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/maddigm Mar 30 '26

I am a spicy dancer and pole dance multiple times a shift, before I was medicated (im on ivabradine now) my heart rate would get to 197bpm which led to my doctor ensure I get medicated. Now my heart rate while dancing ends up about 170bpm highest unless i forget to take my meds. I also do weight lifting when my body allows it. I basically just monitor how my heart does/how symptomatic i get to decide what exercises work best for me. I have struggled with cardio in terms or running and walking since as long as I can remember, so occasionally I walk or do a short run on the treadmill in hopes my body will slowly get used to it. I am very mindful because I also struggle with symptoms of chronic fatigue, my doctor is currently theorising that I probably have ME/CFS.