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Is there anything you do in the morning that helps you manage RA and begin your day? Feel free to share any night routines or rituals too.

Self-care is not selfish. In fact, it's important when living, surviving and thriving with RA. Share your morning and evening routines/rituals that help you manage RA better, or at least...

LET'S SHARE our list of favorite yoga, tai chi, Qigong and other gentle forms of exercise!

When I was 50 I'd had fibromyalgia for 15 years. I got off of all my meds by walking and doing yoga. Fast forward a few years and I've had...

Movement as important as meds?

RA > 30 years. I have been on biological, NSAIDs, Hydroxychloroquine, opiods, medical marijuana along with the host of pharmaceutical drugs. I find it mandatory to do stretching and range...

Weighted vests

I’m osteopenic so adding weight lifting to my exercise of swimming since swimming has zero weight bearing. However using dumbbells is NOT working for my RA hands. Has anyone tried...

Smart Watch?

Have you tried a Smart Watch to help with RA? Which ones have you tried? Are there functions that help with evaluating or improving your sleep? How about trying to...

How do you balance pushing yourself to exercise more vs ending up overdoing it?

I struggle with energy levels from day to day. Yesterday I walked a mile after months of only short walks. I struggled the rest of the day with feeling depleted...

Training

How many of you do weights and do exercise bands with hand rheumatoid arthritis? I'm having great difficulty....

Using weights

Do any of you lift weights and use exercise bands and keep going up and wait? No matter how strong I am my hands make me suffer if I use...

How do I beat this severe fatigue?

Anyone have any advice on how to muster up energy - mentally, emotionally and physically during a severe bout of fatigue? I recently had my first infusion of a new...

Continued Weight Gain

I am on Plaquenil, methotrexate and sulfasalazine. Before the symptoms started I was 190lbs. Now after a year and half I am 230lbs. I know the need for steroids in...

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