I’m down to 1 mg prednisone a day after being diagnosed a year and a half ago. I am titrating slowly and I’m not experiencing any of the PMR pain I felt before. I am now, however, noticing a real tightness feeling in the front of my upper thighs and somewhat less in my calves. My exercise regime hasn’t changed a lot as I golf a couple of times a week, walk and play pickleball as well.
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar or if it is even PMR related.
Thank you and Happy New Year to all.
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Sort of a cross between tennis and large table tennis!! Played on a court like tennis but with solid bats and a lighter ball. Also similar is padel. DIfferent balls and different sized courts is the main difference.
Yes, I had it a few weeks ago - especially in the quad muscles - agony. I treated it as a flare and increased by 5mg then back down to my last dose. I now have the same thing again. However, this time I am not increasing the Pred and it is getting easier. I am doing leg lifts, bends etc. which I had to do after my knee replacement and I am massaging the thighs every evening.
The only difference for me would be that I ate things I normally would not over Christmas - i.e. sweet stuff: mince pies, Panettone, chocolate - I even had my first roast potato in 3 years. I won't do this again next year. I also had several glasses of wine which normally I would not - so I am back to very low carb eating and hopefully am coming out of it. However, I am keeping up the daily walking and leg exercises plus somatics and some yoga.
Hi . Good point about diet. Over the holidays I ate and drank all the wrong things. Holidays over, guests all gone now. Maybe I’ll see and improvement. I’ve been stretching more as well.
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