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Posted 2/18/2014 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
After about a year of the fbro pain traveling throughout my body, in the past several years,it seems to have settled mostly in my upper arms. Seriously, my arms feel as if they weigh 100 pounds each, and I have lumps and bumps on my muscles which my husband can even feel when I have him run his fingers down my arms with lots of pressure for relief.
I bought a heating pad that is really a foot warmer and this is a wonder. I lay my upper arms, one at a time, on it while trying to get out of enough pain to fall asleep. I have included a link so you can see the pad:
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My question is: Does anyone else have this problem with their upper arms? I swim a few times a week but that does not help it at all really.
Posted 2/19/2014 2:09 AM (GMT 0)
I have spells of my arms doing that. Massaging the knots out and heat helps a lot me.
Posted 2/19/2014 7:23 AM (GMT 0)
Well, my arms do ache sometimes, and I have a frozen shoulder which often manifests in bicep pain - but I don't have lumps and bumps.

What does your doctor say?

Debbie
Posted 2/19/2014 3:06 PM (GMT 0)
Trigger points? Or cysts? Have you had them examined yet?
Posted 2/19/2014 10:50 PM (GMT 0)
They are muscle knots and can be eased by massage. But they are with me all the time, 24/7. I guess I should be happy that my whole body does not carry that kind of pain. FM is definitely a mysterious condition. My doctor just attributes it to the FM. I guess I am just surprised that more FM people do not experience the same thing.
Posted 2/20/2014 12:16 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Wishing. ..I have the same thing. My worst pain is in my arms. It makes it difficult to go to sleep at night. I take Solpadol (paracetamol and codine) along with Lyrica when I go to bed.

I also swim a few times a week. I hope the swimming isn't adding to the problem. I wouldn't give it up though because I feel so good when I do it. Do you not find massaging the bumps to painful? I'm slow to do it because I don't want to add to the pain.

I will definitely try the heating pad. Thanks for the tip. Neenaa
Posted 2/20/2014 2:05 AM (GMT 0)
Neenaa, glad to find a kindred spirit.
I don't think the swimming either helps or hurts, but it helps the rest of our body and our overall health, so let's keep doing it. It honestly is the only exercise I can do.
I often take a tramadol to get out of pain enough to sleep. But laying on that big heating pad, on my side, really helps. I give each arm 5 minutes or so before I turn over to get the other one caught up. The other thing I have discovered is therapeutic massage. Even though it does hurt to massage the lumps, my massage person knows just how to apply the pressure to kind of "break up" the knots. I went for one today, and my arms feel so much better…not "normal" like before, but greatly relieved. Unfortunately, the good affects only last 24-48 hours.
Thanks for letting me know that I am not alone. I will start praying for you when my pain keeps me up at night. If you would like me to that is.
Posted 2/20/2014 2:12 AM (GMT 0)
I don't have those knots, but I have a good friend with fibro and that is how it manifests for her. Her arms and hands hurt constantly and she has lumps in her arms.

She was one of those unfortunate people who had a breast implant, one breast never developed, and 20 years later started having numerous physical ailments. The implant was leaking, she had it removed, but has never recovered her original health.
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