I recently had the pleasure of joining personal trainer, coach and fellow Crohn’s warrior Nathan Ohlson on his podcast The Chronic Warrior Show. We talk tips for newly diagnosed patients, share our similar stories and break down how to stick with a fitness routine through the ups and downs of living with a chronic disease. Reach Nathan at: Website: https://www.nathanohlson.com/ Facebook: The Chronic Warrior Show Instagram: @NathanOhlson Podcast: The Chronic Warrior Show – Libsyn: Creating a fit life with Crohn’s with Troy Parsons Apple Podcasts – The Chronic Warrior Show: Creating a fit life w ..read more

Over the last year, I’ve stayed over 100 nights in hotels across Canada and the U.S. I live out of a suitcase most of the time and I live my life on the road. Hence, the infrequent blog posts. Having inflammatory bowel disease does not make travelling easy. Often balancing 100+ hour work weeks and trying to manage my health is extremely stressful. Here’s some tips I’ve learned along the way that can hopefully help some of you enjoy travelling as much as I do. 1.  Bring your own food The most stressful part of travelling for me is not knowing where I’m going to eat. Due to my profession as a G ..read more

Policy changes to Provincial Government across Canada, specifically B.C. are forcing stable patients off biologic medications and onto a biosimilar. As a patient who has been on a biologic medication since 2013 with success, I think it is illogical, unethical and blatantly wrong to force patients currently stable onto a new medication for non-medical reasons. This should be a decision between patients and their physician, not the government. A biosimilar is a “non-identical” copy of patented biologic medication which are different on a molecular level to the generic version. While they are ve ..read more

I had the pleasure of joining Stephanie on her Crohn’s Fitness Food Podcast for the first time. We talk about my experience with IBD, elimination diets, fasting, fitness and the Oshi Health app. Podcasting is something I have always been interested in and I’ve considered starting my own. Drop a comment below if you’d like to see a FlaredupFitness podcast. Thanks again to Stephanie from Crohn’s Fitness Food for having me on! Find it on the Apple and Android Podcast app under Crohn’s Fitness food or click the link below. https://crohnsfitnessfood.podbean.com/e/troy-parsons-flaredupfitness ..read more

I’ve taken a step back from my blog to collaborate on another project. I’ve been hard at work writing for an IBD focused app called Oshi Health. I’ll link my latest posts below and you can always search “Troy Parsons” on the app to see all my articles. I am so excited to share the future of IBD by seamlessly integrating the latest technology with health. Oshi is an IBD focused app that allows you to track nutrition, fitness, stress, sleep and symptoms within the app to better manage your health and overall well-being. I am thrilled to share it with everyone as it simplifies and streamlines exa ..read more

Looking back, it’s been just over 4 years since I started FlaredupFitness. To be honest, I haven’t been blogging much. There’s nothing I love more than waking up early on a Saturday morning, caffeine buzzed and pounding away on my keyboard as the sun comes up. I find blogging therapeutic. It gets all the chaotic randomness constantly going through my head organized onto a page (hopefully) in a clear and concise manner. I started blogging for a reason and I often forget why I do it. I write these blogs because I genuinely want to help others in a similar situation as mine. I know what it ..read more