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Physical therapy pacing #Fibromyalgia
**Asking for Help** hello all. So I've started physical therapy three and a half weeks ago, and for a while it was going really well, surprisingly well. I was doing more than I expected I could do thanks to my medications | was recently put on.
But the physical therapist obviously keeps pushing me harder and harder I've told her how much of a flare she keeps putting me in every session. I'm trying to be collaborative to come up with a treatment plan that includes pacing for my fibromyalgia.
My PT is not used to working with chronic illnesses. She doesn't understand pacing or doesn't seem to. I don't know what to tell her to help her to understand the necessity of it.
Not only am I having a hard time saying STOP and NO with authority, but when I listen to my body it feels okay, feels shaky and tired but the pain is manageable during the appointment. Fast forward 8 hours and I'm shaking, teeth chattering, and gagging from the pain.
I need help on how to navigate this! I don't know if this is just trial and error or what.
How do you all deal with pacing? How have you all managed physical therapy over the years?
Many thanks!!
