@ohnotheresa: I wanna be one of those girls that lift but I can’t even pour a cup of milk 🙃 #fyp #Fitness #pots

Lexi :

Try swimming! I know it helps a lot of us with POTS. It’s still very exhausting but not as bad as lifting (I used to weight train before POTS). I personally have a hard time in pools due to the amount of movement (it makes me feel sea sick) but lakes are more doable for me! Physical therapy hasn’t been great for me either but it has helped others. Whatever you do, at least try to walk and move everyday so you don’t decondition

Peach :

same! and the PT i got referred to didn't know squat about POTS or hEDS so it was useless to me. I resorted to video collections from actual experts and invested in yoga mat/pilates blocks/resistance bands and forced myself to do 30 minutes every morning of stretching and strength training. that's my best advice rn

lillyb.06 :

girl me too ! i was in physical therapy and they had helped me with some at home exercises! you can probably find a list or sheet online and a lot of the time they are easy low effort exercises that still build muscle because it’s recovery exercises! ..but trust me when i say 10 push ups and 10 sit ups and squats a day or at least to failure once a day everyday it really helps and over time you can add more reps and sets :)

coco🦋 :

I get it. I keep being told to do cardio from one doctor, and to absolutely NOT do cardio bc I’ll faint from another doctor 😅

Northern_Luna :

Pots here ✨ I have this lovely thing now where I go hypoglycemic if I exercise 🥴 just a no win over here

NotYourAverageMama :

Pole fitness

Dess 🍁 The Gentle Valkyrie :

Girl swimming or see if there’s a PT office near you that had reformers, a lot of them will let you join them almost like a gym and there’s less people there. I loved reformer Pilates, there’s a lot of low impact moves to help build strength and mass

HippieHeartbeat :

mia :

creatine

✨SheIsAStarGazer✨ :

Swimming, get more protein