Pain when I do a lot pain when I dont
Hello everyone
I really do wonder if sometimes my body says OI NO enough is enough! But if I rest it still hurts. I have had pain in my back hips legs shoulders for around 2 and a half years. I woke up this morning with leg and lower back pain, in the leg it feels like a long vein sometimes from the groin down to the ankle travelling on the outside of the leg sometimes from my bottom travelling again on the outside of the leg but both pains are deep, sometimes hot sometimes cold I cant always tell which. But really hurting. I cant lay on my right side now and my left is becomming incresingly difficult, even on my back I have pain. This is not all the time but most nights. During the day it is the same but I get on with what I have to do. I thought it was sciatica. I had an 
MRI about a year ago nothing seemed wrong. When I first started experiencing pain it was in my hips I was in agony so I went to a chriropractor who gave me accupuncture OUCH!! in my bottom area mainly. He said my muscles had gone into a sort of spasm he didnt think there was anything wrong with my hips but this was referred pain. I had stetching exercises and 4 more treatments. At this time I started to do an exercise video to help strengthen my muscles in the lower part of my body. I am not overweight or sit around all day. I am a carer and cleaner so get in all sorts of positions! I walk my dog twice a day also. I have been on a course of steroids no help. I also get, which im sure alot of people do what I call, a stressy neck and shoulders. Maybe it all stems from the same thing. Oh yes my hands particularly my thumb area hurts. It seems like sometimes my whole body aches. I have had blood tests LOADS. The only thing that comes out of it is that my white blood count is high. I started to do a diary a while ago of the pains and when but when i had read it back it was quite depressing so I stopped. PLEASE can you tell me anything, what exercises to do that wont hurt my back, whre do I go from here, anything. Im having a particularly hurty day today. Woke up in pain found your site at 5.30 this morning worked all day still in pain.
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Re: Pain when I do a lot pain when I dont
Hi Holiday
Based on your description it would be impossible to give you any sort of diagnosis However whatever it is it sounds more of a systemic problem rather than localised to one joint:
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I have had pain in my back hips legs shoulders for around 2 and a half years.
The fact that you have had pain for 2 1/2 years suggest you have a chronic pain syndrome of some sort and that the symptoms are widely spread. In your age group one of the most common of these is Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is relatively benign condition but many people find it quite disabling and need help with managing it. It is a chronic condition that needs ongoing management and there is no defined medical cure. It is characterised by muscle pain and tenderness in multiple muscles. Some authorities consider it is a variant on chronic fatigue syndrome - where CFS there is a predominance of fatigue where as with fibromyalgia there is a predominance of muscle pain, but in fact both conditions you get a mixture of the same symtoms.
Here is a good site that explains what fibromyalgia is:
I have had pain in my back hips legs shoulders for around 2 and a half years.
However I think you need to get it properly diagnosed (I don't know you have fibromyalgia) then you should see a physio who can give you specific exercises to improve the state of your muscles and general advice and support about increasing your physical activity level, advice about pacing one's activity. Increasing activity in a systematic and controlled way seems to be a real key
Don't try to go alone with this. Getting advice over the internet is inadequate and you need a programme that is tailored to your needs and with ongoing support.
