So we are up to week 4 of the fish oil tablets and nothing to report at this stage. I've had a few very bad days with the old lady legs during this period but I have also heard that you need to give fish oils a couple of months to kick in. I will give it the benefit of the doubt and continue the research!
In the meantime, I started tai chi last Wednesday and have certainly read some info that supports this as a very positive activity for inflammatory arthritis. I am conscious that you probably need to do it more than just one session a week to see the benefits so I am planning to do half an hour every night once our little guy has gone to bed. Now that I have written that down, surely I will stick to it.
I did try a tai chi video recently and oddly enough my 2 year old thought it was great fun. He particularly liked the part where you "release your chi" by rubbing your hands together, then patting your head, rubbing your face in downwards strokes, then pat all the way down each arms. There has certainly been a lot of loose chi at our place recently!
The other interesting thing for this week is the research that I tracked down that draws the link between hormonal changes after pregnancy and arthritis (link). I have always expected this must be the case because I have heard of quite a few women now who bizarrely have had their arthritis turn up in their late twenties after childbirth. It always seemed an odd cohort to me.
I really hope that this research is taken to its logical conclusion so that relevant treatment options could be considered. With my very limited medical knowledge, it seems to me that anything that could even out your hormones could help but I have no idea what can do that! Anyway, I am planning to do as much research as I can in this space if it means I can give some ideas to my GP and rheumatologist and I will get posting on tai chi once I've given it a red hot go.
In the meantime, I started tai chi last Wednesday and have certainly read some info that supports this as a very positive activity for inflammatory arthritis. I am conscious that you probably need to do it more than just one session a week to see the benefits so I am planning to do half an hour every night once our little guy has gone to bed. Now that I have written that down, surely I will stick to it.
I did try a tai chi video recently and oddly enough my 2 year old thought it was great fun. He particularly liked the part where you "release your chi" by rubbing your hands together, then patting your head, rubbing your face in downwards strokes, then pat all the way down each arms. There has certainly been a lot of loose chi at our place recently!
The other interesting thing for this week is the research that I tracked down that draws the link between hormonal changes after pregnancy and arthritis (link). I have always expected this must be the case because I have heard of quite a few women now who bizarrely have had their arthritis turn up in their late twenties after childbirth. It always seemed an odd cohort to me.
I really hope that this research is taken to its logical conclusion so that relevant treatment options could be considered. With my very limited medical knowledge, it seems to me that anything that could even out your hormones could help but I have no idea what can do that! Anyway, I am planning to do as much research as I can in this space if it means I can give some ideas to my GP and rheumatologist and I will get posting on tai chi once I've given it a red hot go.
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