I had this A LOT since my health went bad and during the first year of the treatment. It was so hard to accept the idea that I couldn't exercise because of the pain because I used to do sports quite regularly. Literally burning legs all night after running.  my joints hurted so badly that I felt like I was such an old lady who can barely walk. I also felt so heavy genereally. I pushed myself though, and wanted to see what I am capable of, which was good at some point but at the end I stopped(had to stop indeed) doing any kind of sports for about 6-7 months. Just walking thats all!!! It was so hard since I felt like in prison in my own body at the beginning but then I was OK with not being so active and doing nothing, though put on lots of weight:(  Now that I think, I might have overcome that part of me which was literally fighting with my own body while exercising, not being gentle and not breathing well. Since 3-4 months, I am way better. I do yoga, which became both physical and spiritual activity for me. I don't have burning legs afterwards (this was main issue for me), only once in a while. and no pain in joints thanks god. So long story short, I had to learn just to listen my body & be rather than fighting against it. And I started to spend time with knitting, reading poetry, getting emotional, etc..and I indeed started to like that new me which was a different personality I didnt' know existed before. And later on it felt like sth shifted&healed in me after such long silence and my body was ready for some exercise; now I give what it needs.  I am hoping it will be like this. wish me luck, ladies. So researchnerd, I could suggest may be you can do some gentle sports in a slow motion.?