@mjdcl57
Yes hand shakiness when above 15mg/day of Prednisine.
Hand pain every morning when I wake up..
I exercise and stretch my hands every day, and the rest of my body. But hands several times a day.

I have the standard PMR symptoms of course, but like many people I have a few not so typical pain, like hands and wrist.

Pre-Prednisine I could still get swole and do one hour cardio on a treadmill.
PMR mostly hit me in the hips. Crippled me actually, and that is when I decided I needed help and went to my PCP.
From 40mg/day in November 2025, then Kevzara starting in January 2026, at 30 mg/day. Today, I’m down to 2.5 mg/day of Prednisone.

I measure my PMR, by how my hips are feeling….especially sitting and when driving.

I do one hour of cardio 5-6 days/week followed by the same weights routine you described above and a lot of stretching. My daily workout takes 2+ hours. Truthfully, more like 3 hours/day.
I look forward to the swole and it really helps my lower back pain and shoulder rotator cuffs (a tear on both.)
Resistance exercising helps my shoulders, knees and lower back so much that it’s almost unbelievable.
It works me.

I eat food like it’s ammunition. My diet is strict. Like it or not, taste doesn’t matter, it’s a matter of what my body needs that takes priority.

Most doctors say exercise but gently.
But, I don’t. I look at it this way: the more times per day I can get blood to circulate carrying fresh oxygen, nutrients and medicines to every cell, and remove waste from every cell, then the faster and better I will heal.
Intense exercise does that for me.

Sleep, is critical. Eight hours/daily is a must, that’s when healing happens. (I had to take sleeping pills when I was on the higher doses of Prednisone.) Now, only as necessary.

I’m 69. PMR crippled me. Barely could get out of bed. Struggled to get off the toilet. Had to use a walker at home, but had to use a cane to see my PCP, because I couldn’t load a walker into my car and could barely drive to him.

I’m getting better every day.

Don’t feel alone. We all need support. Best wishes.

Randy