Looking for others experience with exercise and movement.

@cit10jetjockey Good for you!! Jack LaLane would be proud. Some of these youngsters could learn something from guys like you.

I have had great success with ExcercIse to relieve some of my pain. Excercise releases natural pain killers in our bodies called endorphins. That's why I love to work out. I still have some days that I feel like crap, usually due to cold Pennsylvania weather. When I was on pain medications, I blew up from 165lbs to over 200lbs! Never again, I felt awful. ExcercIse relieves pain if done correctly. Ask your doctor for physical therapy script to learn which Excercises you need to build strength to get started by I encourage everyone with chronic pain to keep moving!

I am glad to hear that many of you have found exercise to be helpful in managing pain. But, whenever I try to exercise of any kind , my pain ramps up to almost unbearable heights. Has anyone toughed it out through the pain and discovered that the pain subsided some after a while? Yesterday I carried/dragged several heavy bags of garden soil from my truck to my raised bed. Later that day my glutes felt as if they were going to explode. HELP!

In addition to the good advice of "thatwitch," if you are in your nineties like me, do exercise repetitions slowly, it will still accomplish good results, and, if it hurts, don't force it. There are exercises for each part of the body so you can do the one for you without injuring yourself. I used to run up and down the stairs to work down a high glucose count and tore the Cartledge in my knee so don't make any fast movements. Vyolet

@heisenberg34 when I was out of shape, sometimes I still had to do stuff like mow or shovel and yes it would cause me much discomfort. Once I started exercise I started slow , with months of just walking. But maybe discuss with your physical therapist or doctor first.

@heisenberg34

I know bags of soil would be a challenge for me as I have a weak back. We must try to build up strength slowly and with proper form. I do exercises both at home and at physical therapy. I try to vary it up. I get recumbent bike at pt which is good for my spine. I do free weights to strengthen muscles. I do various standing and mat exercises while being aware of my limits. I have neuropathy which may have worsened (I hope temporarily) while trying to recover from a shin shave biopsy--all for a lesion which turned out to be benign. And, exercise, at least for me helps with feelings of anxiety and despair. So now that it is spring, I will hire someone to put down soil in my yard and I will keep on exercising both at home, at pt and walking around as I do my errands. Finally, it is not good to tough it out through pain as pain is a warning that something is wrong. We must find the sweet spot before the pain and go with that. Good luck and keep trying!