Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. I can only speak to my own experience and hope that gives you some insight into what POTS is and how it can affect you or the people around you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Exercise is so important with POTS and it is so hard to do. Every part of your body is telling you to lay down and that it\u2019s in pain and you\u2019re trying to get on a treadmill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It does help a lot to move each day. It helps physically but also mentally. I’m not saying you have to go far but pace around your house if you don’t feel good enough to go outside. I do for 10 minutes walks in my neighborhood when I don’t feel good. Anything helps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You do need to push yourself a lot to do this. As a teenager I hated going out everyday and my parents made me. When I got to college I realized how much it helped after not going out for a couple of days. It really makes a difference but you need to push yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Get some new tv shows, buy a new coat, bundle up or stay cool. Drink a lot of water before going and if you can take someone with you or let someone know where you’re going. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Experient with different exercises, try yoga, try recumbent bike, walk a little, sit in a chair for a bit, engage your core while your breathe. It can be simple to start but then build on it. It can be just 5 minutes at the start of the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fu, Qi, and Benjamin D. Levine. \u201cExercise in the Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.\u201d NCBI<\/em>, 21 November 2014, https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4336603\/<\/a>. Accessed 4 April 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow Exercise Helps Patients with POTS Syndrome.\u201d MyHeart<\/em>, https:\/\/myheart.net\/pots-syndrome\/exercise-in-pots-syndrome\/<\/a>. Accessed 4 April 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cManaging POTS through Exercise.\u201d Standing Up To POTS<\/em>, https:\/\/www.standinguptopots.org\/livingwithpots\/exercise<\/a>. Accessed 4 April 2023.Rich, Emily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaking Exercise Count with POTS.\u201d Tucson Medical Center<\/em>, 3 May 2022, https:\/\/www.tmcaz.com\/blogs\/medical-services\/brain-health\/making-exercise-count-with-pots<\/a>. Accessed 4 April 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\tFurther Reading<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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