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Exercising With An Autoimmune Disorder

Hunter Bennett Exercise is hands down the most important thing you can do for your body. It improves the health of your heart, muscles, and bones, staves off the onset of physical and mental illness, and keeps you functionally capable well into your golden years. To be completely honest, it is the closest thing we

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Autoimmune Illnesses: How To Move When Your Immune System Has Gone Rogue

Gillian White, MSc, Ph.D. (Candidate), University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Exercise Sciences Autoimmune disorders – Rheumatoid Arthritis, Irritable Bowel Disease, Fibromyalgia, among others – represent a category of illnesses that are characterized by your immune system fighting your own cells. The symptoms specific to the different types of autoimmune diseases – joint damage and