Muscle pain

[Soundofmusic52]

Hi everyone as anyone ever had pain in their muscle from shoulder to elbow don’t no what is called it comes and go s so I haven’t pulled a muscle it’s that painful it hurts to lift knife and fork 😫keep safe everyone x

[Dobcross1]

Yes, I have - always in my right arm. I put it down to just another of the wonderful array of problems RA gives us🙄. To be fair since increasing my dose of MTX this hasn't happened for a few months now. I feel for you, it is excruciating.

[lilley22]

Yes I have. Quite often. In both shoulders sometimes making it almost impossible to lift your arms.

It does come and go, as you say. I simply put it down to the old RA letting me know it's still there - just in case I got any ideas it'd faded into the background.

Doesn't seem to be much you can do other than painkillers and time. It'll pass.

[Mmrr]

Yes, I have pain and cramping (horrible) in my shoulders, arms and wrists with pinkish hot skin along the length of the muscles / tendons.

I'm just about to change drugs to try and get it under better control.

I also get in my knees and ankles, but less debilitating.

[Moomin8]

Hi, yes I have bursitis in both shoulders atm. Can't lift either arm up - such a pain... literally! One tip though: put your top on and take it off whilst bending over. Sounds weird but it saves you from having to lift your arms which is impossible 😏

[helixhelix]

May well be coming from your neck, either inflammation or arthritic changes causing nerves to pinch, which can feel like sore muscles. Lots of stretching can help.

[Boxerlady]

I've had this problem recently during a flare. It was in both arms originally and now mostly just in the left one. It seems to be going as the flare subsides - feels like my methotrexate injections are starting to kick in. It was worse in the night and morning; I found that using painkillers to allow me to get moving helped - it eased off with gentle stretches but initially was too painful to do that. You have my sympathy.

[Eden1]

I have an almost constant dull ache in the muscles from shoulder to elbow - mostly in left arm; also across my upper back and shoulder blades. I’m assuming it may be coming from my shoulders and/or neck. I think it’s improving a bit since my methotrexate was increased. I also take a couple painkillers in the morning which helps and as others have said I find that stretching is good.

[HamHammy]

Yes I have it. It gets better as the day moves on but its worse first thing in the morning and in the middle of the night. I would tell your consultant to make sure you are on the right dose or they might give you something to lift the edge of