are knots in muscle Fibromyalgia???????

[smokey3550]

my doctor told me I have hasimoto but I have knots in my muscles all over my body neck, inbetween and under shoulder blades, thighs, butt, now matter what I do I can't get rid of them. I have tried massages,aqucpunture,I take magensium everyday and my thyroid medicine. So my question is which is it a systom of Fybro or Hasimoto? And is there anything I can do to loosen my muscle exercise seem to make it worse. And do the knot every go away if keeps me up at night because I ache and my muscle get so tight my hip hurt (exspecailly if I walk alot) sometimes it makes my knee hurt and my neck hurt all the time. I could sure use so help on what to do?????/

[RIO2284]

Looks like my post did not make it. Basically what I said is that I have those marbled sized knots all over my body and I laugh when folks suggest they can be rolled out like dough. You touch one of these babies and then stick me with a thick needle and I will not know the needle went in me. The pain of the small marble knot is too great. Now imagine hundreds of them all over legs, stomach, back, arm; most are marbled sized...some huge. Massage is like torture. I have done everything to fix this including detox diets with melons, then melons and veggies, for months and lost no weight or pain. I wear a night mask to help me breathe and I still wake feeling as if I did not sleep. There is not a moment when I am not in great pain.

[RIO2284]

Looks like my post did not make it. Basically what I said is that I have those marbled sized knots all over my body and I laugh when folks suggest they can be rolled out like dough. You touch one of these babies and then stick me with a thick needle and I will not know the needle went in me. The pain of the small marble knot is too great. Now imagine hundreds of them all over legs, stomach, back, arm; most are marbled sized...some huge. Massage is like torture. I have done everything to fix this including detox diets with melons, then melons and veggies, for months and lost no weight or pain. I wear a night mask to help me breathe and I still wake feeling as if I did not sleep. There is not a moment when I am not in great pain.

[alm69al1982]

Actually trigger points are not caused by fibromyalgia. They are a complication of fibromyalgia. Trigger points are actually where due to an overuse of a muscle or injury you develop knots in the belly of the muscle. In a process called muscle splinting, a muscle is injured and the muscles around it contract, cutting off the circulation to that area. The body then starts the healing process by creating scar tissue over the injured muscle. Until you can break up the nerve impulse to that group of muscles they will remain contracted and you can develop a trigger point in the the injured muscle or in the muscles surrounding the injured muscle.

[karajo]

A rheumatologist can dx fibromyalgia by testing the 18 pressure points.  One of the common things that go along w/ fibro is not sleeping well.  Usually when people get good RIM sleep, their symtpoms improve.  

I think stress can trigger symptoms too.  So learning how to handle stressful situations is good too.  

I hope you can get to the bottom of this.

[FRUSTRATEDASHELL]

I have been suffering from severe back pain for about 4 years now. Other symptoms include very tight and tender muscles throughout my body. I have had MRI'S, CT'S, bone scans and a battery of blood work that all says I am fine!!!!! I AM NOT FINE!!!! Some days it is such a chore just to get out of bed in the morning. I am a father of 3 and happily married. My wife is in the understanding that it is stress and depression!!!! I wish that's all it was. I can tell you that this pain is more than stress and depression. The pain is causing the stress and depression. I have tried all different medications from anti depressants to muscle relaxers to heavy duty pain meds and also had a nerve blocker done. NO RELIEF!!!! Is this FIBRO? What is my best next course of action???? Thank you, FRUSTRATED as hell. Mike

[suzyfraz]

I get muscle knots in the back of my leg along with knee pain had it for about 2 months.When I walk my knee feels like it is frozen and when I try to bend it it hurts also the muscle knot at the back of my knee feels like the back of my leg is being stretched.  Was working out alot at the gym. I dread getting up in the morning because I know I am going to be stiff and sore can hardly walk first thing in the morning. Went to the doctor got some knee ex rays she thinks it is arthritus will know the results tomorrow. I went to physio he said it was from over use and that there is a problem with the fascia which is causing the muscle knots he works them out which is painful and it feels good for a little while after but then they come back. Somebody told me today that laser is good. All I know it is really hurts and is really interfering with my quality of life.