Pain in muscles when exercising

I've always been under the understanding that long periods on Prednizone causes muscle loss. I wonder how long it takes it to regain once you're off steroids.

Just a thought.

If you have morning shoulder stiffness and returning myogelosis (stiffness after sitting) as well as the difficulty walking uphill I'd suspect you still have a little bit of PMR lurking there.

Mind you - after 2 years of a regular walk of 30+ minutes, when faced with a steep climb I struggle but not with thigh and calf pain! Thigh pain doing something like that was my very first sign of PMR.

If it were me, I'd say it's due to not being in shape during my long period of PMR inactivity. I used to be very active and am used to having aches after doing unfamiliar  workouts. I'd say watch it and see what happens. Hopefully it's not PMR recurring.

it could be pmr but perhaps not. suggest that you continue your exercise with the view that in time your muscle tone will return. don't stop. good luck

At the rate that I have been going with my Pred taper, I fully expect that when my new pred dose is zero, that I will need some months to adapt to that new dosage level.

And I will hope for the continued progress toward zero symptoms, which I expect will take some months to achieve.

I'm hoping that you will be able to hold at zero.  Being winter time this may be a challenge.

Being currently at 4mg/day and with a mostly-good energy level, I am already working on restoring all aspects of my physical fitness, from cycling to now jogging a mile and light weight-lifting.  I have to keep testing my ability to do more, so when I get to zero I will be ready to be fully active.

HI Evie,

I have also reached 0 prednisolone 4weeks ago, as Eileen suggests I suspect I have a little PMR lurking there as I sometimes feel stiff after sitting and can experience a pain in my shoulders if I move suddenly i.e. Go to catch something. But on the whole I feel so much better and going to the gym 3times a week and keeping active again. I have had my bloods checked yesterday so awaiting results and also have fat / muscle mass measurements at Gym 6monthly ( apparently I needed to swap 11kg of fat for 5kg of muscle !) so will see if I've managed to rebuild any muscle yet haha. 

I manage Pain with occasional paracetamol or ibuprofen however will

review with Dr if I find I'm needing regular painkillers or blood work needs addressing. Good luck with your recovery,