Pulling muscles easy

I get those kind of things too. It's not a real muscle pull because that can last for days and is an actual tear in the muscle fibers.

I can get up from sitting and the front of my hip pulls - but I can walk it off in a few steps. Sometimes the arch of my foot goes funny (painful!) for a a bit but it 'wears off'. Sometimes I am fumble fingered because my manual dexterity takes a hike ! Most time I can open a jar but sometimes I have to find someone else to do it because the strength just isn't there. Other times I lay in bed with my limb joints throbbing and have to work on relaxing and wait for it to die down so I can sleep.

Not sure what to call these 'episodes' but thank goodness they are temporary in nature...though some last longer than otheres. I don't believe there is any real damage - just momentary fibro symptoms.

Yes, absolutely. I can't lift a 2 lb can into a shelf, or close a window, without getting smacked for it.

I think that's why I love driving so much - it doesn't hurt!! (Of course, I can't go over a bump or dip at anything close to normal speed, or I'm in trouble, so I still have to be paying attention.)

Klambert, I hear you on having to protect your stomach muscles before you sneeze....every time! This seems to have started around my first pregnancy. I guess Fibro keeps it from ever getting back to normal :(

Debbie

Normal.

I have found that the effect is usually temporary. However, if you continue to do whatever you were doing to cause the pain, it can sometimes turn into a longer term thing.

For instance, carrying a laundry basket, temporary. Carrying boxes when moving houses will lead to the muscles hurting for longer,as they recover. If you really overdo, it can cause a flare.

This is, of course,only my experience.

Glad to hear that I am not alone. It sure does feel like I pulled a muscle...whew that sneeze muscle pain is horrible! I have been to the md about that because my muscle is really sore in that area on my belly. I think I have injured that one. We even did a ct scan and it was negative. I believe he said he could feel a knot.
I can "pull" my chest muscles easy too.

The chest thing...don't make me spell it, ha ha... is more than a muscle. That wonderful "grab" that catches you & makes one think about heart attacks - there is a hinge in there somehow, some ligaments I think. I also get tendon pain so I figured that was just another 'thing'.

FWIW, Acheybody said they love to drive - I HATE driving too much - my hands (elbows, knees....) can't stay one position too long. I have a few creative ways to hold a steering wheel. We live far away from relatives so road trips are long. EVERYTHING seems to cease up. If we go south through a mountain pass, I am affected even more - elevation changes act like pressure changes I think.

I have this. I've tempered down my yoga practice quite a bit, utilizing more strengthening as opposed to as much stretching. I'm so hyper mobile it seems that I can practically do splits without stretching. But the problem is with my tendons. I get tendonitis easily and I'm getting injuries over nothing.

Thanks, Joy. That's exactly it. Makes perfect sense!

Another symptom, issue to report to the dr. But I'm still waiting for my materials about my selected medicaid plan... 3 weeks and counting. When I call to make appointments, I'm put off by Cleveland clinic. "What's your plan". Another phone call.

Who'd have thunk moving to just one state over could be such an incredible bureaucratic nightmare. Going to office after office. This paper required . That paper. I can't even get my drivers license until I get a copy of my marriage license of nearly twenty years ago. Divorce papers not accepted! Another call! Another fee! Another paper!

Thank you america. Next thing you know, they'll haul any poor or disabled person in a "camp" until we get our required papers... I'm so stressed and discouraged. All I want is my license. And a dr. Appointment. Il pay the copay.

Guess it's back to finding home remedies again. And finding a cabin in the woods far, far away from the Volgons of America.

Tired....
T

I discovered this muscle pulled feeling in my first week of fibro. It stopped my life, really. I figured out through keeping a pain/ life daily activity journal what I could do, and, could not do. Mostly I could not do anything back then. Fast forward to now. I bag my groceries because I know I can't lift more than a whooping seven pounds. I put dishes in the upper and lower cupboards in five minute increments. If I am cleaning, LOL, I pick that one most necessary item and take breaks.
I know that I can't vacuum without suffering the consequences in my neck shoulders and arms oh and back. Basically, I am hyper aware of my bodies limits; they are many.
Have you purchased those rubber circles for seniors to use in opening jars? They are terrific! Going shopping, UGH! And this is something I use for " me" time and random socializing with kind strangers so you would think I look forward to it. I do, mentally, not physically. Prior to shopping, I make a list the day before. I bring list. I go to most important store first and as I wear out, items and stores get dropped off for another time. The payback is not enjoyable!