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Muscle Weakness with PMR, can I resume working with weights?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Mar 13, 2022 | Replies (19)
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Hi Abbey @abbeyc, You will notice that we merged your discussion with a similar discussion on the same topic so that could meet @priscillat and share experiences and other information. Losing muscle mass is also one of my concerns but for me I think it's due to my age and other factors - I'm 78 and am not quite as active as you two. I do have a bluetooth scale that shows body fat, muscle mass, water weight and BMI. The only thing consistent for me is the muscle mass at 25% which is low 🙁 I know I need to do more work with weights but it's a little out of my league so I keep riding my cross fit trainer exercise bike to help with strength and cardio but it's not helping with the muscle mass.

I did post an article above to 3 Strategies for Coping with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) but I'm guessing you might being doing all the right things from and exercise perspective. Have you done any weight lifting or training to see if that helps or possibly talked with your doctor for suggestions?

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abbeyc | @abbeyc | Feb 8, 2022

Thank you. I had been in too much pain to do normal exercise and use weights. But yesterday out of fear of what I was seeing, I picked up the light weights with the hope that regular use might help build back the muscles. But I did a lot of online research this morning and it appears that muscle atrophy is a common symptom of PMR especially in the beginning before you get put on Prednisone. Hoping mine gets under control now. I already read to make sure you get enough protein in your diet to help with building the muscles. But there is still that lingering question of another possible underlying condition behind PMR. As apparently PMR is not the disease, it is the name given to the symptoms of an underlying cause.

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