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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: IL
Posts: 279
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: IL
Posts: 279
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Originally Posted by whiteaa
Hey all!
I'm trying to find easy ways to hit that sweet spot between not enough and too much physical activity that it seems many of us struggle with. Like many of you, I find the pool super therapeutic, but it can be a hassle/expensive to go all the time. I was thinking about walking on a treadmill as a way to get the right amount of activity for my knees and maybe keep the weight off as I start Lyrica 
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I have been thinking along these same lines for the past few days...since my last pool therapy session.
I haven't personally found that 'fine line' myself either and I wish somewhere between telling me all the things I can't do, someone would tell me the things I can. I find it so difficult as it seems while I am up, eyeballing if the curtain rod is level, I'm fine. But...as soon as I sit back down, I'm hurting. If I continue walking around, in 5-10 minutes, I'm hurting to a point that I need to sit down on the floor & scoot to the sofa or put the brakes on my walker & sit on the seat.
Littlepaw...thank you for those suggestions! I have a treadmill, a recumbent bike and a strider. All my therapists tell me to stay off of them. I sure would love to lose the 40 or so pounds I've gained from the gaba!
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