cause severe pain. Use the pain scale to monitor how you’re feeling; if your pain jumps while exercising, stop.
You should not have an increase of more than two points on the pain scale when doing any physical activity.
And none of the following should ever describe what you’re experiencing when doing safe exercise:
| tweakyburningjabbingpersistentsearing | wrenchingyankingrippingtearingstabbing | acuteshockspasming |
If you feel anything sudden, sharp, or that isn’t alleviated by pausing for a few moments, then stop what you’re doing and try something less impactful, smaller, or (if you’re having a bad day) simply come back and try again another time, starting slowly and building gradually.
Whatever your situation, your abilities, or your access to resources, there are some simple, common-sense rules you can follow to ensure you are taking the best care of yourself possible in regard to physical activity and pain.
Rules
1. Go at Your Own Pace
You absolutely have to get comfortable ignoring what everyone else is doing. You are not in someone else’s body, and they do not know how your body is reacting internally. Whether you’re in the gym, in an exercise class, playing team sports, or exercising on your own, you have to be able to read your body’s signals and slow down, modify, decrease weight, take a break, or stretch it out, if that is what your body is demanding.
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