Hello all! Hope everyone is doing great!

Well, I am pretty worried! I am experiencing a terrible pulling ache in my upper leg (above my knee and into the back of my hip) on my right leg, and the same kind of horrible ache in my upper left arm by my shoulder. The aches are so bad that I toss and turn and cannot get comfortable at night at all. Mind you I know what those "good" muscle soreness aches are, and this is NOT what that is. This feels like the bones and joints. Surely I haven't damaged anything already! I'm starting to do so good! :(

I stretch really good before and after exercise. Maybe not good enough. Last night I had to use this little thing that massages and heats, but I think tomorrow I may have to go buy a heating pad to wrap around my leg. Like even sitting here right now the ache is there and very irritating/painful.

I know that in Oprah's book "get with the program" Bob Greene talks about when you start losing weight and stop bathing yourself in fatty foods that sometimes aches come, and he makes a joke about Oprah now having headaches, joint aches, and other different aches - but I just wanted to hear some opinion from this forum - if anyone has experienced that, and any advice. I do know that if this pain keeps on into next week, I will make an appointment. I am NOT going to stop exercising because I am finally doing so well with keeping the commitment.

Sorry this was so long! Oops I apologized again! :rolleyes:

Thanks for any responses! :cool:

-Donna Lynn

Hello all! Hope everyone is doing great!

Well, I am pretty worried! I am experiencing a terrible pulling ache in my upper leg (above my knee and into the back of my hip) on my right leg, and the same kind of horrible ache in my upper left arm by my shoulder. The aches are so bad that I toss and turn and cannot get comfortable at night at all. Mind you I know what those "good" muscle soreness aches are, and this is NOT what that is. This feels like the bones and joints. Surely I haven't damaged anything already! I'm starting to do so good! :(

I stretch really good before and after exercise. Maybe not good enough. Last night I had to use this little thing that massages and heats, but I think tomorrow I may have to go buy a heating pad to wrap around my leg. Like even sitting here right now the ache is there and very irritating/painful.

I know that in Oprah's book "get with the program" Bob Greene talks about when you start losing weight and stop bathing yourself in fatty foods that sometimes aches come, and he makes a joke about Oprah now having headaches, joint aches, and other different aches - but I just wanted to hear some opinion from this forum - if anyone has experienced that, and any advice. I do know that if this pain keeps on into next week, I will make an appointment. I am NOT going to stop exercising because I am finally doing so well with keeping the commitment.

Sorry this was so long! Oops I apologized again! :rolleyes:

Thanks for any responses! :cool:

-Donna Lynn

well.. in my opinion.. if it's more than a dull ache (if it's PAIN) you should go to your doctor now.. I know that when I'm losing weight my boobs ache (they are achy right now) and my hams usually ache a bit.. it's nothing I would call pain though, just a dull ache.. pain usually signifies a bigger problem, working out while you have real pain is not a good idea.. just my opinion

Since you are new to exercise and fairly deconditioned, I think the most likely explanation is that your joints and connective tissues are experiencing the slight damage that is inevitable when you go from no exercise becoming more active. Your tissues will remodel in response to the stress, but in the meantime you hurt. This is why you always hear "start slow and work your way up". Have you been too aggressive in your workouts?
Sounds like you have some inflammation going. It is my opinion that 600-800 mg of ibuprofen up to three times a day for a few days (7-10 days if necessary) would help you a lot. Ibuprofen is a great drug. Each over the counter tablet has 200 mg. If you take 2 pills (400mg), it will help with your pain. But you have to take higher doses to get the anti-inflammatory benefit - that's 3 or 4 pills. Try 3 first. Don't take over 2400mg in a day. If you don't have liver problems, cirrhosis, hepatitis, or problems with bleeding ulcers this should be fine for you. After the 7-10 days, then just take 3 tablets every once in a while when you have this kind of pain. I have low back pain sometimes and this always knocks it out for me. Use heat like you have been doing too. Hot baths are great.

hello
all i can say is listen to your body..don't push too too hard
if you are feeling like something is not right, you should definately check it out..i didn't check things out,and now i'm have to take a break, as my knees and chest are sore..i'm getting physio for my knees.
it's best to know what it is, if anything at all!
take it easy!
lindsay

Hey guys thanks for the advice and suggestions. Yeah I must say that tonight this pain is getting a bit worse. Especially my upper leg I wrote about.

