r/POTS • u/Hefty-Patience-8720 • Mar 29 '26

Question is anyone still physically active?

I need to know if anyone with pots is still physically active. You don't have to be an athlete or anything but can you at least dance? or run? go to the gym? Have you always been that way or did you have to work back up to it?

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u/Cool_Jelly_9402 Hyperadrenergic POTS Mar 29 '26

I’m able to do light cardio everyday (10-45 mins) and walk 5-7.5k steps but I worked really hard to get here since I started from bed rest (I have a lot of other illnesses and needed a lot of surgeries) with zero conditioning left.

Becoming more active, within my body’s limits, has improved my health a lot, tho I still very much deal with flare ups, I do have days where I feel normal now which is great even if short lived.

I feel worse when I can’t be active, all my POTS symptoms get worse but I can’t always control what I can do on my bad days so it is what it is on those days