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@sjc123 The thigh pain is all the way around my thigh. No portion of my thighs...
@sjc123 The thigh pain is all the way ... Searing pain feels like there is heat ... Yet placing your hand on the skin there ... Sports Medicine doctor confirm that PMR ... wise and inflammation wise with PMR
Posted: Dec 4, 2025
I did have just this issue right after tapering off Prednisone. Wrist and hand, particularly the...
Wrist and hand, particularly the thumb ... The rheumatologist said my PMR had abated ... , so the hand and wrist pains were due ... a month or so of being kind to my hands ... and wrist, the pain went away.
Posted: Nov 25, 2025
I have exactly the same issue. Diagnosed with PMR 10/2023 started at 15 mg got down...
Diagnosed with PMR 10/2023 started at ... Hands swelled couldn't make a fist ... mg again and starting to have some pain
Posted: Nov 11, 2025
It can take some of us longer than others to feel better. My pain was around...
My pain was around the knees, shoulders ... , elbows and hands/wrists, so like you ... If there's one thing PMR has taught
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Like you I was diagnosed with PMR around a similar time (July 7). Went to the...
Like you I was diagnosed with PMR around ... was so debilitated with moving and pain ... GP expected PMR and arranged blood tests ... Weak and extreme pain. ... consider a normal person does using both hands
Posted: Jul 19, 2025
Hello I am new to this group. DX with PMR in December and feel like I...
DX with PMR in December and feel like ... 15 MG a day and having significant pain ... now in my hands, Is anyone experiencing
Posted: Jun 9, 2025
I am in similar situation with new hand pain. Tapered off steroids last month. Going to...
I am in similar situation with new hand ... pain. ... help me taper off steroids for my PMR
Posted: May 28, 2025
It was about the 3 month mark that I started splitting my dose due to extreme...
started splitting my dose due to extreme hand ... pain in the middle of the night. ... However back pain for someone with low ... Assuming you have a PMR diagnosis, has
Posted: May 22, 2025
I’m quite sure I know what triggered it in me. I have had 3 lumbar surgeries...
Those triggered chronic pain syndrome ... Thus, PMR. ... ankle surgery, brain surgery, and hand ... last 11 years has nose dived as the PMR ... Doctors all blamed Chronic Pain Syndrome
Posted: May 9, 2025
I was diagnosed with PMR and GCA in March 2024. Pain from the PMR was debilitating,...
I was diagnosed with PMR and GCA in ... Pain from the PMR was debilitating, ... have some neuropathy in my wrists and hands
Some auto-immune and connective tissue inflammation can be related to reduced collagen in the body. The...
The appearance of my hands and skin ... sudden and only started after the PMR ... collagen powder prompted my initial PMR ... onset with the PMR suddenly starting ... deposit in and around joints causing pain
My hands are the worst. I'm on 15 mg and feeling pretty good with the exception...
My hands are the worst. ... exception of Carpal Tunnel in both hands ... , which I believe is a result of PMR ... 've never experienced this pre-PMR ... The swelling, tingling, pain, and inability
Did you investigate the tick connection. As I said below I was on hydrox for couple...
PMR gone but now type 2 and RA allegedly ... finger joints there is very little pain ... am very careless and busy with my hands
@chrisseig and @queenie2030 are responding to a conversation from 2022. You might be interested to see...
Sattui where he shows images of the hands ... in PMR patients. ... did exactly that when I described pain ... going down the arms to hands on both ... discussion/comprehensive-overview-of-pmr
Posted: Feb 3, 2025
Thank you. Before diagnosing myself with PMR, I had started with shoulder and some neck pain...
started with shoulder and some neck pain ... Soon after the pain/stiffness progressed ... The pain & stifness would subside ... Medrol pack (5 day steroid pack) on hand ... for a bad knee which I needed on hand
Discussion: Traveling with PMR
Posted: Jan 31, 2025
I am on my second big trip since getting PMR in March 2024. It took doctors...
on my second big trip since getting PMR ... At 10mg had alot of finger and hand ... pain and tingling. ... Also neck and shoulder pain from carrying ... Feeling better but still have morning hand
Discussion: Traveling with PMR
Posted: Jan 27, 2025
I too was suffering from hip pain. Went for xrays Ortho told me I have know...
I too was suffering from hip pain. ... Hip continued to cause pain when walking ... I developed pain in my shoulders neck ... arms and hands so bad it woke me up ... Was diagnosed with PMR .
Posted: Jan 22, 2025
I had swollen hands before my PMR was treated with prednisone. At that time I had...
I had swollen hands before my PMR was ... The pain I endured in my hands was not
Discussion: Hand pain
Posted: Jan 8, 2025
@anncoco57, Thanks for sharing your experience with Reiki with your PMR. There are a few mentions...
your experience with Reiki with your PMR ... benefits: -- The effects of Reiki and hand ... massage on pain and fatigue in patients ... hear that it's helping with the PMR ... other medications for treating the PMR
Discussion: Reiki
Posted: Jan 8, 2025
@mtr2601 I’m on my second bout with PMR. My pain is in my shoulders, hips, legs...
mtr2601 I’m on my second bout with PMR ... My pain is in my shoulders, hips, legs ... However,I do get occasional pain in ... my hands when I’m developing nodes in ... When this occurs my hands are slightly
Discussion: Hand pain
Posted: Jan 4, 2025