leg pain at night
coffeeaddict25 posted:
recently started to have a deep throbing pain in my right leg at night. didnt relize it was a fibro symptom. any help on how to deal with it?
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Booch007 responded:
May not be FM, it can be vascular in nature......
Not knowing your age, smoking or varicose vein status. At night when we rest...watch TV or sleep, blood pressuer drops and circulation slows. Especially asleep heart rate drops as well, so blood is not circulating as effectively.
If it is venous in nature, it is due to stagnant return and the tissues don't get to drop off the used blood into the system effectively. Vessels can get inflamed and be painful.
If it is arterial due to blockages from smoking, diabetes etc...then the cramps are also due to not enough blood to the tissues and in using the unoxygenated blood it creates a tissue mechanism of cramps and spasm.
(Hope that came out well). It is hard to express sometimes.
Yes we get spasm and pain as well, but to be sure tell the MD and they can do a venous doppler study and an arterial doppler study (no pain involved) just sound waves to the legs for circulation.
I will share my Sisters story again. She was taking potassium, LIKE UNREAL...saying this was why she had problems. She needed to take a hot bath before bed too, to help the cramps.......her internist allowed her the pills......until she came up north to me and I saw her issues. "Holy Crap" you need vascualr studies and stop taking the potassium!"
Her blood labs had a very high potassium 5.2 and this is not a guy your play with. The vascular test showed blockages and she had them balloon angioplastied and SHE IS PAIN FREE NOW. Now sees a vascular guy regularly to follow her legs. She lives in Florida and I in NY.
We talk about it often, that so much is in the story of the patient. How they present their issues.
People can even say for us (FM), take more magnesium....but you really need to be sure it is not organic, that your vessels are OK. Just as in life you can develop blockages to your heart and neck...you can block up the leg vessels as well.
I have significant vascular disease (I inherited a few great things from my tree!) I NEED to watch them. Having this issue of FM/CMP makes it challenging to stay ahead of it.
So, after being long winded. FM will improve with heat and massage and stretching the muscles. This could be Sciatica from your lower back, and pelvic tilts and back stretches may help. But please if it continues for a while...have it checked to be sure you are OK? OK?
If there is something else it is so quick a repair and so much better for the body as a whole.
Good luck. (We often blame our dragon for everything....)
Nancy B
Not knowing your age, smoking or varicose vein status. At night when we rest...watch TV or sleep, blood pressuer drops and circulation slows. Especially asleep heart rate drops as well, so blood is not circulating as effectively.
If it is venous in nature, it is due to stagnant return and the tissues don't get to drop off the used blood into the system effectively. Vessels can get inflamed and be painful.
If it is arterial due to blockages from smoking, diabetes etc...then the cramps are also due to not enough blood to the tissues and in using the unoxygenated blood it creates a tissue mechanism of cramps and spasm.
(Hope that came out well). It is hard to express sometimes.
Yes we get spasm and pain as well, but to be sure tell the MD and they can do a venous doppler study and an arterial doppler study (no pain involved) just sound waves to the legs for circulation.
I will share my Sisters story again. She was taking potassium, LIKE UNREAL...saying this was why she had problems. She needed to take a hot bath before bed too, to help the cramps.......her internist allowed her the pills......until she came up north to me and I saw her issues. "Holy Crap" you need vascualr studies and stop taking the potassium!"
Her blood labs had a very high potassium 5.2 and this is not a guy your play with. The vascular test showed blockages and she had them balloon angioplastied and SHE IS PAIN FREE NOW. Now sees a vascular guy regularly to follow her legs. She lives in Florida and I in NY.
We talk about it often, that so much is in the story of the patient. How they present their issues.
People can even say for us (FM), take more magnesium....but you really need to be sure it is not organic, that your vessels are OK. Just as in life you can develop blockages to your heart and neck...you can block up the leg vessels as well.
I have significant vascular disease (I inherited a few great things from my tree!) I NEED to watch them. Having this issue of FM/CMP makes it challenging to stay ahead of it.
So, after being long winded. FM will improve with heat and massage and stretching the muscles. This could be Sciatica from your lower back, and pelvic tilts and back stretches may help. But please if it continues for a while...have it checked to be sure you are OK? OK?
If there is something else it is so quick a repair and so much better for the body as a whole.
Good luck. (We often blame our dragon for everything....)
Nancy B
Report This| Share this:leg pain at nightMay not be FM, it can be vascular in nature......<br /> <br />Not knowing your age, smoking or varicose vein status. At night when we rest...watch TV or sleep, blood pressuer drops and circulation slows. Especially asleep heart rate drops as well, so blood is not circulating as effectively.<br /> <br />If it is venous in nature, it is due to stagnant return and the tissues don't get to drop off the used blood into the system effectively. Vessels can get inflamed and be painful.<br /> <br />If it is arterial due to blockages from smoking, diabetes etc...then the cramps are also due to not enough blood to the tissues and in using the unoxygenated blood it creates a tissue mechanism of cramps and spasm.<br /> <br />(Hope that came out well). It is hard to express sometimes.<br /> <br />Yes we get spasm and pain as well, but to be sure tell the MD and they can do a venous doppler study and an arterial doppler study (no pain involved) just sound waves to the legs for circulation. <br /> <br />I will share my Sisters story again. She was taking potassium, LIKE UNREAL...saying this was why she had problems. She needed to take a hot bath before bed too, to help the cramps.......her internist allowed her the pills......until she came up north to me and I saw her issues. "Holy Crap" you need vascualr studies and stop taking the potassium!"<br /> <br />Her blood labs had a very high potassium 5.2 and this is not a guy your play with. The vascular test showed blockages and she had them balloon angioplastied and SHE IS PAIN FREE NOW. Now sees a vascular guy regularly to follow her legs. She lives in Florida and I in NY.<br /> <br />We talk about it often, that so much is in the story of the patient. How they present their issues. <br /> <br /> People can even say for us (FM), take more magnesium....but you really need to be sure it is not organic, that your vessels are OK. Just as in life you can develop blockages to your heart and neck...you can block up the leg vessels as well.<br /> <br />I have significant vascular disease (I inherited a few great things from my tree!) I NEED to watch them. Having this issue of FM/CMP makes it challenging to stay ahead of it.<br /> <br />So, after being long winded. FM will improve with heat and massage and stretching the muscles. This could be Sciatica from your lower back, and pelvic tilts and back stretches may help. But please if it continues for a while...have it checked to be sure you are OK? OK?<br /> <br />If there is something else it is so quick a repair and so much better for the body as a whole.<br /> <br />Good luck. (We often blame our dragon for everything....)<br />Nancy B
