This might seem off the wall to some but... yesterday when I saw my rheumy he told me pool therapy would be excellent for me. I am on Medicare now as I am disabled to work anymore. Question is have you ever heard of Medicare helping with or approving a pool and helping with cost? My sed rate and crp levels are through the roof and I have got to do something. Thanks for any help.
Hugs to you all
Peggy.
Being in England I'm afraid I know very little about Medicare so not much use to you really. I hope someone else will come along with some information for you
Thanks for you response. My cousin was on disability from work, his disability paid for him to have a hot tub. He went back to work but I was just curious is Medicare would pay. You never know and I thought someone on this site may have dealt with that before. I’ll call Medicare and check. Thanks again.
don't know about Medicare and assume your in America but I love a hot tub. We're going to put one in our garden when lockdown is over (UK).
A nice exercise for RA is using a rebounder - a compact trampoline, it’s very good for the lymphatic system and soft movement for RA. If you need it, you can have a steadying bar attachment with some models. When council gyms were still open, I would always use the Power Plate which is a nice feeling with feet & ankle inflammation. Last August, I had a flare before secondary DMARD kicked in, and found a sauna gave some relief.
Along with medication, what reduced my ESR and inflammation (from 55 down to 18) was diet - going gluten free, high vegetable intake, eating liver weekly, and sometimes doing intermittent fasting.
Hope you find something that works for you.
Thank you so much. My rheumatologist told me yesterday not to be going to a gym with my inflammation so high. He said with my severe back issues I didn’t need to do anything except water therapy. I have been to a neurosurgeon and she did mri and my back is so bad she told me that pain management is the only thing that is gonna help me. And she is a wonderful doctor so I told her I was already in pain management. I do need to eat healthy tho. And I have been trying to lately. Thanks so much for your reply.
Hugs
Peggy
I know nothing about medicare, but I do know that some pools ans spas provide low cost sessions for people with disabilities. Is there one local to you that you could ask?
I’m glad you mentioned that because it did remind me that there is a ymca here that does offer that.
All illusion s destroyed- second attempt!
Just feeling so very low
Just not how it should be...
Don't feel crap all the time do you?
Curious about biologics 
