Stephanie Frade

Autoimmune disease and considerations for exercise.

A quick guide on getting started with exercise post pregnancy. General tips on what type of exercises to do and a step by step outline on how to perform a simple breathing/deep core exercise at home.

Interstitial Lung Disease secondary to Scleroderma

The lungs are involved in around 80% of all patients with diffuse scleroderma, a chronic connective tissue disease that compromises the majority of the internal organs. Lung involvement in all its forms has emerged to b...

Scleroderma & exercise uncovered

What is Scleroderma?

Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis (SSc), is a chronic connective tissue disease. It is classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases, similar to Lupus, Sjögren’s, multiple sclerosis etc.

The hallmark signs of...

How exercise can help combat Lupus related Fatigue

Exercise and fatigue - sounds contradicting right?  Well here is the evidence to prove that exercise really can help combat Lupus related fatigue.

Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms and often the most disabling o...

Exercise & Lupus

What is Lupus?

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus, is a chronic illness of the immune system, a condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks normal, healthy tissues including the skin, joints, kidneys and lining of the heart and lung...

Travelling with an auto-immune disease

Tips and tricks on how to stay healthy

What is an autoimmune disease?

The body’s immune system protects us from disease and infection by attacking bad bacteria in the body. An autoimmune disease is when the immune system is unable to...