
Nordic Walking with Fibromialgia:
A safe and effective means of regaining functionality and physica
Nordic Walking allows people with fibromyalgia a safe exercise intervention that allows them to walk outdoors without having to avoid hills and increasing fall risk. Persons with fibromyalgia can enjoy the same improvement in strength, flexibility, aerobic capacity and perhaps postural control as can healthy persons according to Arthritis Research Therapy. Symptom flares are commonly exacerbated by exercise that is not modified for fibromyalgia. Specific aerobic activities th