Painful shoulders, arms, neck and hands.

[Seasondry]

My shoulders, arms and hands are very painful and does not have full movement in arms without extreme pain. Sometimes my neck are sore when turning head right or left. Had blood test which was okay. Are going for hand and shoulder xray next week, does anybody suffers from this perhaps?

[Yassytina FMA UK Volunteer]

Hello , I am glad you are having an X-ray it will hopefully give you some answers, us fibro s do seem to have certain areas that seem to ache or be more painful, for me shoulders/neck are 2 of my most uncomfortable areas. I am using some rub in gel called bio freeze it does certaintly seem to take the edge off. Should you try anything always run it by your doctor or pharmacist especially if taking any meds. I do find my early evening bath in some Epsom salts or radox does help somewhat.😀

[Seasondry in reply to Yassytina]

Thank you so much for the swift reply, I appreciate and take note of your advice.Hope your pain gets better as time goes. Take care and stay safe x

[Dinkie]

Yes I too suffer. Perhaps a referral to Pain Clinic would help. I use bio freeze, hot wheat bags etc. The Pain Clinic arranged injections into the back of my head and neck/shoulders. May be worth investigating once x rays done.

[Seasondry in reply to Dinkie]

Thank you Dinkie, will hear what my gp say after xrays x

[Dinkie in reply to Seasondry]

My xrays and scans showed chronic osteoarthritis so that coupled with fibro - a proper double whammy- lead to the Pain Clinic.

[Seasondry in reply to Dinkie]

I hope it is not another illness on top of what I already have, too many 😱

[Dinkie in reply to Seasondry]

I know that feeling!

[Hazel_Angelstar Administrator FMA UK Staff]

I have a lot of my pain in my shoulders/neck and hands .... xrays and mri's showed up clear, so in my case it has been put down to being part of my fibromyalgia - and i know a lot of my pain comes from muscle tension across my shoulders/neck muscles.

I use heat pads when pain is really bad, along with aromatherapy muscle rubs/oils which I get hubby to rub in for me and massage the area. I'm waiting patiently for lockdown restrictions to ease so i can go get a proper massage, which i try to have on a regular basis.

[Seasondry in reply to Hazel_Angelstar]

Thanks for your reply. I hope your pain gets better and I will update when I can x Happy new year x

[Spazzoid]

Yes.I have the shoulder pain and stiffness in the neck area.

I'm 51 and my Dr. says it's age and occupation.

She is not a hard core believer in fibromyalgia.

Cymbalta and Lyrica was prescribed to me.

It helps keep things in check.

If you are able too, limit what you do when you have sore days.

It helps with your recovery.

Hope your x-rays go well.

Stay safe and Happy New Year!

[Seasondry in reply to Spazzoid]

Thank you for your response, I noted everything you said. Happy new year to you as well, thanks.

[Chrisbel]

have those symptoms, taking Magnesium glycinate and magnesium malate , using a hot water bottle, very hard regular massage from a physio, which is painful but does release the muscles for a while, stretching, cutting out sugar and wheat, has all helped to reduce them quite substantially.

[Seasondry in reply to Chrisbel]

Thanks for you response, much appreciated. Will go for xrays on Wednesday, then wait to hear what dr says.

[Seasondry in reply to Chrisbel]

Just an update that my Xray appointment has been cancelled so, am carrying on through this pain. My hands so painful that I asked my husband to type every time.

[Emacosta]

yes that’s me all the time. I wished that someone could just rip my arms out cos the pain was so bad . I feel you . Take care . Oh I’m taking gabapentin for the pain. It works for me so far