But my doctor said I could have some arthritis starting in my hip that could be referring pain out to the muscle and causing trigger points (which in turn make the muscles have pain). Which would still make it mostly a muscular thing in the end, but I guess if I have some arthritis starting it would be good to know.
That's the issue I'm having with my shoulder. Building muscle strength has been helping a lot, though.
Have you done weight training while your shoulder hurt? Because I'm wary of doing anything while my hip hurts (other than walking, like walking the dog, or the track at the gym), because I'm afraid I'll hurt it more.
Which reminds me I need to get down on the foam roller. It hurts like hell, but it really does help. And then a heating pad.
Have you done weight training while your shoulder hurt?
If it's achey pain, like arthritis pain or the pain from muscles being too tight, I do work out. Per my chiropractor, NOT working the joint can do more damage in the long run. Keeping the joint mobile and keeping the muscle built up around it won't reverse any arthritis that's there, but it sure as heck mitigates it.
Anything that feels like it might be ligaments, I stop right away.
What does ligament pain/discomfort feel like?
It's more like a sharp pain that's immediately adjacent to the joint if that makes sense. It sort of...
pulls,
in my experience. It feels unstable. Arthritis feels more like a dull, crunchy ache within the joint itself.
What Anne said, especially about the pulling. There's the overall ache that will sometimes to away with use, then there's a feeling like you're wearing clothes that are too tight, that are digging in as you try to move, binding up the joint.
Oh! We just did a training on exercise for people with arthritis: I remember "low weight/resistance, high reps" as the guideline.
Aaaaaand, that's about it.
Lying on the (EVIL) foam roller prompted me to sing the Log song from Ren & Stimpy at Tim. Because it looks like a log. Log! from Blammo!: [link]
I will have that in my head allllll day....
Happy 11/11/11, everyone!
smonster, how's your hip/IT band?
Not so great. It's bad enough to give me trouble falling asleep. I'm wearing my SI belt right now, which helps some. I think because my joints are loose, my muscles tighten to compensate, but they overtighten and then I can't get realigned. I feel a perpetual need to pop my sacrum, but it won't unless I spend an hour or so lying on the foam roller and balls. And my left leg is so tight that my foot is sickled and hurts all the way down the outside. Yoga, yoga, yoga. Need to do yoga.
Uh. Thanks for asking.
Going to be hard not to spend money this weekend with friends in from out of town...
