Pain and muscle knots

[Fresh Start 0]

I posted this question in the fitness section 4 days ago but nobody answered. I was hoping I might find someone here.

I have such knots in my muscles that every time I do exercise I end up in such awful pain. I've started and stopped several exercise attempts because of pain. Five minutes on the treadmill, five days a week, gives me so much pain and headache that I can hardly function. A half hour Water aerobics class has wiped me out for a whole day.

It's a new year and I'm going to start again. I'm just worried about the pain. Will it ever go away? Has anyone else had this problem?

[Jachut 487]

Well, I guess its how you look at it.

I'm quite pleased by a really good workout that leaves me unable to sit on the toilet! I love that. It means I've really torn down some muscle that has to be built up again.

but to answer your question, that does go away, because it would take something incredible to do that to me in the normal course of events.

I remember how tiring exercise was, I used to start and stop too because I'd be so tired that I couldnt function for the rest of the day. And I wasnt even THAT fat or unfit. But over time, it becomes so that an hour's hard run GIVES me energy.

You just have to push through that. Its the only way. Muscle stiffness wont kill you and you can overcome tiredness. As long as you're not trying to do something ridiculously too avanced for your fitness level. The other thing I find is that if I do things that make certain muscles sore - say situps, you know how you can strain your neck and throat muscles trying to keep your head up? That truly makes me feel like I'm getting sick because it feels like glands/sore throat and it does give me a headache too.

Is that the type of pain you're talking about though? Real pain, as in injury, shouldnt be ignored. And if your knees, hips etc are screaming at weight bearing exercise, then its best to stick to Water stuff and such until you're lighter. But muscle stiffness goes away.

[Fresh Start 0]

Jachut, you said you're happy if you're so sore you can't sit on the toilet. I can understand that kind of sore and I can understand liking it. I think this is different though. What if you can't lift the phone to your ear, sleep at night or cry from the head pain? Do you get those? Is that the same kind of thing? I'm honestly asking.

I have visible knots in my shoulders. I wear a size 50 L bra and have had the knots since I was a teen, they just get worse. The Drs have had me on such a high level of Naproxin for so long that my lap band Dr told me to still take it and crush it (usually a huge no-no with the band). I wake up every morning to back spasms. When I roll my shoulders they go "pop", "pop", "pop"-- I have no idea what that is but it comes from the muscles. When I walk my knots get much worse and I get additional knots in my neck and head. They are like lumps that feel bruised and tight. Is that the kind of pain you had? Or has anyone else had that?

I've tried to exercise through it. I have done the same low exercise, like 5 min treadmill five days a week or two 30 min Water aerobics a week, for a month and it gets worse and worse until I've lost a month of work and end up in so much pain I'm in bed for three days. Does it get better?

It's not like I'm looking for an excuse to be lazy. I dream of roller skating, riding a bike, hiking, play tennis, dancing-- I'm crying typing this. I just need some hope that I can get past this horrible pain.

[Bonnie_Lass 1]

I've never had a problem like that. I've had shin splints and muscle soreness. I think you need to see some other specialist, like a chiropractor, or a physiologist. The weight loss clinic where I go has an exercise

physiologist. But I think that the pain is trying to tell you something and you should look at doing different exercises and making sure you are doing them right and not too much. You may need to rest these muscles for a bit to let them heal.

[Jachut 487]

Freshstart, that's not normal. I'm not talking about that kind of pain. There's got to be a reason for what you're experiencing.