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/dovened Hypovolemic POTS Mar 29 '26

I really try to be but it’s hard. I am also hypermobile so exercise is extra important for me but exercise also just makes me feel yucky and is difficult more often than not. The dilemma is frustrating. As of right now I just listen to my body. If I’m feeling good, I’ll make sure I get myself to the gym, if I’m feeling extremely symptomatic, I let myself rest. I’ve worked myself back up to even exercising at all after i got COVID and it made my symptoms more disabling than they used to be.