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[RETM]

What can I do when I'm sore and really don't want to move

[Pyjamas89]

Are you sore from exercising or medical reasons?? Swimming is a very good low impact exercise that helps keep you moving but not putting too much pressure on the joints. If its after overexercising do you need to a break for a few days while the soreness calms down?? You don't want to make any potential injury worse.

[shipo]

I've always classified my soreness as "Good Sore" and "Bad Sore".

• Good Sore = sore (but not acutely painful) muscles resulting from exercise; when I feel like this I typically exercise, but ease up on the intensity level.
• Bad Sore = acutely painful muscles, joints, or connective tissue; when I feel like this I don't exercise until I'm well down the road to recovery.

FWIW, back in 2013 I changed jobs which allowed me to dramatically change my lifestyle.  Instead of working 12 to 16 hours and commuting 150 miles per day, I was able to cut back to a standard 8 hour day with only 40 miles of commuting.  In addition, my wife and I sold our house and we moved onto a horse farm as "caretakers".  With all of the free time gained, I started running again, and coupled with taking care of eleven horses, I spent the next year sore literally every day; the "Good Sore" variety.  The good news was I lost some 70 pounds in about 6 months.  🙂

[emili]

@RETM Don't want to or can't. Because that is a big difference. If you can't because the pain is so intense - then I would care for the pains and rest. If you don't want to because you are feeling a bit lazy and feel like you deserve a break from the pain- go out and walk, run, lift, yoga, swim- whatever activity is available and not dependent on the parts that ache the most. There is a reason the no pain no gain slogan caught on. You are using parts that haven't been used as intensely - there will be discomfort.