag-multiple-sclerosis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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