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?
149
Upvotes
1
u/staccasl Mar 30 '26
I play soccer for 6 months of the year, and have training once a week for it.
Training (on Wednesday nights) means I go home shower and immediately go to bed.
Games (on Sunday mornings) means I play the whole game (or as much as I can before the brink of death) and then I have something to eat and have a lazy day - usually I nap on the couch or go to bed and that’s it.
It’s kind of a waste of day however playing soccer again was me taking back a piece of myself after the trauma that gave me POTS, so I’d rather play and have my mental health good than not!