I get up and move around during the day and do things in the house. I use my walker but can walk short distances with out it. I did exercise with a senior DVD, which was easy, slow exercises sitting in a chair. My back hurt so bad for 2 hours. It was mainly above the waist movements. I am pretty sure what made my back so much worse was all the exercises standing up and sitting down I had to do when I had the hip replacement. My back was not this bad before all of that.