Fitness
Graded Exercise Chronic Pain Ladder
Graded exercise chronic pain ladder adds five to ten percent weekly minutes or reps only if pain stays stable twenty-four hours—structured climb out of boom-bust cycles.
Graded exercise chronic pain ladder increases walking minutes, pool time, or band reps five to ten percent weekly only if pain-at-rest and pain-after-session stay within agreed band twenty-four hours. Two stable weeks before next bump.
Regression steps down twenty percent without shame when flare hits. Written ladder beats vibes.
Clinician alignment for complex cases.
Common questions
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What if I flare during a ladder?
Step down to last stable rung for one to two weeks—ladders are bidirectional. Persistent flares need clinician review.
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