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Prednisone is like running UP a DOWN staircase
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 6 9:19pm | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
First of all I have to dictate this. So if my sentences begin to run together, you'll know why. I cannot keyboard because my hands were swollen today and they hurt. So let me just say that unless you're used to walking and exercising say for instance doing squats to strengthen the quads and also the glutes, you might experience fatigue in those muscles and some pain. And I just have to say you might have to work up to the point where walking does not bother you. But if you are referring to actual pain I do not know why. Maybe someone else's experiencing the same thing. And I guess like I mentioned before, some of the symptoms that I feel I can't really differentiate between the PMR flares and the side effects from prednisone.
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"...unless you're used to walking and exercising say for instance doing squats to strengthen the quads and also the glutes, you might experience fatigue in those muscles and some pain."
You ain't kidding. I thought I should try some small exercises to try to get some diminishing muscles back at least slightly. I started with two slow squats and two slow leg rises last week. TWO. For three days after that it felt like I'd run a marathon and it was difficult to sit and stand up from the pain behind and beside the knees. Back to basics for me. No more actual exercises for now, just more movement in general.
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Thanks so much for taking the time to share, I work as a mental health clinician and so every time I finish seeing a patient I try and get squats in and you are right sit to stand also good, just keeping on being active is the thing I try and pace myself as still easily fatigued honestly I wouldn't have taken it if I had known what I was in for !!!