Exercices pour MICI (Crohn et RCH) — réduit la fréquence des poussées

Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease + ulcerative colitis) affects ~1.6 million Americans and millions more globally. The old advice was 'rest during flares, avoid stress on the gut.' The current evidence, summarized in Bilski 2014, is that moderate aerobic exercise + resistance training during REMISSION reduces flare frequency, improves fatigue (the most-cited quality-of-life complaint in IBD), reduces anxiety, and improves bone density (IBD users have higher osteoporosis risk, especially on steroids). The 2019 Cook meta-analysis showed effect sizes for fatigue + anxiety improvement comparable to medication adjuncts. The critical caveat: AVOID high-intensity exercise during ACTIVE flares — the inflammatory + GI stress is counterproductive. Match intensity to disease state. Pelvic-floor + abdominal work needs care if surgery, stoma, or ileal-pouch is part of your history — coordinate with your gastroenterologist + colorectal team.

Volya's catalogue carries the foundation: slow-arm-swing-walk and standing-march for low-stress cardio, wall-push-up for upper-body strength without abdominal pressure, supported-glute-bridge for glute work without spinal/abdominal load, cat-cow for gentle spinal mobility and parasympathetic regulation, supine-knee-to-chest for low-back release, diaphragmatic-breathing for autonomic regulation (very useful given the gut-brain axis), scapular-retraction for posture, kegel-contraction for pelvic-floor coordination if rectal/anal disease or surgery in your history. The AI coach also knows the nutrition side — personalised trigger-food diary (each IBD user has different triggers), Mediterranean pattern in remission (Chicco 2021 RCT), low-FODMAP trial during active symptoms (Cox 2017 with systematic reintroduction), iron + ferritin testing (chronic GI bleeding drives deficiency — often needs IV iron with gastro), B12 (ileal Crohn's blocks absorption — often needs INJECTIONS regardless of diet), vitamin D test-first (near-universal deficiency), calcium 1000-1200 mg (osteoporosis risk especially on steroids), omega-3 (algae for vegans, anticoagulant flag), enteral nutrition under gastro supervision can induce Crohn's remission, smoking cessation (worsens Crohn's specifically). This is NEVER a replacement for IBD medication (biologics, immunomodulators, mesalamine) — coordinate with gastroenterology.