Easy Muscle Stretches that Could Help Ease Fibromyalgia Muscle Pain

As someone who has fibromyalgia, I understand how difficult it is just to get out of bed most days. For anyone suffering with fibromyalgia, exercising is usually the last thing on your mind. But my doctor tells me that stretching my aching, tender, fatigued muscles can help ease some of the soreness and pain associated with the chronic disease of fibromyalgia,

Listed below are some stretching exercise my doctor suggested for me to try, and I thought perhaps they might help others who suffer with fibromyalgia. You can also talk to your own rheumatoid or arthritis doctor and ask him or her to design an exercise routine that is specifically targeted for you and your needs. These specially targeted exercises can help strengthen all of the connective tissues and add tone and enhancement to the muscles, thereby relieving some of the pain and tenderness caused by fibromyalgia.

Quads
Support yourself standing next to a wall and bend knee and then bring your heel up to your buttocks and hold for 15-20 seconds. You should be able to feel a slight pull in the front part of the thigh. Do the same for the other leg.

Lower Back and Hips
Lie flat on the floor and place your hands behind your head and place your right leg on top of the left leg and lay with your body slightly turned to the right side. Hold this position for 15-25 seconds and relax. Repeat this 4-5 times. Switch to the other side and repeat.

Calf
Standing against a wall for support place one leg behind the other and place your heel down on the floor. Lean forward with your hips until you begin feeling a slight stretch in your calf. Hold this position for 15-20 seconds and relax. Repeat this 4-5 times and switch legs.

Thighs
For the muscles on the inside of the thighs sit down on a carpeted floor and place the bottom of your feet together and grab onto your ankles with your hands. Very slowly start pulling the upper part of your body towards your feet and try to keep you lower back flat and both feet together. Hold this position for 15-25 seconds and slowly sit up straight and relax and repeat four to five times.

Hamstrings
Lie down on a carpeted floor between a doorway and raise one leg up onto the wall beside the door and keep the other leg lying straight on the floor. Hold this position for 25 seconds and repeat five to six times and then switch to the other leg.

Achilles
Place your hands against a wall for support and bend your knee slightly and keep your foot flat on the floor. You should feel a slight stretch in the lower calf muscle. Hold this position for fifteen to twenty five seconds and then relax and repeat five to six times. Switch legs and repeat.

IT Stretch
Stand next to a wall for support and place the left leg behind the right leg. Move your hips to the left so that your right knee bends. You should feel a slight stretch on the outside one the left leg. Hold this for fifteen to twenty five seconds. Repeat three to four times and switch to the other leg. Do not stretch any muscle to the point where you feel any tightness.

DISCLAIMER:
I am not a licensed health professional and these exercises may not be the ones that are best for your personal health needs. Before you begin any exercise program talk with your health professional first. If you do begin an exercise regimen start slowly with only a few repetitions and gradually build up to more as you go.