I have just begun some fairly intense stretching exercises. No bad reactions, so far. Should I anticipate trouble? Or should I just proceed and see what happens?
You'll no doubt get many more informed responses but from what I've read here from some very experienced people is yes - proceed with some caution. Apparently small muscle tears do not always repair as well when you have PMR and important not to really overdo anything and pace yourself. I do some stretching but try not to be too extreme especially when pred can make you feel that now 'anything is possible' - so it probably really depends what you mean by 'ambitious' !
Best wishes
Eu continuaria, nunca mudei minhas atividades normais, muita caminhada e exercícios, pois descobri que quanto mais movimento, melhor é quando estou inativa que minhas articulações ficam muito ruins, algumas manhãs mal conseguia me vestir, era uma verdadeira tarefa, mas ainda assim fazia minhas caminhadas matinais todos os dias.
stretching is good as long as your muscles are wormed up before. If you try to stretch cold muscle, it may cause damage and as you know pred does slow down any repair/recovery.
Cuidado com a palavra "intenso". O que aprendemos... muitos de nós neste site... é que o exercício é bom e o exercício intenso não é. Sou o exemplo perfeito do que não se deve fazer. Novamente, como muitos, tentei manter um cronograma atlético competitivo completo. No final, isso me derrubou. O PMR é mais forte do que nós.
This PMR journey is a very personal one and what suits one person doesn't suit another! For what it's worth, I found even from the start, once I got going in the morning, pain eased a little and gentle movement helped me. Conversely, prolonged immobility was not good.
I have always loved exercising and PMR hit hard as I clearly wasn't able to do what I used to do - there were frequent tears! A year on with the PMR well under control with a low dose of Pred (and following the DSNS approach to tapering), I have managed to resume some level of exercise again attending Body Balance cases regularly (a combination of Tai Chi, Yoga and Pilates with no side effects) and I have recently started some more lively classes but taking it slowly.............if there are no side effects, Inwould suggest, keep going......just listen to your body, you will soon know if a line has been crossed!