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Anyone else have leg pains?

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callianne_65675
callianne_65675

Hi everyone. I am particularly neurotic today, which is causing me such anxiety. Anyway. 

I was wondering if anyone else suffers from leg and foot pain when they walk. 

I am super unfit. I have been depressed for various reasons and for years I haven't really walked much. However, I do through spats when I do walk a bit. My legs really really hurt. No matter if I have walked recently or not. It's not muscular. Although muscle spasm in lower calf does occur. I feel like the bones are sore. After I walk and am in agony it takes a while to recover. Anyone else had this? 

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  • lesley26791
    lesley26791 callianne_65675

    Posted

    Hi, yes I have aching limbs!  My ankles are particularly stiff in the morning or after having sat down for a while.  Takes me a while to get going.  I am quite fit and recently, after exercise, I've noticed my legs in particular, are aching and tired much more than they ever were.  Not sure what to suggest.  I had foot pain a while ago.  It arrived out of nowhere and disappeared the same way.  I was neurotic about it - diabetes etc - but like many of the other symptoms, it's all settled down.  It did  go on for a while.  I know what you mean by the pain being in your bones - that's what it feels like to me too.  In fact my shins are hurting as we speak!  It is awful - if you find anything that's works, let me know! 
    • callianne_65675
      callianne_65675 lesley26791

      Posted

      I can relate too. If I sit on the bed, (as I am now) I get up and my ankles are stiff. I hobble off, then walk. Ugh! it makes one feel so old too.
  • Marisa02082
    Marisa02082 callianne_65675

    Posted

    Yes..I had and have leg pain..mainly at night..however it is supposed to be caused by fluctuating hormones. I take Mag. Calcium. VitaminK supp..and it helped me. Hope this helps you....
    • callianne_65675
      callianne_65675 Marisa02082

      Posted

      Thank you, Marisa. I think I suffer a slight memory issue too as I recall magnesium and calcium helping, then I forgot. Thanks for the reminder.
  • chrisann144
    chrisann144 callianne_65675

    Posted

    Oh I hear you I am a nurse the first time I noticed any issues was with my left knee it became warm to the touch no swelling I thought it was a blood clot imagine having knowledge doesn't help at times anyway I figured out it must be arthritis I have it in my spine and it was going to rain today and usually the night before my knees ache and become warm plus it only happens at night ughhh this perimenpause is just a nightmare I don't think there is one day I actually feel good! I usually take ibuprofen which helps somewhat I wish I could give you more answers and also my feet and ankles ache at times too
    • callianne_65675
      callianne_65675 chrisann144

      Posted

      Thanks for your answer. I was thinking perhaps our hips go a bit out of sync? (I had thought of all the other horror reasons) as I suffer from sore hips in bed. I ended up buying a new bed but hasn't worked. However, it is more comfortable which improves sleep a little. I might have arthritis to me that sounds kind of right somehow. I get sore lower back as though all my vertebrae are sinking if that makes sense? I never get swelling. (That I am aware of anyway)
    • Marisa02082
      Marisa02082 callianne_65675

      Posted

      I also had hip pain and bought a new bed thinking it was our bed. It was not..I still had the pain...and working out made it worse. I now do gentle yoga, take Mag..Calcium ect...and have lowered stess. and try my best to eat better. It takes a bit, but I feel it has helped a great deal.
    • callianne_65675
      callianne_65675 Marisa02082

      Posted

      Thank you Marisa, I feel better somehow because here I am thinking I need to 'walk walk walk'. I just can't it's so painful. I don't have a car either so it's not easy. I can relate. I am going through an unbelievably stressful time. I am not eating that well and not taking my supplements. Thank you for reminding me. I will start today, and take it day by day.
  • KMRC
    KMRC callianne_65675

    Posted

    I have leg pain from another reason but every time I go to the doc, they ask, do you have leg pain during or after exercise?  So, I think it must be pretty significant if they all ask it.  Get it chcked out sooner than later.😎
    • callianne_65675
      callianne_65675 KMRC

      Posted

      I'm so nervous about that. I have a Doctor phobia. I guess I'll have to. Thank you xx
    • KMRC
      KMRC callianne_65675

      Posted

      It is easy to have a doc phobia!  If I don't agree with what they are saying (after I have confirmed my suspicions) or they act like your opinion doesn't count (it's only your life, after all!) then I fire them.  Remember they work for us, not the other way around!  I always tell a new doc on my first visit that I am interviewing them to see if we will mesh.  If they are offended, there's your answer.  If they are open to that, it has a real chance of being a successful doc/patient relationship.  ðŸ˜Ž
    • callianne_65675
      callianne_65675 KMRC

      Posted

      well not sure how that would work with the NHS. I'm pretty much told which Doctor to see and when. I waited 3 months just for a specialist appointment.
  • maria101
    maria101 callianne_65675

    Posted

    Hi Calliene yes I get leg pains too knees hurt muscles generally bones hurt not your one it stops and comes back not nice .
  • monique_93857
    monique_93857 callianne_65675

    Posted

    Yes I have been suffering with this for the past two weeks I can relate to the leg and foot pain almost feels like when I step on the back of my foot the pain starts and goes up my leg I was wearing flip flops and I noticed it started when I started wearing those almost like a pinched nerve feeling I often have to stretch to get it to ease it seems like when I'm in a sitting position it bothers me the most but as long as I'm walking or moving around the house it doesn't bother me sometimes it feels like it makes my foot go a little numb it's not really known but it just feels that way almost like pressure under my heel but I was told that flip flops can cause damage and I noticed after I stopped wearing them I still get it but not as often as I did when wearing those flip-flops
  • maria101
    maria101 callianne_65675

    Posted

    Hi I do get get pain in my legs too when I walk and in the bones all at the side of them it comes and gord,when I'm in bed my knees hurt.
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