Oh my goodness. I think it might be a combination of the PMR breaking through the prednisone as we taper. I have not been acquainted with this delightful disease long enough to qualify my statement so it's just an observation that I have about my own self. But I will tell you that I used to walk Three to four miles every single morning, early morning like at dawn. And since being on the prednisone I honestly struggle to make even a half a mile. There are some days I can't even get motivated enough to Gear Up and go out the door. It's sad because I was so very active. This prednisone seems to take away the good things that we do for ourselves.
Sometimes the best thing for weak legs is to try to keep up the squats. Even if you just do two or three or five at a time. If you're not able to do the squats, just do the sit to stand to sit to stand 10-15 of those. Go on YouTube if you if you watch things on YouTube and they have exercises for you know different muscle groups for seniors for seniors. It's very important the best exercise to strengthen the leg muscles and for our balance and to prevent Falls is squats. The sit to stand uses those same muscle groups that you do in a squat. They're just safer because you're getting up from a chair and sitting back down. If you can do 10 to 15 those of those at a time and then rest and maybe you know throughout the day you might be able to do some more and then maybe early evening. But try to get 25 to 30 of those in every single day. Eventually the strength will come back. I find that physical therapy helped me tremendously physical therapist especially the ones who have their PHD in Physiotherapy, they really understand the whole mechanics of the body especially with regard to illnesses that attack the muscles. They're quite good at what they do. When I was diagnosed with that was a very first thing my rheumatologist advised me to do. I was advised to do physical therapy two to three times a week for 3 months. It helped. It helped a lot.

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