Ok I noticed just the past year that sometimes my muscles get lumpy. I'll try to explain.......I want to call them noduels. I have thought of everything to explain them. I thougth it was age, I thought it was this or that, and then I noticed that when I had an episode, that I now know is a flare, they would get worse bigger. This last flare, I finally realized its connected. I wanted to show the DR here recently and they were gone, started a flare and I'm covered with them. In my legs arms, abdomen, ever where there is muscle. I was even wondering if it wasnt my lymph glands acting like jerks. They dont really hurt like the nodes in neck, and under arms. Does anyone know about this? Or experience simular noduel type tubular, elongated in their muscels???? Thanks Michelle
hi michelle,
you are just down the road a few hours from me. i go thru stockton to see my daughter in fresno.
i have the same experience. my physical therapist said mine are scar tissue. for years i had flares and my tissue could not heal, ie, those lumps during a flare. those lumps over time became scar tissue. i have a ridge down each side of my spine and a whole coral reef evolving in my ciatic region. it goes from hip to hip almost. please know that i was not proactive in my health care back then. i was a disconnected, scared little rabbit running away from the reality of fibromyalgia and cronic myofacial pain.
it is too late to do anything about these. however massage therapy helps to soothe my inflammed, torn tissue. maybe i will not grow more ridges. who knows? i exercise alot. i am over 50. exercise seems to be my tool for combating flares. long as i stay active, really active, the flares are tiny and short lived. this is huge when i consider that i was in a wheelchair only a decade ago. coming back was hard. those lumpy muscles were shrunken with atrophy. don't stay down. even tho you want to curl up and scream when it hurts. i got so afraid i went into my little hole and hid for a few years. don't do that either. i tried it and it doesn't work.
again, welcome, sister down the road.
peace,
bluelakelady
Ok I noticed just the past year that sometimes my muscles get lumpy. I'll try to explain.......I want to call them noduels. I have thought of everything to explain them. I thougth it was age, I thought it was this or that, and then I noticed that when I had an episode, that I now know is a flare, they would get worse bigger. This last flare, I finally realized its connected. I wanted to show the DR here recently and they were gone, started a flare and I'm covered with them. In my legs arms, abdomen, ever where there is muscle. I was even wondering if it wasnt my lymph glands acting like jerks. They dont really hurt like the nodes in neck, and under arms. Does anyone know about this? Or experience simular noduel type tubular, elongated in their muscels???? Thanks Michelle
I was told by a massage therapists I went to years ago that those pockets are accumalated latic acid. He said latic acid is produced by the body to give muscles energy to move a lot. But because of our lack of energy, and not being active due to pain and stiffness the latic acid builds up into deep round or long pockets becoming a toxin, causing more pain, stiffness, lack of oxygen and water to move thru the muscles. He would give me a deep muscle massage (it took several for them to break the pockets up) and had me drink lots of water afterward to flush the toxin out of my system, I had never felt so good in my whole life. I wish I could afford to have a regular deep tissue massage again. But it is not covered by insurance, no matter if your doctor says it is what you need. But if you can afford it, I highly recommend it. But know that it will hurt like the dickins for a few times before (and you will think it is not working or will work) it starts feeling wonderful. I know after I recover from losing my job and get back on my feet, that is the first place I'm going!
I don't know if what you are explaining is the same thing that I have, but it sounds close. I have these small to med. bumps ALL OVER, just under the skin( sort of) They are painful when touched. Almost like fibercystic breast. Mine are everywhere. Sides of breast, abs, runs along rib cage, groin, insides of thighs, up near collar bone. I have asked everyone of my Dr. and NOT one of them can give me an answer. Mine started by the sides of my breast, and then spread to LOTS of areas of my body. They are more painful when I am having a flare, but they never go away either.
Thanks BLUE I aggree with you, and CHIEF E I agree with you, and Stick it does feel just like my fibercystic breasts, except they dont hurt, well most of them dont, and they dont get bigger with caffiene, like the breast do. Maybe its a combo of both, and BLUE its nice to know someone is so close wow, but um you guys I wanted to cry to just thinking about a massage. And of course goose bumps, just to imagine it. I already have a small amount of atrophy, and I'm 36. I have been taking DHEA for brainfog and noticed my muscles feel stronger and they are developing again, finally, I dont know why they wouldnt do anything before, I couldnt get them stronger for nonething, and I ended up injurying myself a couple of times with strength training, it was so frustrating. I know now that I went about it the wrong way....we have special needs when exersizing. Man this whole message thing makes me want to cry, but I dont want lactic acid in my muscles either, I happen to already know what that is. So you say it will hurt at first then it will get better? Man, if thats what it is I'm going to hate it. Thanks for the replies and BLUE if you hear a blood curdleing scream from south of you its me trying out a message LOL
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