Yes, I think the pain probably does get worse for most people in the beginning. It's because you're stretching tight, injured tissues, that aren't used to it, so they get inflamed afterwords. I think that scares a lot of people away from this stuff. I know I was that way for many years. I thought if it caused me more pain I shouldn't do it, but over the years my body had gotten so tight, I started to realize I needed to start moving, whether it was painful or not.