i have no idea what i did, but it HURTS!

[aiwetir]

hip to knee pain could be a tight IT (iliotibial) band, a typical injury for female cyclists due to the hip width verses the pedal width. if it's more a butt pain, it could be your piriformis (sp?) muscle that runs deep under the gluteus (butt) muscle, that the sciatic nerve runs over, under or through it. the sciatic nerve would then cause the knee pain. just a couple of ideas.

the piriformis muscle is very hard to massage yourself. i've had it knot up on me once and the only remedy was to get a small sturdy metal rake dig it into the yard, jam the end of the handle into my butt muscle and lean my whole weight against it to massage it. the IT band can be massaged loose, and then specific stretches can help prevent either from returning

 

[monarc23]

My mom in her late twenties started having really severe pains in her joints...finnally just a year ago (she's 40 now) was diagnosed for having Lupus....which we all assumed she had since the begining however it wasn't diagnosed until reciently.....now they think she has Fibro as well....and the doctor jokingly calls it "Frupus"

she takes some narcotic now for pain...just started this new pain pill thankfully wiht her insurance it's only $10 per supply....and soon she's going to get shots to also help with teh pain...she's been on a lot of crazy meds...none helped..and the one that did was taken off the market....so im really greatful these pills are helping hernow...and hopefully this shot thing will help her as well. I hate seeing her in pain. She has more problems than just that but that's her biggie. It effects all her joints (even her finger joints)....her heart, lungs and her liver...(they feared she was already going into renal failure...luckily not yet).

It's a connective tissue dieases.... it normally skips a generation...and although I dont have lupus, my brother and I have a thing called reynauds (which is also a connective tissue diesease) it's where the cold effects our joints so bad that we are very prone to frost bite more than normal...my toes swell and get purple...and if i dont notice they're doing it they could litterally die on me...talk about sick lol!!!!

I hurt my knee when I was about 15 falling down a slippy hill...and also fell off a pony on my tail bone ON a rock when i was younger...and you bet i feel every bit of that now...and im 24.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

I didn't read all the posts sorry if I repeat something.

I have fibro as well as RSD (nerve damage) I have had fibro for over 15 years and the RSD for 10 years. My 24 year old daughter started having pain and problems about 2 years ago when she was pregnant with her son. They told her ms at first then told her fibro in Feb of this year. They OD'd her on perscription meds about 2 months ago. She decided to wean herself off her meds as the doctors wouldn't. While she was doing this her sister in law brought her an artical on Aspertain poisioning (I might of spelt aspertain wrong I had shoulder surgery yesterday and am too sore to look up spelling). This is found in diet pop and diet foods. She started drinking diet pop when she was pregnant for her son. Long story short. She stopped the diet pop and with in a day was feeling better, got a Z pac (antibotics) from the doctor and in a week was done with pain.

I could not believe the difference in her nobody could. If ya eat or drink anything diet ya might want to read up on this. Thanks for letting me share.