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Muscles don't seem able to repair themselves.
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 27 7:16am | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
Similar. I’m 73 and off prednisone since last November. Some days are better than others. I find Pilates is giving me back some strength and flexibility but I only do it once a week. The day after I am sore as hell :). I swim most days and I have found that if I don’t then I get really stiff. I also garden and walk most days. Some days I lift little weights. When I first stopped prednisone I could not lift a heavy pot out of the oven but I can now. So while I think I’m still weak it has improved but I was so strong before this that it can get you down.
Looking hopefully to a year from now.
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Your answer helps me tremendously. I took my last dose of prednisone in January and was tested and pronounced “in remission “. I have been on a roller coaster since. Recently I’ve been experiencing significant weakness in my calves and quads. Walking was the only exercise I could manage during the active phase of PMR and therefore I thought these muscles would have more reserve. There seems to be nothing I can do to power through it, I simply have to rest and try again later. Apparently I’m not alone in this weirdness.