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by peggy-sue
Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:27 pm
Forum: physical activity & exercise
Topic: severe lactic acid
Replies: 9
Views: 16445

Re: severe lactic acid

Exercise will not help the lactic acid problem. We produce lactic acid at a rate 20 times that of un-sick folk, our bodies refuse to shift into aerobic metabolism. This is nothing to do with postulated (but unsupported by evidence) theories about "becoming deconditioned through over-resting&quo...
by peggy-sue
Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:25 pm
Forum: adult medical
Topic: Thank you!
Replies: 18
Views: 13546

Re: Thank you!

Grateful thanks from me too. It's a nightmare disease, with no easy answers, but hopefully, as real scientific research is picking up momentum right now, we will soon see the back of no help being available.
by peggy-sue
Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:21 pm
Forum: physical activity & exercise
Topic: severe lactic acid
Replies: 9
Views: 16445

Re: severe lactic acid

I just stop and wait until the pain has gone, then carry on for a few steps further, then stop again.

I find the pain eases faster if I stand with my legs a bit bent.
by peggy-sue
Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:52 pm
Forum: physical activity & exercise
Topic: severe lactic acid
Replies: 9
Views: 16445

Re: severe lactic acid

Still waiting for an expert? I was watching a tv programme recently, where a greyhound racer was busily feeding tins of tomatoes to her dogs - because she said tomatoes helped reduce lactic acid build-up in the dogs when they were running. I have no idea whether or not there is any scientific validi...
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