My arms got very achey and my elbows hurt a lot. Next my knee started getting really painful. The leg exercises I was doing were the same ones the Physical therapist gave me to relieve knee pain but this time they triggered the pain instead. This was right around the time I switched antibiotics.

I stopped doing weights. Over the last 3 weeks this old knee pain that first started when I strained a ligament, comes on suddenly and severely. It feels like a serious injury and I can barely walk. Then within a few seconds or sometimes as long as a half hour the pain goes away completely and my knee is absolutely fine.

I've been walking to work and trying to make sure I move around but since I need to work a lot lately I'm afraid to add other exercises that will likely trigger new symptoms (or rather bring back old ones).

My opinion is the exercise stirs up the Lyme and gets it out of it's comfy hiding place. The drugs wage war and old pains, fatigue etc. come back until the lyme is all killed and toxins removed.

My plan is to wait before each battle is over before trying new exercise and stirring up more Lyme. Stretching and walking are OK for me though.

i have recently just started walking and i have had to build it somewhat slowly. i never wanted to walk before because i thought it was lame comaped to all the extreme sports i had been doing. now i realize how very important exercise is. or how important it is not to just sit around and veg out all the time without getting exercise as i have done. everything starts to break down and become soft and weak.

also i would try to stay out of the mid-day sun. the inensity can be too great for many causing an acidifying reaction. when the suns light is less intense it is extremely benifitial and is alkalizing and helpful to the body.

I saw a physiotherapist who believed I had MS. She worked me until I could not even make a step! My muscles and tone are still good from my past work-outs that she thought I'd handle it well. That experience has set me back and made me much worse.

Now, I'm so scared of working-out. I fear getting worse. Stress is bad and it is hard to know when to stop. So, I do light stuff-like yoga.

Most important thing is to be careful and constantly review your load.

I believe, though, that for some, low level aerobic exercise, done without raising the heart rate too much, for less than 20 minutes is ok/good.

Best indicator is probably how you feel afterwards, though.

Lyme can also case inflammation in the muscles, and that can increase if you overwork those muscles. And, for us, overworking can sometimes mean walking to the end of the driveway.

I couldn't do any exercise until I started taking Flexeril and had intensive physical therapy to relax the muscles that had been tight and inflamed for years. I'm still on the muscle relaxers, but I can exercise now.