Swimming Could Help Fibromyalgia Sufferers Have a Better Quality of Life

A study of 34 women that have fibromyalgia correlated measures of quality of life with aquatic exercise. The study reports that water exercise in a did help decrease pain and had a positive influence on several other quality of life markers. The study had one group of women exercise 60-minutes a day, three times a week for 12 weeks, while a second group only did their normal day-to-day activities. Measures of a variety of quality of life variables was done at the start of the study, and the end of the study, and 3 months after the end of the study. Even after 3 months, pain measures were still better than at the beginning of the study. (Aquatic Training and De-training on Fitness and Quality of Life in Fibromyalgia by P. Tomas-Carus, et al, reported in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2007 Jul;39(7):1044-50) . More on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue from About.com