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Hi I have just been dyognosed with having polymyalgia after being in serious pain for nine months, I have been put on 15mg of steriods. The pains in shoulders, hips and thighs have now gone but I still cannot walk at any nnormal speed or uphills without my legs muscles tightning up, does anyone else have this problem with PMR
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Tastyron ann3035
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Started on Pred just before Christmas and started a walking regime in January. Started walking about a mile 3 times a week and now have built up to walking 4 or 5 hilly miles a day. At first my legs would ache as I had lost so much muscle and the first time I attempted a hill I got shin splints. My hips still ache but that is my marker if you like. If they get worse I cut down the walking. I am just starting to (slowly) do some work on my upper body strength which has disappeared over the last year with this PMR thing but I know it will be a slow job.
My advise would be to exercise as much as you can BUT listen carefully to your body. This whole thing is a balancing act between exercise, pain and Pred dose.
All the best
Ron