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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 11, 2022 | Replies (19)
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Thanks for posting this. All along I've been uncomfortable with the idea that PMR primarily affects the shoulder and hip joint area. When the disease was at its worst, my whole body was affected: cramping and inability to move after sitting, leg pain with walking, sudden stabbing pains in thighs, upper arms, upper back. These symptoms seemed very different from ones that would be caused by referred pain from bursa or tendons at a joint. I don't know what pain caused by vasculitis would feel like, but it makes more sense to me that muscles and tendons all over the body are affected.
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Hi @linda7, I, too, had pain all over my body from PMR from the neck down to the feet, arms and hands. I think of it as my "astronaut suit of pain and stiffness." I couldn't understand how when I managed to walk, my legs still felt so stiff. A doctor friend commented that I stayed so stiff and sore because I couldn't get blood flow to the afflicted areas. An infrared heating pad provided some relief while it was on. When I could manage manuvering around on a mat, I stretched on a foam roller and was able to feel a little tingling. I'm just so glad that with proper diagnosis and treatment, those days are behind me, for now, at least.