Exercise with autoimmune disease is sometimes complicated! But have hope- I now walk approx 5 miles a day, lift weights, and do other exercises like Pilates, qi gong, yoga, and hiking the mountains of Colorado. Yet I used to get wiped out from just a 5 min walk in 2014 during my worst Hashimoto’s flare. Just listen to your body and it will guide you. Less CAN be helpful for a while! | Thriving Autoimmune

Exercise is healthy for us. However...⁠ ⁠ For people with autoimmune disease and chronic illness, exercise (or any kind of physical movement) can be the cause of our symptom flare-ups.⁠ ⁠ The stress of the exercise is often more than our body’s level of tolerance.⁠ ⁠ And this “no pain no gain” messaging has set us up to fail- because it encourages us to ignore our pain. It instructs us to push aside our bodies important internal signals. It tells us that what we are feeling doesn’t matter, and i

Exercise is healthy for us. However...⁠ ⁠ For people with autoimmune disease and chronic illness, exercise (or any kind of physical movement) can be the cause of our symptom flare-ups.⁠ ⁠ The stress of the exercise is often more than our body’s level of tolerance.⁠ ⁠ And this “no pain no gain” messaging has set us up to fail- because it encourages us to ignore our pain. It instructs us to push aside our bodies important internal signals. It tells us that what we are feeling doesn’t matter, and i