HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

Does anyone trip and fall a lot?

Support Forums
>
Fibromyalgia
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 5/8/2013 3:01 AM (GMT 0)
I have a habit of falling UP the stairs almost daily. If I don't hold the handrail going down, I feel like I will topple forward. Is this a fibro thing or should I discuss with my doctor? I have always been a little clumsy, but I am finding more and more bruises on me from hitting doorways, hitting swinging doors at work, etc.


Edit: The tripping up the stairs/fear of falling down is getting to the point that I don't even like babysitting my 13month old nephew on the rare occasion I am asked because I am afraid I'll fall with him in my arms.

Post Edited (Reanna) : 5/7/2013 9:07:57 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/8/2013 3:26 AM (GMT 0)
Boy, I don't know, Reanna. Unless this can be explained by extra tiredness or a new med or something, I think I'd definitely run it by my doctor.

For awhile, maybe several months, one of my feet tended to drop suddenly while I was walking. This worried me - but then it just mostly disappeared. So this might disappear with you, too. I hope so. It sounds like it's starting to really impact your life and bother you...so to ease your mind, if nothing else, you might as well get it checked out.

Debbie
Posted 5/8/2013 3:28 AM (GMT 0)
It has been going on for a couple of years, but it is getting worse. I don't know if it is a balance issue, or what. Should I make an appt with my PCP or just wait until my rheumy appointment on June 4th?
Posted 5/8/2013 4:49 AM (GMT 0)
I've always been clumsy for most of my life especially on stairs. I have to watch my feet going up and down and hold onto the rail.

If you find out it's fibro related let me know so I can talk to my doctor about it.

Do you have numb feet or balance problem?
Posted 5/8/2013 8:46 AM (GMT 0)
I'm very uncoordinated too.... I'm sure it's part of fibro. I do watch my steps and make sure I'm not too close to hard objects, got too many bruises to count... The uncoordination do go away from time to time though.
Posted 5/8/2013 10:21 AM (GMT 0)
I find myself tripping a lot. I always watch the steps up and down. If there is a table or counter corner I am totally going to hit it! I get bruised everyday :-)
Posted 5/8/2013 11:32 AM (GMT 0)
I am also very clumsy. I've always been clumsy, though. My mom even took me to the doctor when I was little to have me checked out. She was certain someone couldn't be that clumsy without some kind of problems. Turns out that one leg is longer than the other. Not enough to be noticed if you aren't measuring them but enough to affect the way I walk.

I'd get it checked out. Even if fibro was causing it, it shouldn't be getting worse. Fibro is not a degenerative disease. There may be an underlying issue.
Posted 5/8/2013 12:09 PM (GMT 0)

Angelic_Victory said...
I am also very clumsy. I've always been clumsy, though. My mom even took me to the doctor when I was little to have me checked out. She was certain someone couldn't be that clumsy without some kind of problems. Turns out that one leg is longer than the other. Not enough to be noticed if you aren't measuring them but enough to affect the way I walk.

I'd get it checked out. Even if fibro was causing it, it shouldn't be getting worse. Fibro is not a degenerative disease. There may be an underlying issue.

I do have one leg a little longer than the other, confirmed by a few different doctors, but not enough to need lifts to wear. Maybe this is part of my issue...
Posted 5/8/2013 1:05 PM (GMT 0)
I have terrible depth perception, and always have. Even in my teens, I had a hard time telling how deep something was, such as the step on a stair, or how far away something was from me, like a car stopped at a light. This may come off to many as clumsy.

I first noticed it when waitressing, and ended up overflowing cups when I tried to fill them.

I had movement training in my formative years, and still adhere to a lot of body awareness.

If I do not pay attention, I fall, and always have. I misjudge how far to lift my leg, or the distance between me and that wall. This has been with for a long time. But, I would deem my fibro has a strong genetic component.

I do notice that when I have fatigued myself or my muscles, I have more accidents. It tends to shock people since I have a lot of environmental awareness. Everything seems fine, and then, oopsie.
Posted 5/10/2013 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
I have had a lot of balance issues in the past, and used to trip and fall down a great deal. I began attending water exercise classes about 3 years ago, and during the past year, I added on an Aqua Tai Chi class. I have noticed that since I started the Tai Chi Class, I have not had near as many problems in this area, and several other people have commented to me that their balance has improved, also. Not that I am graceful or anything. I am still a clutz and run into things a great deal. However, it is nice not to have the added worry of constantly tripping and falling.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply