 [ Symptoms ] surgeon left a broken anchor in me should i be concerned [ Disease ] i have tried both ways and i believe that exercise to almost to the point and then draw back pushing though seemed to prolong my pain and definitely added to it if you do push to hard then i would suggest that you immediately or as soon as possible be kind to your body with warm water soaks i know it is frustrating when you are used to pushing through your body pain to do and be what you want but there are painful consequences it could cause you to be unable to do anything i just know that pacing yourself is the watch word here pacing yourself is a somewhat vague statement but it means to not to use all your energy doing one thing especially if you want to have other things in your life it is harder to do than say and requires practice we have athletes who do marathons and other difficult sport activities i hope this help start slow when they say 1 or 2 minutes they mean it but soon your body will be able to tolerate it at most times and never never think if you have to take a break because of a flare up that you can just pick up where you started before the flare up start slower and build back up i have found that individual type sports like hiking swimming the non contact sports seem to be best as it is easier to do that pacing i was talking about good luck hope this helps and do not forget to stretch