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Posted 12/13/2013 7:10 AM (GMT 0)
Today for the second time in several months my arm had the strangest thing happen. It felt a mixture of weak/bone achy/ numb.
From the shoulder down it was so painful to move. It felt like the pain was deep in my bones. It also felt kind of numb like I had slept on it. My hand felt "alien" to me, I would see it move but it didn't feel like I was moving it.
It just felt so odd.
I've spent most of the day with a heating pad on it. If I try doing anything with it it feels weak.
I did some trigger point massaging on my elbow and use a percussion massager on my shoulder incase it was a muscle causing it. It's calmed down some but still feels odd.

Have any of you had your arm feel like this before?
Posted 12/13/2013 12:48 PM (GMT 0)
Joy, which arm is it??? If it is your left arm, you might want to talk to a doctor about it. I hope it is just fibro and nothing else to worry about. I am concerned about the numbness.

Take care, I hope that you feel better soon...

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 12/13/2013 1:15 PM (GMT 0)
I remeber this symptom. I actually starting getting it long before my actual diagnosis. Is your bra too tight, or do you sit/sleep in an odd position that might put pressure on a nerve?
Posted 12/13/2013 1:16 PM (GMT 0)
I have been having trouble with my left arm for about a year. The pain got so bad I would have welcomed an amputation. I went to the Dr., they couldn't do anything. Went to a massage therapist, helped, then went to a chiropractor. He took an ex-ray and the curvature of my neck was gone causing pinched nerves. After several treatments with him and continued massage therapy and doing my prescribed physical therapy, the pain is gone most of the time. Still having a lot of neck stiffness and pain though.

When I went back to the Dr. a couple months ago (when he diagnosed me with FM) he said the loss of curvature in the neck was due to the FM, so I will probably be doing therapy for this the rest of my life.

Posted 12/13/2013 1:45 PM (GMT 0)
I get the same, my elbow and shoulder joint are so bad I don't know where to put my arm, add the wrist and fingers I feel like I have arthritis in every joint, throw in the muscle pain and I really hurt. I am left handed and have noticed if I do anything repetitious I can bring this on, but also seems to just happen.

Linda
Posted 12/13/2013 2:38 PM (GMT 0)
When I was diagnosed I was having terrible joint pain in my elbow in addition to other symptoms.It turns out I actually had tennis elbow and once I got a cortisone shot it has felt much better.I would have never dreamed it was that because it was causing whole arm numbness tingling and pain.It might be worth looking into though.
Posted 12/13/2013 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
My limbs take turns doing this same thing. It's strange, even other parts of my body have too.
Posted 12/13/2013 5:31 PM (GMT 0)
Some years ago i had left shoulder, upper arm pain with some movements. I also had difficulty with lifting weights.It was dx frozen shoulder. After months of pain it disappeared, then appeared right side and so on.
Fibro remains very under-investigated field.
Posted 12/13/2013 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
I have also been having pain in my left shoulder/neck. It has been going on for about a month now. But, I have osteoarthritis in my neck and two herniated disks so I am sure that is what is causing my pain. Normally, I have problems a couple of times a year but it has never lasted this long before.
Posted 12/13/2013 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
It's better today. It was in my left arm. I'm a lefty. I forgot this was the arm I had injured in a terrible fall 3 years ago. Stupid fog......

I guess it's related?
Posted 12/14/2013 6:28 AM (GMT 0)
Could be - ? As Rosanne Roseannadanna said - well, I'm sure you know! ;)

As Sofina said, Fibro is so unresearched.

Anyway, Joy, I'm glad it's better today!

Debbie
Posted 12/21/2013 2:10 PM (GMT 0)
I get the same thing, so does my son who might have fibro as well. It can range from incredibly painful to annoying. Either way, it's just one of the odd things about this disease. Never know where you will hurt. However from reading these boards, and talking to my son I tend to see common issues.
Posted 12/21/2013 2:10 PM (GMT 0)
One more thing, I have found moist heat works on it. Not dry heat, like heating pad.
Posted 12/21/2013 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
Ice packs seem to help me the most.
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