MS Hug and Why Do The Soles of My Feet Hurt?

When I sit for a while and then stand or walk, I sometimes get such an excrutiating pain in the bottom of my feet. The right is worse than the left.  It feels like my bones are broken in my heels in particular.   My legs also get so stiff that I have to walk like an old woman.  After I've walked around for a number of minutes, it feels quite a bit better, although I must say it never gets completely better.  My feet also often have a burning pain in them.  I also get a really sharp pain that will just shoot through my feet when I'm just sitting around.  Another thing I was curious about was my right leg and foot often get charly horse type cramps in them and my right ankle feels as though it really needs to be stretched out but when I stretch it it just makes my ankle and the top of my foot feel really tired out. 

Since I'm recently diagnosed, I don't know what are actually MS symptoms or unrelated stuff.  I was just wondering if these things could be symptoms of my MS or should I be looking at other causes. 

Oh yeah! One last thing.  I quite often getthis really excrutiating pain in my back around my left shoulder blade.  It becomes very difficult to draw in a breath because it hurts so much.  Would this be the MS Hug that I've been hearing about? 

Thanks

Sheila      

Yes, as Kim explained, a lot of what you describe sound like MS related problems. Spasticity can affect any muscle, and with lots of folks with MS, it seems to affect the legs and feet first.

The burning sensation in your feet is related, too. You might ask about some meds, neurontin is one, that might help.

Hi Ronnieroller,

I'm so glad I read your post. More often than not now, (every time I get out of bed and try to stand up) the pain in my heels when I put pressure on them almost makes me buckle at the knees. I didn't know this was another symptom of ms. God it hurts! Makes me want to crawl on all fours to the bathroom, but then my knees would hurt..lol! Seriously though, this confirms to me that I'm not crazy and these symptoms are really REAL!

Sooooooo painful isn't it? makes you dread having to get up at all. I just loathe having to stand up, I can only half stand erect as the pain keeps me bent over....I go to the loo and then stumble, crawl back to bed. I also get occasional cramps and similar symptoms the same as you describe.

I don't know very much or have any experience with similar shoulder pain although I did experience a few attacks which were suspected cardiac problems. Since then, after numerous tests, my heart is in good condition and I'm running on all cylinders, except for the the upstairs attic! I do have a hypertensive problem which is still being investigated.

I hope you get some positive outcomes and some helpful advice from here and your medical advisors.
Living with this is at times is so frustrating, painful, hard to explain, stressful, you name it ms is all of these things!

Take care of yourself

Cocoa