Sabrina Qua 26 April 2017 healthy living, Getting Started How can I exercise when I’m already in pain? Sabrina Qua 26 April 2017 healthy living, Getting Started If you haven’t exercised for a long time and you spend much of your life sitting down, be it at a desk or slumped over a steering wheel, you may find that you are tight in your shoulders and hips and lower back.