Weak legs, sore hamstring

Hi everyone,

I was wondering how many of you have an issue with your legs and even sometimes with your hips?

My legs are fairly weak so I make sure to take short walks throughout the day and I try not to overdo. I avoid stairs, I'm glad I'm able to. I also have issues with sitting for over 15 minutes. My hamstring starts to get sore.

I'm seeing a physical therapist on Monday. She's a doctor that specializes in the sacrum area. I did fall a couple times and come down hard on my tailbone. I also know that one of my legs is slightly shorter than the other.

I was wondering if anyone is going through this. I watched a cooking show a few days ago. One of the contestants wanted to win for her mother. She said her mom has fibro and she wanted to buy her a lift that could carry her up the stairs.

Thanks!

I have some leg issues - try to stretch a lot - helps but that's painful too !

My left hamstring bugs me if I drive too long, my right can hurt up at the top. I have hip bursitis so sometimes the outside of my hips is very sore...esp. the right.

Stretch, stretch, stretch...and try & hold them for a bit. I also have a hard time sitting still...I like to sit with my feet up but I am always adjusting...crossed ankles, oh oh, that hurts, uncross....bent legs, long legs...ugh...always trying to find that position that is comfortable, though that only lasts so long !

Yes, I was told I had SI joint dysfunction along with fibro. Boths sides are affected but most of the time the right is the worse. It's the lower back, hips, buttock, tailbone, pelvic area, hip flexor,front of thigh, legs, ankle and feet. I think that is most of it, lol. I have a leg length discrepancy in my right leg because my pelvic and tailbone are tilted. My chiropractor did x-rays that showed the crooked alignment but my rhuemalogosit didn't . I have extreme nerve pain in my lower body that can be debilating. I can't stand or walk for a long time. My last flareup lasted a month and a half. I tried 5 minute intervals on and off my feet to get myself mobile again. I had a hard time with physical therapy . I felt it aggravate my pain and made it worse then I went to chiropractor and that helped some but was expensive. I'm looking for a new doctor. I feel like I can relate to what you are going through.

Thanks, Myself, for the idea of the yoga. Unfortunately I'm not able to do it because any sudden positioning that doesn't agree with my body will increase my pain. I'm glad it helps you. It would be nice to get together with others and stretch. What I've been doing is prescribed stretches and exercises twice a day. I guess my muscles are semi-contracted, so I need to keep doing them and it does help me.

Wow, purple, so sorry to hear what you're going through. I've had a difficult time with rounds of physical therapy that I've had also. It should be interesting tomorrow to see what this physical therapy doctor says about my situation tomorrow. I know my pelvis is tilted too. I'll let you know.

Nice idea about the massage chair, Booklvr. Something to consider. I also love hot baths.

Hi purple, what is an integrative doctor?

There are so many prescribed stretches and exercises that I do without wearing my shoe. These are some of them to start out with:

First I walk on my tip toes then on my heels.

I lean and face into a corner of the room by pressing my hands against the walls and doing shoulder presses to stretch my back.

With my heel on the floor and the ball of my foot upward, I press my foot against the wall.

I grasp one foot behind me and balance on the other then change.

I attempt to touch my toes but I don't go too far.

I press my back against the wall with my arms down then up then I bend my knees and go downward but again not too far.

I'll write more later, if you're interested. I don't know if I'm able to describe these very well. It's so much easier to show.

If you can get to a therapist that uses manipulative therapy, versus standard physical therapy, you may be able to get some help..if its fascia causing the tightness, stretching will not take care of it...we can stretch the muscles if its strictly muscular tightness.

You can also learn to work on these areas with the trigger point book, using tools made to do releases..