Evaluations from Patients who take Exercise

freka

Data Quality: 3 stars
- Sex: Female
- Age: 37y
Condition: POTS 2 additional condition(s)
Quality of Life:
- Social: Mild
- Mental: None
- Physical: Moderate
I am: Bad
by freka
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**Purpose:** POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) *(Started May 15, 2012)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Nov 01, 2012	2 hr Daily	Major	None	Always	Somewhat
Oct 22, 2012	2 hr Daily	Moderate	None	Usually	Somewhat

Date: Nov 01, 2012
Advice & Tips: I only stopped because the track I run on is outdoors, and it has snowed, so unless I convince somebody to shovel it clear, running season is over for me. I'll start back up in the spring. I have to run on tracks because they have an even surface, and the lane markings seem to help with my balance as well. It's strange, but sometimes I would run smoothly, but could barely walk! I don't like the indoor tracks because I get overheated; on the outdoor track I can run at night, when it is cool outside.
Cost: < $25 monthly

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16777216

Sex: M

Data Quality: 3 stars

MS: 5 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: None

Overall: None

Cognition: mild

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: none
by 16777216
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**Purposes:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and General health *(Started Jan 01, 2012)*
Date	Dosage	MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Perceived effectiveness	General health Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jun 27, 2012	1 hr M,W,F	Moderate	Major	None	Usually	Not at all

Date: Jun 27, 2012
Advice & Tips: My exercise program is difficult to describe, as it is always changing. Many factors convinced me to finally become more active. I was already managing my MS quite well with diet alone, but I was weak. Interested in activities that required minimal or no physical activity. After some negative news from an MRI scan, my neurologist urged me to start exercising like they had done many times before. Around Christmas of 2011 I signed up for a PE class, that was ironically mostly online, to fulfill a general in my degree. I made a decision that now was the time to change my pathetic physique. I decided I would buy and Xbox with Kinect as an interactive exercise motivation. To my surprise that worked quite well. I quickly became interested in more challenging routines and more difficult activities. once my 7 week long online pe class was over I was confident that I knew enough to start weight training and doing self lead cardiovascular activities. Last month, may 2012 I took two more pe classes that were a few weeks long. This fulfilled my final pe requirements and helped solidify the methods that are most beneficial. Today I do an average of 30 or more min of cardio each day, and lift weights every other day. I do my best to use every muscle group and not ignore anything. Of course some days I do very little, but I always strive for more intensity each new week as I am interested in progressive improvement for the next 10 years or so. a few months ago I started keeping track of all my activity in a journal like composition book. I plan to continue this until I have reached my lofty goals. My distant goals include things such as: (100 proper push-ups in under 2 min, 3000 proper jumping jacks in under 50min, 25 proper pull-ups/chin-ups in under 1 min, Running a 6minute mile)
Cost: < $25 monthly

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StrkL

Sex: M

Data Quality: 3 stars

Parkinson's: 10 yrs

Hoehn-Yahr 3 Type: Parkinson's disease Off

Mouth/throat: mild

Arms: none

Chest: none

Legs: moderate
by StrkL
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**Purposes:** Mood, General health, and Improve mobility *(Started Aug 01, 1965)*
Date	Dosage	Mood Perceived effectiveness	General health Perceived effectiveness	Improve mobility Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Apr 23, 2012	50 min Daily

Date: Apr 23, 2012
Advice & Tips: For some reason, "Exercise" is separate from "Physical Exercise". So see the latter for my evaluation.
Cost: < $25 monthly

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J.C.Nicaragua

Data Quality: 1 star
- Sex: Male
- Age: 31y
Condition: Tendinitis 1 additional condition(s)
Quality of Life:
- Social: None
- Mental: None
- Physical: None
I am: Good
by J.C.Nicaragua
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**Purposes:** General health and Treat my mood condition(s) *(Started Jan 01, 2002)*
Date	Dosage	General health Perceived effectiveness	Treat my mood condition(s) Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 01, 2012	1 hr M,W,F	Major	Major	None	Usually	A little

Date: Feb 01, 2012
Advice & Tips: I choose to do a 2 mile run because it helps my mental state. Anyone who has not engaged in any exercise in recent years or after any life changing event should begin slow and build according to each of their needs. It should be fun and the challenges should be personal.

