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Exercise and sickle

Hello everyone. I have SS beta thalasemia, enlarged heart and possible iron overload. Throughout the years I have put on 60+ pounds. I recently began working out. My question is is it okay for me to workout 5 days per week and strength train 3 days. I also get headaches after some workouts why ? Peace and blessings .

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Permalink Reply by Ade Dotun on December 16, 2011 at 10:21am

Hey Marita, I think that you should probably start off slow, maybe 3 days a week and then work your way from there. Also see this related post about working out :

http://sikcell.com/forum/topics/exercise-1?commentId=2131823%3AComm...

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Permalink Reply by dawn denise on January 14, 2012 at 2:40pm

hi there - i think that this is a question for your cardiologist and sickle cell doctors, especially since you have an enlarged heart.

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Permalink Reply by stephanie eccles on January 18, 2012 at 8:31pm

Hi,

So the headaches are probably due to the increased blood pressure after all that activity, you should probably take it a little easier. This may be cliche but you need to work out smart not hard. There is a 10 min work out by tony horton that should be really good. look on doctoroz.com for a free version of his 10 minute workout.

I hope this helps because I completelyunderstand what you are going through. I am glad you have the determination to work out. good luck and God bless with everything!