I was out of shape, I got in shape, I fell out of shape, I got back in shape, and now I'm mostly out of shape with a stable weight above average but not obese.
I never felt this "better" thing people keep talking about.
I'm glad it works for some people, but it hasn't worked for me.
It's true. Powerlifting has done so much for my back and other injuries. I don't really want to lift weights 3 days per week, but I sure feel a hell of a lot better when I do. Looking better is a nice benefit too.
Some people do feel better when they move more. I have a shoulder injury and my shoulder works and feels a lot better when I add yoga to my daily routine. If I take time off work and don't use my shoulder, the next time I use it, it hurts a lot more and feels a lot more stiff.
Different people suffer in different ways and can heal in different ways. This person feeling better by walking doesn't make your struggles any less significant.
I concur. I had incredible joint pain and stiffness while working an overnight call centre job early in my life. No social life, no sports, no physical activity... I literally quite and went on their disability program, it was so bad.
Except, while on disability I rotated around to regular hours, started doing social and eventually sports things... And, what do you know? Turns out I'm fine --it is just that being strapped to a chair with four active customer support conversations going at once for eight hours every day was literally causing my joints to lock up due to inactivity (or similar).
Went to uni and found a career that kept me more active. Now I get my 10k steps just idly doing my job.
Implying chronic pain can only be caused by what, injury?
A person can be so out of shape that every day things "hurt". Exercise gains are logarithmic. Walking a few miles a day makes their heart, lungs, muscles, work so much better.
Our joints, the spine, need to be worked out or they will get sore. It's the same reason that good posture makes you feel better than bad posture.