Manual moving of my limbs...

[fibrodude]

Does anyone else get this...? Sometimes the pain in my shoulder is really bad and I can't move my arm by itself...it's like the muscle refuses to move an inch...so I get my other hand and pick my bad arm up manually to move it...sounds daft huh! Its almost as though it is not my arm...except it still hurts so I know it is! Is this common amongst us Fibro's?

[julie51]

hi fibrodude-sometimes my left arm is sooo heavy and aches a great deal all seems to radiate to shoulder and upper back, not daft at all, just not nice - luv Julie51 xx

[Hidden]

I'm the same fibrodude , sometimes this fibro turns parts of our bodies into aliens .

I had a twitch in my foot last night and it was like it wasn't part of me at all, it just seemed to take on a life of it's own !

xx

[fibrodude]

Yes it can seem that way...all bits twitching, aching, spasm-ing, throbbing...oh dear, it sounds like a bad b movie...It is a very strange sensation though, I never thought at 42 I wouldn't be able to freely move my arm all the time....

[annemcc]

Hi fibrodude, i normally get it at night when im in bed, cant feel my arm yet it is agony to move, so have to physically lift it with my other arm, it is very weird!! ...

anne xx

[fibrodude]

I get it after carrying my shopping home. I carry a not so heavy carrier bag for about 25 minutes from shop to home...my elbow is agony when I carry and then afterwards when I put the bag down I can't move my blasted arm...my muscles go on strike! It is comforting a in a wierd way to know that I am not the only one to have to use the other hand to lift the other arm! oh well...keep smiling...at least I have arms to moan about!

[soulsusie]

AS Churchill would say...... oh yes!!!!

Fibrodude you are not alone in this wondrous part of the dratted condition I find alternate hot and cold packs ease things a little.

Hugs x x x Sue

[Hidden]

hi yes i do get it sometinmes not often but its awful isnt it what else is it going to throw at us this fibro / love diddle x

[Hidden]

Perhaps we should rename Fibro " The alien inside " lol

[bumblebee57]

Hi. Yeh I have that problem as well.Like you, Fibrodude, if I carry shopping,by the time i get it home,my elbow forearm and fingers have locked up and refuse to bend to get the key in the door. I have to lift it gently and slowly with my other hand,but it is so painful.

[fibrodude]

Oh yes....the key!! I forgot that bit, I am the same, by the time I get to my front door I cannot lift my arms to get the key in the lock...if it didn't look so funny i would cry! But it does look hilarious just standing in front of my own front door not going anywhere for a while! LOL

[gypsycrafter]

thought the aliens had hold of my legs the other night when the were shooting off in all directions like i had a bolt of lightening down them! extremely painful!

[fibrodude]

oh dear...that sounds dreadful...the complete opposite to mine refusing to move! what an unpredicatable illness we find ourselves with! ;/