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PMR and exercise: What helps you?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (182)Comment receiving replies
Welcome @deniseinca, My PMR is currently in remission but I've had similar experiences as you describe when I really overdo the exercise or I'm outside 4 or 5 hours shoveling snow....but then I'm an old guy at 78 🙂 When I was tapering down on prednisone, my rheumatologist always told me to listen to my body and not overdo the physical exercises. I'm sure others can relate to your situation also and may have some experiences to share with you.
Also, my first time around with PMR was 3 and half years. I did have occassional times when I woud have aches and pains which I thought might be the PMR coming back but it was always after I over exerted myself and after a few days of not doing too much I felt a lot better.
Do you feel better as the day goes on?
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Thank you John, i did have flare up i guess as i was titrating prednisone it would always occur day 4 after decrease and i would just battle through as i wanted to be off prednisone. Funny thing is evening, night time is much worse even when i felt great afternoons are when i would deteriorate and fatigue kicks in much different to original diagnosis which was all day everyday. i have been awake about 4 hours now and the pain is OK but the weakness is getting slowly worse. I recently retired as a Director of Health just too much throughout the COVID times so i am health literate but find this AI perplexing to say the least. I tend not to "google" too much as there is so much misinformation on most things. I am so happy to have found this group though! I am turning the big 60 this year! Thank you for your reply.