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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:01:11 EST
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- From: Dale Drake <DDRAKE@INDYCMS.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: (no subject given)
- In-Reply-To: Message of Wed,
- 18 Nov 1992 03:30:22 GMT from <jkenton@WORLD.STD.C OM>
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- >.. - though I want to plug a _careful_
- >.. program of exercise yet again. The fitter I've become, the better I'm
- >.. able to cope with CFS both physically and emotionally.
- >..
- >
- >It doesn't cure you. But, since some recent studies have indicated
- >impaired blood flow in the brain ("microcirculation") some exercise
- >may make you "better" in some sense.
- >
- I think this is really important. I've found that I can do short
- sessions of yoga even when unable to manage anything else - and the
- stretching helps tremendously with the loss of muscle tone. The
- inversion postures are particularly important, I think (the plow, the
- shoulder stand, etc) to increase blood to the brain.
-
- Here in Indy we have a 15-minute program on our PBS channel (To Life
- with, I think, Priscilla - darn this memory thing) - I have about
- a hundred or so of them on tape now. It's just about the right
- amount of time, although a lot of the time I'm modifying what she's
- doing down to what I'm capable of. And I don't tackle the balancing
- postures on days when my balance is off.
-