momintexas
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I did a search before posting this. I found a lot of leg pain posts but none like what I have.
I have pain in the back of both legs on my thighs and calves. Both legs feel like I have pulled muscles all the way down.
Each thigh and calf has a spot about the size of a baseball that constantly hurt right in the middle of each leg. It's been about 10 days now, no change, no improvement.
Has anyone ever had this?
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I have pretty bad aches in my calves and thighs that come and go. It's not really one spot so much as just all the way down the back of my leg.
The only thing that really helps me is to have my husband massage my legs and also to stretch. I've also found that exercising (when I can) really helps.
I cycle and do spin classes when I am up to it and that seems to help my legs a lot.
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momintexas
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Ok, thanks for the advice!
I'm supposed to start walking with a friend again next week, hopefully that'll help.
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I also had pain in my calves and hamstrings, as well as lots of other places.
Abx helped, especially Tindamax and Cipro combo, but did not completely get rid of the muscle pain, which seemed to be caused by previous inflammation and resulted in trigger points and taut muscle bands.
Work those knots with self-massage using the Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, and I'll bet you will see some improvement. I would first check for tender spots just above and below the beltline - focusing on the gluteous medius and gluteous minimus. Trigger points in those muscles can cause pain or satellite trigger points down into the legs, calves, and feet.
Don't be afraid to gently work those exquisitely painful spots because massaging those are the key to working out the knots. I'll bet you start to see some improvement within a week or so.
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My LLMD has told me that pain in the calves is generally bartonella.
He also frequently asks about "large muscle pain" specifically in the upper legs and buttocks. He has told me these are symptoms of babesia.
I have had both, and yes, they've felt like pulled muscles sometimes. =(
I take Aleve and Norco for the pain. I would try a hot bath to relax the muscles, but wet heat of any kind ticks off the bartonella and makes me break out in huge hives and makes my heart race.
I don't know that that is a 'typical' bartonella reaction, though. Maybe a hot bath would be ok for you?
I know it's the bartonella, because on Levaquin it almost completely disappeared. The meds tried to rupture my tendons, though, so I had to switch to Cipro.
It's taken months and months to see improvement with the hives/racing heart on Cipro, but the pain in the soles of my feet, shin bones, and calves improved quickly with both bart meds. =)
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I had pain related to bart that is now gone after months of treatment. It was pulling like a torn ligament. I felt it behind my knee as well as the back of my thighs. Sometimes it was hard to walk. I also got it in my back, the side of my hip (very wierd place), my right arm and my back. I experienced cramping so severe that it left me feeling like a tendon had been torn loose.
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momintexas
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Wow, good information to have. Thank you!
Smurfymom: I noticed that when I took hot baths I had the same reaction. I actually felt sick when I got out of the tub. I now only take warm baths.
I set up a heater in the bathroom to keep the air warmer and that has helped me a lot.
I've also noticed the detox bath that Gwb posted has helped quite a bit too.
Thanks so much for all the replies.
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momintexas, if these are stiffness, almost like a cramp, then it's very likely you need magnesium to relieve them, almost immediately. Transdermal Mg can work in 10 minutes. The best Mg oil I've found for this purpose is at the following website:
Use only 1/2 to 3/4 the recommended squirts, mixed with water (half and half) in a glass (not plastic), and build up dose from there. Sit on edge of tub and pour contents of glass slowly onto side of thighs & calves, catching the roll-off with your forearm and work the solution throughout the body. Don't have to rub it into skin, just let airdry. Should know if it works in about 20 minutes. For most people, the full strength squirt is too strong and burns the skin.
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Give Mag-Tab Magnesium a try. I had similar pain in calfs for months; disappeared after 3 days of treatment. It is expensive but worth it ($28 for 100 pills).
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