shrinking pains?

[crazyplantlady 70]

Hello!

I am almost 5 months out, and 55 lbs down!

The last week or so, I've been getting muscle pains in my back. Last week it was one muscle, this week it's the muscle below.

I don't know what's going on, bit I wonder if it has to do with weight loss?

Has anyone else experienced this?

[OKCPirate 5,323]

Don't know why it would be weight loss. Are you moving more and stretching less? Congrats on your success to date.

[kelly6539 0]

I'm 2 weeks out and my legs have hurt ever since surgery. I think it's weight related.

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[FrankyG 1,450]

Your back and abdomen muscles have been working hard holding up you as a fat person and your keeping your center of gravity stable. As you lose weight in a faster manner due to the surgery, your center of gravity is going to shift, and your back muscles and alternatively abdomen muscles may been stressed out from the adjusted weight differences and posture changes.

This is also one of the reasons you might experience losing balance much more easily; you're used to carrying much heavier weight, so you can overestimate how much effort you need to stand up, sit, walk... basically your core muscles are going to likely be in serious misalignment due to the fact that they'd been used to one or the other set doing the heavy lifting while you moved.

Edited June 28, 2016 by FrankiesGirl

[smartj84 27]

The beauty of muscles is that after a while they give up that they are being over used and quit sending pain signals. Most of us didn't gain 100lbs in the matter of months it took a little time. Since you are losing at a fast rate the muscles are basically saying WTF and will start and try their new homeostasis in your body. Yoga would be great as well as stretching. Just my opinion as a LMT

[Ryan TN 348]

Frankiesgirl hit it. I had back pains while loosing as well. My physical therapist said it is because of my posture correcting itself quickly, my muscles aren't used to it. Stretching and exercise helps.

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