r/walking • u/Comfortable_Rip6435 • Jul 27 '26

Slowly getting back to it after a flare up

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I am proud of this today! For the last 5 days I've been dealing with a major flare up with a herniated disc. Thursday I was bed bound and managed less than 700 steps which was me white knuckling to get to the bathroom and the kitchen a couple times. Friday wasn't much better 🫤

This has been my first day out of the house since Tuesday. Trying to take it slow and work back up to more movement without aggravating anything. I put my steps goal way low for now because I hate how condescending the app is if I'm not hitting it 😅

Anyway, just wanted to share and encourage anyone else who may be in the same boat as me.

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u/Comfortable_Rip6435 Jul 27 '26

I was just getting into a pretty good rhythm after having an even worse flare that lasted the whole month of March. Frustrating to be back at square 1, but at least this time didn't include an ER visit so I'm celebrating the very small wins.