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Arm pain anyone?

littlemart
littlemart
Does anyone ever feel pain in the upper arms and around the shoulders that you are pretty sure is Fibro pain? I'm having some wicked all-over body pains these days and am not sure if it's fibro or my MS or something else.

How do the doctors determine that we really do have fibro? My rheumy has dx me with this years ago and now I have osteoarthritis. Throw in the MS and I don't know what's what!
stephanie1373
stephanie1373
I now know that I don't have MS and I'm fairly certain that I don't have osteoarthritis, but I do have arm pain specifically in the upper arms and around the shoulders especially. I have this pain every day and it's constant. I assume it's caused by the fibro and I have so many bad muscle knots that develop in those areas.

So sorry you're in a lot of pain. I hope you get to feeling as well as you can be very soon.

Be well.

~Stephanie~
mnfibro
mnfibro
I also suffer from arm pain which is more extreme near the shoulders. I rest them when I can and use ice and heat, which gives some relief.

I hope you feel better soon,

Kelvin
laurjil
laurjil
So sorry you are all going through same as me everyday!pain in arms , neck ,shoulders- knots and muscle spasms !. Pain everywhere !!legs hurt soo much can't hold me up??Fibro sucks !!
trainerjill
trainerjill
I have arm pain that reminds me of lifting something too heavy or too often (like after moving and you have moved too many boxes). It is just below my shoulder and sort of on the outside of the arm. The right side is constant and the left side comes and goes. As always my first thought is 'oh, I must have over done it or done something wrong' and after a few days I think 'drat, it's probably just fibro related'. As for how to sort it all out, on the one hand I don't care. If it's chronic and I can't really fix it (osteoarthritic pain or fibro) I try to ignore it. If I think it is due to something 'wrong' I call my dr and let her sort it out.