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sunnyt

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Some

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: Some

Stiffness: All

function: Most

external_stress: Some

Stickman: most
Description:F62y
CFS:?y
FM:4y Dx
by sunnyt
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**Purpose:** Osteoarthritis *(Started Mar 28, 2011)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 13, 2011	3 other Weekly	Slight	Mild	Usually	A little

Date: May 13, 2011
Advice & Tips: I felt better and with more energy fairly quick..but then I had to work 7 days in a row and I was no better than when I started... I probably should not have stopped but got very disappointed, the pain was terrible after the 7 days, that was why I went in the first place, to stregthen myself.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

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alicia0099

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

Pain: Some

Fatigue: All

Sleep: Little

Stiffness: Most

function: Some

external_stress: Most

Stickman: some
Description:F33y
CFS:?y
FM:3y Dx
by alicia0099
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**Purpose:** Fibromyalgia *(Started Oct 19, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Nov 20, 2010	1 mg Daily	Major	Moderate	Usually	Somewhat

Date: Nov 20, 2010
Advice & Tips: I try and do at least a little of some type of exercise almost every day, even if it's just 5 mins. I started with very little, I am slowly working my way to adding more time. I can't do much as is but even the little I do has helped me SO MUCH!!!!! (along with my meds and supplements and a healthy diet). I have more energy, better sleep. I feel almost like a normal person. I"m still very limited in some ways, but in others I'm doing quite well.

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StrkL

Sex: M

Data Quality: 3 stars

Parkinson's: 10 yrs

Hoehn-Yahr 3 Type: Parkinson's disease Off

Mouth/throat: mild

Arms: none

Chest: none

Legs: moderate
by StrkL
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**Purposes:** General health, Fatigue, and Mobility decreased *(Started Aug 01, 1965)*
Date	Dosage	General health Perceived effectiveness	Fatigue Perceived effectiveness	Mobility decreased Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 01, 2010	30 min Weekly
Jun 01, 2010	30 min Weekly
Dec 31, 2005	10 min Daily

Side effects:: Joint pain, Muscle aches

Date: Sep 01, 2010
Advice & Tips: As of Sept 1, 2010, I am lumping running together with the other aerobic exercise I do - walking, exercise bike, elliptical.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Jun 01, 2010
Advice & Tips: I started running again, sporadically, about a year ago. Since June I've been running one or two miles a day, two or three days a week. I usually don't run it continuously. I'll run two or three laps (on an indoor track, 13 laps to the mile), then walk one or two, and repeat. I”ve found that walking and running reduce my freezing problems (I’ve had severe freezing episodes when I’m off). A couple of years ago, when I pushed hard while walking oar running, I would start to freeze. And once that happened, I could not walk well until I took my next dose of medication. And even then, it would take a couple of hours for my meds to kick in. Within the past year or so, I’ve been able to push myself much harder when exercising, without freezing. And when I do freeze, I can force myself to walk through it for close to half a mile. And even when walking is tough, running is a bit easier, and seems to keep me from going off. And even when I do freeze, once I stop, I can walk normally within a few minutes, and am good for a couple more hours. I’m also having much less off time –I’m essentially on from the time my meds kick in after I get up, until 7 or 8 at night. And I know walking and running is primarily responsible for this change, rather than my medications. Because from January until about April of this year (2010), I did much less walking and running (although I continued to exercise hard - usually exercise bike or elliptical) due to a strained hamstring. And once I started walking and running again, I would tend to freeze after about half a mile. But within a few months, I got my ability back and even improved from before.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Dec 31, 2005
Advice & Tips: I started running in high school, to get in shape for track. I was never very competitive in track, but I enjoyed the way I felt when I was in shape. Running also helped me relax. And I noticed I almost never got sick. I had to stop running due to (unmedicated) Parkinson's, but I'm starting to do it again. I'll list it once I can regularly (once a week or so) run a mile or two.
Cost: < $25 monthly

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biker72

Sex: M

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Little

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: Some

Stiffness: Most

function: Little

external_stress: Some

Stickman: some
Description:M41y
FM:4y Dx
CFS:4y Dx
by biker72
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**Purpose:** Muscle Pain, Stiffness, Fatigue *(Started Mar 15, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Mar 23, 2010	30 min Daily	Major	None	Usually	Very

Date: Mar 23, 2010
Advice & Tips: It is very hard to make myself exercise, but I find that it helps with pain, fatigue, stiffness, and even lifts my mood. I TRY very hard to adhere to a daily schedule of either walking about 2 miles, or doing stretching and basic strength exercises such as push ups, sit ups, and jumping jacks. It seems to help my shoulders and arms the most, which are extremely weak. The resulting pain from doing this is better than the pain of not doing it at all, and it is gradually boosting my strength little by little.
Cost: < $25 monthly

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Ramilla

Sex: M

Data Quality: 1 star

MS: 10 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: None

Overall: None

Cognition: moderate

Vision: mild

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: none
by Ramilla
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**Purpose:** Improve flexibility/strength *(Started Dec 11, 2006)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 10, 2010	5 hr Weekly	Major	None	Always	Somewhat

Date: Feb 10, 2010
Advice & Tips: Running has kept most of m symptoms low on the sevarity scle, when ever I stop training, within a couple day I start to feel more tired, nd I start to notice more nerve pain on my left side.

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duron

Sex: M

Data Quality: 0 stars

HIV ? yrs

Mental Symptoms : mild

Physical Symptoms : mild

180

VL 0
by duron
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**Purpose:** Weight loss *(Started Mar 01, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 13, 2009	30 min every other day	Slight	None	Usually	A little

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