If you get a spinal fracture, your doctor may recommend a back brace for a short period of time. As your vertebra or vertebrae heal, a brace will support your spine. With your bones weakened—by osteoporosis and by the fracture—your back muscles will need extra help to support your body weight during the healing period.
Most likely, you'll have to wear the brace when you're in extreme pain (it'll remind you to take it easy and be good to your body). When your doctor says it's all right for you to exercise, you'll probably have to wear a brace then to protect you from making extreme movements.
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Fibromyalgia Facts and Tips
Widespread chronic pain and debilitating fatigue are the two most common fibromyalgia symptoms. In fact, about 80% of people with fibromyalgia also have chronic fatigue syndrome. Doctors have classified 18 tender points located over the neck, elbows, chest, back, hips, buttocks, and knees. Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia experience pain in at least 11 tender points.
Even though widespread pain and fatigue are classic fibromyalgia symptoms, exercise is often an essential part of treatment. Women are diagnosed with fibromyalgia far more than men—80-90% of those diagnosed are women age 25 to 60. Fibromyalgia was once considered a mental disorder, but research has shown that people with fibromyalgia may actually have a below average pain tolerance.
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Even though widespread pain and fatigue are classic fibromyalgia symptoms, exercise is often an essential part of treatment. Women are diagnosed with fibromyalgia far more than men—80-90% of those diagnosed are women age 25 to 60. Fibromyalgia was once considered a mental disorder, but research has shown that people with fibromyalgia may actually have a below average pain tolerance.
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