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[–] FireRetardant 34 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Some people do feel better when they move more. I have a shoulder injury and my shoulder works and feels a lot better when I add yoga to my daily routine. If I take time off work and don't use my shoulder, the next time I use it, it hurts a lot more and feels a lot more stiff.

Different people suffer in different ways and can heal in different ways. This person feeling better by walking doesn't make your struggles any less significant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I concur. I had incredible joint pain and stiffness while working an overnight call centre job early in my life. No social life, no sports, no physical activity... I literally quite and went on their disability program, it was so bad.

Except, while on disability I rotated around to regular hours, started doing social and eventually sports things... And, what do you know? Turns out I'm fine --it is just that being strapped to a chair with four active customer support conversations going at once for eight hours every day was literally causing my joints to lock up due to inactivity (or similar).

Went to uni and found a career that kept me more active. Now I get my 10k steps just idly doing my job.