Dear Lu: You sound like me. I have arthritis osteo kind. and I have been exercizing for almost 2 years and it is still hurting and I,am still putting ice on knees. now my shoulder,s hurt and neck, plus I walk. Do you feel fatigued? I did not do those exercise today and did not feel as bad. I do not want any knee replacements. I just take Excidren.

I too have more pain every time I exercise. Swimming is not an option for me either. I joined a gym recently can't use it. Hopefully, when I get a hip replacement I will be able to exercise again.

Where is your pain?

Hi Patty: I had 2 bad falls on my knees< I have it on outside of knees. Now it is in my tore up rotary cuffs and my neck. will not take pain pills, THEY HURT MY STOMACK MAKE ME TIRED.SORRY I HAVE CAPS THIS KEY BOARD MESSED UP. iT IS NO FUN WAKING UP IN THE MORNNG JUST ACHING IT IS NOT REAL BAD. i JUST TAKE eXCIDREN.. wELL i,AM 68 NOW i USED TO HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY NOT NO MORE.WHAT IS YOUR SL JOINTS? i ,AM GOING TO HAVE TO GET MRI,S I GUESS. WELL I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER. AND I HOPE i do. hugs zzz

Hi lu30113, I have discovered...I have to find the right exercise for me. I did PT exercises for 6 weeks and got worse. PT sent me to PM. The flare from the PT exercises continued, because, I kept doing them at home. I had more than a yr. of awful pain.

Little by little I stopped doing all of the exercises. I learned some of the exercises made me ache the next day. I eliminated those. some did not hurt, I kept those. Trial and error over time!

I walk, I love it. I like to walk 30-45 min. I ache after. So, I have learned to enjoy 15 mins. and I feel good.

The incline and elliptical are known to cause folks problems. I cannot do them because it is too stressful for my heart. Try treadmill with no incline.

We have to make adjustments to our life to keep pain and inflammation down. It is just the way it is!

Wishing you a Healthy fun filled day!

Ive had arthritis for years, osteo and psoriatic. I run into the same problem with exersize, hurt the next day, I do walk but not a planned one daily. I found the less strenuous exersizes dont hurt as much. My biggest problem is worrying about swelling, my feet swell so bad they look like water ballons overfilled, then Im more or less off my feet. So I take it easy and try not to aggitate the body. I am on sulfasalizine which has helped ME! its not a cure all thats for sure and I dispise taking meds. I am 60 yrs old..times I feel 20 and times I feel 90...I thnk we all have those days...I hope yuo can find something that you can do to keep moving I keep trying to find something to do that will keep me limber...gotta use it or lose it

Thanks for the replies.

zztop, I don't feel fatigued. If I'm lucky, my joints just ache. But often I'll get shooting pain down my leg....something must be inflamed and hitting a nerve or something.

yoga, I must admit that I do the incline a bit. I find it hard to hold back as if I walk too slow or flat, waht't the use? It's frustrating as I have the stamina to do more, but my joints wont let me. I suppose though that 15 min is better than nothing right?

SLESandy, what exercises are you able to do that you don't consider strenuous?

WOW!!! So, I'm not crazy? My doc says "exercise helps" with the osteoarthritis. Horse pucky! I see no improvement and it just plain old hurts. I know I have to move so as not to be completely stiff. I'm making myself go to the gym because I'm struggling to lose post menopause weight, but the arthritis sure makes it all the more challenging. Like yogacat said, I have to pick and choose what I do. Anything stressful on my knees and they turn into water balloons. Walking through the mall, forget it, my hips scream at me. One machine I seem to be able to do is an arc trainer, I just have to watch the tension. I'll stick with that and some free weights as long as I'm able. Best to you all.

Hi, I am suffering from knee pain, I daily used to walk more than a 5 to 8 km from my office to home, is this effects my knee's by walking daily or any food are any issue.

please advice my some natural Remedies to overcome this problem..

Yes exercise is the best thing but boy is it hard to do when you hurt already i try to walk and stretch thats about as much as i can do so if drs want me to do more the can just do it themselves

Had Knee Replacement surgery on 7/18 & I'm now doing PT three days a wk & have extreme pain on days of PT. My knee does all the way,so PT is trying to stretch& strengthen knee. I do some at home,but PT are horrible.

Problem is that exercise makes me hurt more so I take an NASID and worry about the side effects. As I get older, I worry more about taking any medication. Vicious circle.

I tried the treadmill again...did a good walk, but didn't push....30 min only and it caused a flare up with shooting pain. So frustrating. And I can't take NSAIDs or my arthritis meds anymore as they have ruined my stomach. :-(

Walking swimming stretching is great for this condition

For me, swimming isn't an option. The exercise needs to be something I can do in my basement at 8pm after I put my kids to bed (or briefly at a lunch break when I work from home). Plus, I enjoy exercise AS LONG AS I have my music...kind of get lost in it. That doesn't work with swimming.

The only excise I've found doesn't hurt later is a restorative yoga class that's only offed once a week here. Everything is done gently from sitting or laying down. I felt wonderful afterwards and was still great the next day.

I have a set of pedals (think bike without anything but the pedals) and I try to pedal slowly while I watch tv). The is no weight bearing at all from the couch, but it's still movement. I picked it up at a garage sale for $5.00.

For me, "exercise" has become more about preserving flexibility and range of motion and less about strength and cardio. I feel deep down that sort of thing isn't really doing me any favors.