What Hurts?

My feet.

And my feelings, that you haven't noticed I just started a thread here about my feet.

My back, my legs, my neck, my feet.

And when my CFS flare up badly, my hair hurts......

I get headaches. Have been getting them nearly daily for the last... 16 years of my life. Sometimes migraines. Mostly due to high blood pressure/salt content in my body.

Other than that, my body tells me if I did something stupid like didn't stretch or warm-up enough before exercising... which is common, because I don't have the patience to do that perfectly.

Nothing hurts, but I itch because of a boo-boo - our new kitten did NOT want to be carried upstairs last night and slashed me right between the boobs. It hurt last night. I've kept Neosporin on it all day, and it itches now like hell.

My back!

Middle of my back aches like a mofo.

I've restarted yoga and strength training. That helps a lot. But carrying around heavy boobs and tapping at the keys all day for work allows the pain to reoccur.

No honey to rub it and I don't like to pop pills unless it's mandatory. So I get to live with it.

I know you will already know this but just in case..... have you got your work desk set up properly?

Of course. It's at the right height, and I take breaks. But I was involved in a car accident years ago and the pain has hung around since. I was told a reduction would help. But I have issues with the cost and surgery aspect. I have a high tolerance to medication, so I prefer to not even bother.

Yoga helps most of all. I just can't take the time to do it 2 or 3 times a day.

Knees and hips from sitting at the computer too much, but yoga helps with that. One shoulder has bugged me the past few weeks, and I don't know why, but it seems to be slowly sorting itself out.

Sensitive teeth. Got one that is randomly really hurting right now. Slather on that Prevident 5000...

And my jaw. Sometimes it clicks really loudly then aches. Sometimes it just aches.

Getting old ain't wimps, is it?

My ankles. Freaking ankles. Who the hell has sore ankles?

Oh . . . me, I have sore ankles.

And my shoulder. The right one this week. Sometimes it's the left.

Also, my knees pop when I crouch down. It doesn't really hurt, so I don't know why I'm mentioning it. But it looks like other people are in pain when they hear them pop.

Calf on my left leg aches. I need to get back to strength exercises.

Headache today, slowly going away. Sad for all the peoples I know who hurt more, one friend in particular who's facing end of life scary business.

Scared today because taking my old cat to the vet tomorrow, first time (she's old but I haven't had her very long). Hurt for her. (She's better, though, than she was for a while.)

Id like to complain, but my pains, compared to too many others, are as nothing.

I'm so glad someone made this thread. I woke up feeling like someone kicked me square in the back; it hurt so bad I almost didn't want to breathe. Getting up and moving around helped the pain subside.

My teeth have been bothering me; they're super sensitive. I think my gums are receding or something, and as of right now I have a neckache and a headache--going to have to get my sister to give me a massage. Sometimes my neck hurts so bad I feel like I'm going to throw up. My co-worker went to school for massage therapy and has shared some tips with me, which I then tell to my sister.

I think a lot of my pains are because I need a new mattress (thankfully my awesome sister bought me one today! I'll get it Tuesday) and possibly my posture is terrible when I sit at my desk. I try to sit straight or keep my back supported, but it doesn't seem to do much.

Oh, no. Believe me, you don't want to hear the list

But I did just get back from physical therapy, where I had dry needles jabbed quickly in and out of my deep muscles until I start jumping off the table, then we move on to the next spot. That procedure actually helps the pain later a bit!!!

But I'm incredibly thankful that my pain problems are just mechanical issues. They won't hurt me any; they just hurt

Quentin Nokov said:

My teeth have been bothering me; they're super sensitive. I think my gums are receding or something...

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That Prevident 5000 (made by Colgate) that I mentioned is ultra-high fluoride toothpaste, and I find it's better than anything at stopping tooth sensitivity. A dentist told me it's safe for an adult to use daily, despite the warnings on the package. You only need a pea-sized amount, and you brush for 2 minutes, then spit but do not rinse. I find it begins helping ease the sensitivity within a day of starting to use it.

Uhm.

My breasts, they've been hurting ever since I had to start taking hormones about 6 years ago and depending on where I'm at during my cycle it gets worse or better...

Muscle pain. I've started working out more regularly again and my muscles seem to just love hurting for several days, despite me not overdoing it.

And my right knee. However I had 2 knee surgeries in 2013, so I guess that's kind of normal

Edit to add: The hormones triggered migraines. I never had headaches before. And in the last 6 years I had a migraine about twice a month.

My left ear was sore earlier, but it seems to have gone away. Felt like my ear drum was being stabbed. *checks* Yep, I can still hear fine out of that ear.

My back. Sometimes my left hip/foot. Sometimes my left wrist. Mostly I just feel uncomfortable.

MY HIPS. Chronically. (with lower back pain as well) It feels almost impossible to struggle out of bed every morning. It gets better throughout the morning, but the pain is always there. I have a HUGE pain threshold, though. This was actually a problem in my youth when a broken arm or a gash would go unnoticed until someone screamed or, you know, pointed it out. I plough through the pain every day. Hell, I walked the Camino de Santiago in May. Hips and all. I try to walk between 5-10 KM a day.

Oh, my aching back.

And the accompanying nerve pain that shoots down the left leg, and sometimes, just for kicks, up and then down both arms.

My soul o.o