My Dr told me I needed to do 10,000 steps or exercise for a hour a day. I have problems with this and need help coming up with more ideas. I Love to walk but due to my back I can not walk for long periods of time.

I currently walk and ride my bike and when the weather was warmer i swam ( i love swimming). You could try swimming, all three exercises are low impact which is what i need as i have osteoarthritis in both my knees.

I am gonna try swimming I Love to swim. Thank you

I have a love/hate relationship with the elliptical machine! I love that it works me so hard and that I post-surgery PR everytime I get on it! But, I hate getting on it 3x a week! I also do a lot of weight training.

For your back tri swimming or Water aerobics. I had a have a back injury and could not walk for very long before I was is so much pain I could not go anymore. My last straw was at Disneyland I was in a wheelchair wile my 70 y/o mother was walking around with no problem. I had the surgery and have lost 140lbs from my HW and now run on the elliptical for 2 1/2 miles at a 7 min pace and my back barely hurts anymore! Good luck to you!

Thank you I am at the start I had my first appointment ON the 22nd of this month and I like to walk I just can't go very far and I will lose filling in my right leg and that hole side of my body will hurt

Mine was my left side. It wold feel numb but also feel like it was burning and had lightning going through it. It hurt so bad! I used to take morphine 10mg 2x a day percocet 2-3x a day and flexoril 2x a day for pain. Was on that for 3 plus years. I stopped all meds at about 4 months post surgery, and I now only occasionally need to take a couple of advil for the discomfort. It is night and day different now with the weight loss! You hopefully will notice the same changes, good luck!

I'm hopping that with this I will not have to deal with pain meds for my back