Praying can be characterized not only by quiet listening but by mental energy that enables us to take antagonistic grounds against erroneous beliefs that may seem to have dug in.
The periods of spiritual ascension are the days and seasons of Mind’s creation, in which beauty, sublimity, purity, and holiness—yea, the divine nature—appear in man and the universe never to disappear. —Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,p. 509
As a child and teen my son was very active, playing baseball for years—often as the catcher—without pain, injury, or any issues with his hips or knees.