"Pulling" sensation in my arms

[vikingbeast 987]

So lately I've noticed that when I move my arms, there's a "pulling" sensation in the back, like there's a marionette string that's caught or something.

I haven't worked out my triceps at all. (Seriously, not at all.)

It's never happened before, and I don't know if it's surgery-related (I'm almost 7 weeks out). Anyone else have this?

[Arabesque 7,383]

Hopefully it’s just something as innocuous as having pulled a muscle or similar. It’s easy to do. I did it simply by pulling a weed out of the garden.

You’ve also lost quite a bit of weight (congrats) so you could be experiencing discomfort from muscles & tendons relearning how to simply hold your now lighter body. Your body had been holding itself in certain ways to compensate for your weight for years & now it doesn’t have to. Some talk about their balance being off because their centre of gravity had changed. Personally I had upper back pain which was eased by buying better fitting & smaller underwear (though a gender specific issue 😉)

If it is either of those things acupuncture may help as may a good therapeutic massage or a visit to a physio.

Edited October 31, 2021 by Arabesque

[vikingbeast 987]

Thank you! I do have an appointment with my GP, so I'm going to bring it up, and in the meantime continue with ROMWOD (one of my bucket-list goals is to be able to put my palms on the floor with my knees not bent).