Hello,
I have never posted before so I thought I would post tonight. I have RSD in my upper and lower extremities and now I have developed migraine headaches. I control my RSD now with Tai Chi exercise. Every day I do my Tai Chi for half hour then I do some strengthening exercises for my arms and legs. Also, the Tai Chi is helping to control my migraine headaches. I have had RSD now for 24 years. Before I developed migraine headaches I was on a cardiovascular exercise program three times a week and I lifted small amount of weights with my arms and legs. I use to do the aeorobic exercise for forty minutes on the stationary bike, but it always gave me a migraine headache. This is why my doctor recommended that I do Tai Chi. My doctor also told me to get an instructor to show me Tai Chi. I took an 8 week course down the county college to learn the Tai Chi. I thought the class was great. Every week the instructor taught us a new step. I have found Tai Chi to be very relaxing too. I hope some of this information is helpful to someone. I hope to post soon.

Laraine

Hi Laraine and welcome to NeuroTalk

I am so glad you are finding the Tai Chi helpful for your RSD

It's great to have you on the forums! I'm not really that familiar with RSD, but I've read about it some, and I have a sister who suffers from migraines. I think it's good that you can control your conditions with a minimum of medicines. I hope you make a lot of friends here, and hope to see you post more in the future!

Idealist

Hello,
I wanted to say thank you for the warm welcome. It seems like its a really nice group to belong to. I hope everyone is having a pain free day.

LMJunior

hi lmjunioir and welcome to neurotalk.

Laraine

you may also want to introduce yourself on our RSD board here at NeuroTalk...great group of members there
Here is the link
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21

Hello,
I have just started to post here on Monday so I am new too. My doctor recommended to me to do Tai Chi for my RSD and my migraines. He said it is very gentle moves so that would be good for my RSD and its a great cardiovascular program. It has been the only exercise I can do that doesn't bring on a migraine. I have looked up Tai Chi on the internet and it has so many health benefits and it also said that it helps with weight loss. I was happy to hear that it helps with weight loss since some of the meds I am on causes your metabolism to slowdown. Its nice meeting you Shanda I hope we can continue to communicate on this website. Take Care hope you have a pain free day.

LMJunior