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ilotusflower 10/04/2010

Hey...so I have like the tighest hamstrings. I can never get them to relax. I will try to stretch to loosen them then.... I will be spending the next week unable to walk. This weekend I was working in the yard...a lot of weeding...I woke up this morning and my hams hurt so bad!!! Feels like someone took a knive down them...I cant sit on the tolite with out pain...hurts to the touch. Have any of you ever experienced this??? This is one of the reasons i have stopped working out my legs.

Thanks...have a great nite my dears!!!

deleted_user 10/04/2010

YES, but for me it's calves and achilles, I am still awaiting dx though, so I'm not sure if this helps at all. Yardword, housework, walking around the block, anything minor causes it, and I can't walk or stand for like 2-3 days afterward.

deleted_user 10/04/2010

Sounds like you have bad spasticity. I take baclofen, but from your profile you say it is not working for you. Sorry about that.

I also take zantaflex and that works too for me but I only take that at night because it really makes you sleepy.

But zantaflex really works for the spasticity. Hope that you and your doc can find something. BTW, I read that exercise helps the spasticity, just don't overdo it. I know it is hard when you got pain, so maybe when the pain dies down.

lchoppel 10/04/2010

Read the thread on "Joint Stiffness". This sounds alot like spascitity that you are experiencing.

deleted_user 10/05/2010

I was curious, so I read your post on here about your hamstrings. I know with me, mine get this horrible raw feeling. I get where if anyone were even to just barely touch me on my hamstring, it would send shock waves of like a burning pain. It is horrible. Mine feels like as if my muscles were brought to the surface of my skin, and my skin feels so raw. It is absolutely awful!

ilotusflower 10/05/2010

Thank you guys!!! I always feel like I am not alone when I come on here...thank you!!!

deleted_user 10/05/2010

In addition to Baclofen, Neurontin seems help me.

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