Week One

Dear everyone,
    For my first week I have decided to start by doing stretches in the morning, and at night. I have been doing your normal typical stretches. Sitting and stretching, standing and stretching.  In the beginning of the week I tried to hold all of my stretches for at least ten seconds each. Once the week continued to go on I gradually tried to worked in holding my stretches for fifteen seconds. Amazingly I did not feel as achy in the morning like I usually do. Also, by the end of the week I felt more flexible while stretching.
    I will continue to stretch as much as I can, because I am feeling that stretching is a keeper so far. The usual pains from standing, walking, and other activities are still occurring. At work or school when I start to feel pain I do stretch a little, and it does help somewhat. I might look a little funny stretching on a chair or on the floor, but it is the outcome I am worried about in the end.
    I hope that you will try to stretch as much as you can; even if you don't have fibromyalgia or another illness. I bet if you just stretched, or at least tried to stretch on a regular basis you would feel better than you do now. Also, if you have someone who can help encourage you to stretch that helps tremendously! Trust me it really does help when you have a family member or friend helping you out to remind you. My boyfriend helped me out and I kind of feel bad for giving him a hard time about it with my attitude, but in the end I appreciated it more than he could imagine. I hope that the stretching will help anyone who tries it!

Sincerely,
Sunni