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Newly diagnosed and confused about the goal
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 4 1:39pm | Replies (51)Comment receiving replies
@tweetypie13 did you split it half and half or like 20 am and 5 pm? Did you do that on your own or did the Dr. suggest? This is all so new to me that I am afraid to monkey around with things without consulting with my Dr. first. I have split my exercises into morning and evening. Stretching especially twice a day seems to help me. I just am so freaked out by one day the pain is in one spot and the next day it is somewhere else. Makes me wonder if it is the nature of the beast or did I make myself worse by doing the exercise. Just glad that at the moment I am feeling so much better. Thanks for your reply
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My experience with excercisr has been that PMR at 80 is the “d…ned if you do etc.” condition. Keeping muscles in the same or static position (e.g.sitting/driving with one leg in the same position for a long time) causes pain from doing nothing, Exercise makes it go away. Overdoing an activity/overuse of a muscle may cause pain which sometimes doesn’t show up until the next day but goes away with rest.
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@cj762 No worries, ask any and all. This group is my savior.
Yes, pain and discomfort does move around, my team suggested Migratory Arthralgia.
As for splitting…I read abt it here which coordinates with my dr. Can’t say a good split……maybe try 15 in morn and 10 at bedtime…..trial and error. Me thinks how much pain in the morning? If you have pretty good days on a full dose, then cutting back am and increasing pm makes sense. It will take a day or two to find out. Good luck