Useful tips

[Kevin53]

FLARE-UPS of autoimmune disease come and go throughout life, often triggered by stress, says Michelle Dossett, M.D., an integrative medicine specialist at UC Davis Health in Sacramento, California. “High or chronic stress creates wear and tear on the body that exacer­bates inflammation and worsens chronic disease,” she adds. She regularly prescribes the following techniques to help prolong disease remission and improve quality of life:

MEDITATION

Apps such as Headspace, Calm and Insight Timer teach easy-to-follow meditations of varying lengths.

YOGA OR STRETCHING

If you’re limited in your mobility because of your disease, give chair yoga a try.

TAI CHI

One review found that this practice improved quality of life for multiple sclerosis patients.

CONTROLLED­ BREATHING TECHNIQUES

Try the Breathwrk or iBreathe app for breathing exercises. Simple mindfulness exercises may also help with stress management and pain control.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

A study of women with lupus showed that muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness were both associated with improved quality of life.

[svfarmer]

Thanks Kevin for these helpful tips, one of my sons mediates every day and has really helped him mental health x

[Ingrid1234 in reply to svfarmer]

Couldn’t help but🤣🤣.

If son “mediates” that could be very stressful as a mediator working with a warring couple but there again he could be meditating whilst mediating🤣 with actually the iPad spellchecker causing the unnecessary robotic induced stress in our technological age…of mindlessness?🤣…

Just love that photo of Mira and you in the hammock!👍🥰

[svfarmer in reply to Ingrid1234]

😂😂 I can’t spell at the best of times anyway - Thankyou - Mira just loves sitting right on me in the hammock xx

[Ingrid1234]

Yes, absolutely. Stress is a very real killer!

Most important is to recognise individual stress build up by recognising “stressors” and the best bespoke method of overcoming or at least reducing stress levels.

Many/some resort purely to private prayer without resorting to well publicised therapies me included and I say “so what”!