Reduce Autoimmune Disease Symptoms
Explore Steps and Tools to Reduce Painful Symptoms & Promote Recovery
From joint pain and fatigue to nausea and skin ailments, any number of symptoms can flare up any time, derailing our day without warning.
Our initial reaction is to ignore symptoms and push through. But Invigorate was founded because “pushing through” was no longer an option.
By taking small steps to recover, you can reduce the duration and intensity of flare symptoms and promote healing.
Simple Steps, Practical Tools, & Top-Recommended Resources to Heal & Recover Faster
- The key to managing flares is to address symptoms as quickly as possible to minimize disease activity.
- Our community has curated a collection of tools and resources to support your recovery.
- Our resources are intended for short-term relief until other steps can be taken with your medical care team.
Manage Pain
It’s hard to focus on anything but pain when autoimmune diseases go haywire.
Minimize pain with:
- Reusable Ice Packs to help relieve myofascial pain and localized soft tissue soreness
- Heating Pad for muscle and joint pain. Community Tip: add a few drops of essential oils for extra relaxation!
- At-Home Massage Therapy for arthritis and other pain relief
Slow Motion is Better than No Motion
Support devices to keep you in motion:
- Reduce pain and swelling with compression gloves and compression socks
- Hand grip assistive device
- Jar/lid opener Gripper Pad
- Cane for Walking Support
Plan Out Your Meds
Between prescriptions and supplements, the number of pills can get chaotic quickly.
Make it easier by: creating a list of your medications, dosage instructions, and other useful notes.
Download Medication List Template 7-Day Pill Organizer
Tips to Take Your Meds
Taking your medication correctly is the most important factor of treatment success. (Source)
- Tips to Take your Meds
- Download a free Medication Tracker
Track Symptoms and Side Effects
Tracking medication and symptoms can help you and your doctors better understand disease activity and improve your treatment plan.
The Sjogren’s Tracker app works great for most autoimmune conditions.
Get a Medical Planner
A Simple Way to Coordinate Care
- Care Calendar to schedule care
- Wish list to share items needed
- Personalized page to update family & friends
- Fundraising features to ease financial burdens
Prioritize Selfless Care
Instead of pushing yourself too hard and risking prolonged recovery periods, it’s crucial to slow down and prioritize self-care.
- Shower Steamers are a great way to incorporate selfless care into your routine
- Relieve anxiety and tension with a Weighted Blanket
- Promote healing with Fabulous Frannie essential oils and lotion
Get to the Root Cause
Functional Medicine takes a new approach to health care, using personalized plans that consider genetics, environment, and lifestyle to address core issues.
Download your free guide to learn how to address the root cause of your symptoms!
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Browse Patient Resources
- FindMeCure helps patients find and apply for clinical trials.
- Medicine Assistance Tool, MAT, is a search engine for many patient assistance resources the biopharmaceutical industry offers
- PAN Foundation provides assistance with out-of-pocket costs for underinsured people with chronic and rare diseases
- Lab Tests Online provides consumers with learning guides and products that make lab testing accessible, convenient, and affordable
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