THANKYOU for your question.
First things first: It is highly recomended and IMPORTANT that when you start, that you start up slowly. That you have a decent warm-up. I for instance, when I go cycling, I take it easy for the first 10....15. min's. I would never just crank up the pedals right from the start. Even if you take a walk for 10...15 min's before you start with whatever you do, i.e. any physically intensive activity.
After about 15 to 20 mins of physical activity your body starts to release certain hormones, which act a a stimulant, which are also linked to pain relief. Specialists and research, ... are unsure why the body releases exactly these hormones during physical activity; which have a stimulative effect on body organs, which according to research done, also stimulate the nervous system and reduce epileptical activity.

Practically any physical activity is OK. And the longer you go the better. Just put a bit of wisdom into it. I'm sure you're not going to get in to boxing or judo, And just make sure you remain hydrated, ... ...

What I normally tell people, "LISTEN TO YOUR BODY". When you try something new, how does it make you feel, how does it effect you. "listen to your body":- Are you thirsty = drink!, Do you need a rest = Take a rest, ....

In honesty, pain can exist after seizures. Tonic-clonic seizures can also make it very difficult to remember what took place before, during, and immediately afterwards. When running consistently, I would wakeup, the next day, with severe headaches. The epilepsy had not been diagnosed, but before the diagnosis sequential grand mals were taking place in my sleep. Did the activity trigger the seizures or did cause the headaches? After 36 years, I have no answer.
To find a possible answer, your research is a first step. To find an acceptable answer, consistent relation between physical activity and seizures needs to be studied in a good size group of people, who experience it. Do not expect a solid for all, discovery. Each of us are personally different. Yet with it, you may have something for neurologists to consider.
Good luck. May God be with you in your search. 😊

WHY I'M ASKING?
Recreation and exercise are recommended, and are known to lower neurological activity and the chances and the chances of seizures. This is from hormones, serototin, which the body starts to release after about 15....20 min's after starting.

But these hormones are known as stimulative and as pain relief for muscles. It's quite unsure why the body releases these hormones.

THIS IS WHY I AM CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE AFTER BEING PHYSICALLY INJURED. I'M SURE THE BODY ALSO RELEASES THESE HORMONES, WHICH AT THE SAME STIMULATE NEUROLOGICAL ACTIVITY

True, before the seizures, or even the brain damage, playing(5 years) and coaching (1 year) basketball at St Martha's, plus played and coached(5years) a softball team for the same church. After marriage and children, the games were played on a simpler easier basis. The bursitis burst forward after the last shots of a few games of HORSE, with my youngest son.
Admittedly, with strong physical activity and good concentration, seizures were not usually immediate. My tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures were usually in a relaxing position, like sleep, especially after long memorization or study period of unfamiliar information. Plus while simply writing new information for the class, on the board, I've had blackouts. At what level does the physical activity and concentration work in reducing seizures for each of us?
May God be with you in finding out. 😊

Yes, exactly, Thankyou @A MyEpilepsyTeam Member for your comments. This is what I would like to determine, as you have said, "more of a reverse, when discovering my bursitis, ... The pain seemed to have control of me". I believe it is EXACTLY as you have said, the pain has control over us.
Because the hormones released in your body during physical activity, hormones which also stimulate pain, will according to my study, stimulate the nervous system and thus prevent seizure activity.

Let me add; Lets say you're playing basketball and you decide to take a quick break, cut an apple up, ... and in the process cut yourself. Your body will react entirely different to if you were sitting on the couch, lazing, ... and end up cutting yourself in exactly the same place, .... Understand what I mean.

... And if I may add. You say that you play basketball. Do you often play for long enough to reach exhaustion? Let me guess, you've never had a seizure when you were playing for long, and playing hard and you were nice & exhausted.

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