Well, see I was wondering if I am being too aggresive in the workouts but in all honesty one of my goals was to push myself harder, because right now I am basically getting used to moving, if you know what I mean. There is this one exercise in the book that I began this week, where you stand with your palm on the wall for balance, and you move your leg out to the side, holding certain muscles tight and then bringing it back in. I did try 10 reps on either side of that one but it didn't seem to help any muscles and only seemed to stress my joints/bones. So maybe I really needed to start WAYYYYY slower than I thought. Hmmm this is really a learning process every single day. I think I may lay off those "wall" exercises and incorporate something else, less strenuous (sp?) on me.

Again, thanks for the advice. You know, I have learned on this board that any question is okay - even if I :D ) do feel silly for asking it. Thank you all for always being so informative. I probably say it too much but I really LOVE this forum.

Ansett, I loved the advice about the tissues remodeling - that makes a lot of sense and probably explains what I am going through. Even when I could manage to stay fairly thin I was never an active person so putting exercise in my weekly regimen is brand new!

Thanks all! God Bless!
-Donna Lynn

Hey guys thanks for the advice and suggestions. Yeah I must say that tonight this pain is getting a bit worse. Especially my upper leg I wrote about.

Did the pain start during an exercise? or many hours later? Since the pain was felt, have you done the same or any exercises? Did it go away or become worse during exercise?

An aside, I have never been injured working out with weights, I don't streach or warm up. I have hurt my back "big time" doing a side bend with no weights for just a few reps. I don't do things like that anymore, just weights and weight machines, I learned that as a kid.

Hello rtestes!

Actually the pain came many hours later. Well, you see when I first did that exercise I describe above, it did hurt but I thought it was supposed to.

Then hours later when I wanted to CRY from the dern pain, I realized it was my joints it had affected and not my muscles. By the way, I know it sounds ridiculous to not be able to tell, but keep in mind I am such a novice at all this! Also my husband was coaching me and trying to help me through it so I think I was too embarassed to quit and tell him it hurt. I told him it hurt once but he must have just thought I was feeling the "burn." He wouldn't ever want me to hurt myself the wrong way.....

I do have a positive report though! I have kept up with exercising BUT I totally eliminate any leg or hip ones (for now) besides one with the dumbells that just involves squatting. Already, my upper leg feeling better. It still hurts in one spot but I can tell the pain is improving quickly, which I did not expect. I am not EVER going to do those one leg exercises again. :claplow:

Anyway I hope that answers your questions! You always have such great advice. I hope to hear more feedback from ya!

God Bless!

-Donna Lynn

Actually the pain came many hours later. I have kept up with exercising BUT I totally eliminate any leg or hip ones (for now) besides one with the dumbells that just involves squatting.

Good, glad to hear things are better. You are in need of basic exercises that work the large muscles in your body. Not the cute ballet types.

Squats
Leg curls
calf raise
bent over rows
shoudler press
bench press
BB curl
Tricep pushdowns
crunch
reverse crunch

Using as much weight as you are capable of. A good read might be this book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671014080/ref=pd_sim_b_2/104-1206378-7298333?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance).

Donna,
Do you have access to a gym? A private session with a trainer might be in order, to make sure you have correct form. Even us seasoned gym rats can feel pain if we are not lifting or squatting etc. with good form. If you could just get one or two sessions, it would probably help you. Good luck!

Hi!

You know I have been thinking about doing that. I don't live far from the YMCA, but I will have to save up to be able to do it. Great advice! Thank ya! :cool:

-Donna Lynn

You know - I hadn't done leg lifts in forever (not since a bout with Pilates last year) - and I've been lifting weights more or less for 10 years now. I have a personal trainer who is trying to light me up with all these wild balance moves (squats on balancing pads, lunges onto a bosu ball) who also gave me a 216 leg lift combo to try.

Did it the first time this week without any extra weight - and it was TOUGH.

Actually back in my school days I was 'post-call' as they say and had to trade off holding a lady's leg up during a 2 hour surgery with one other student. The kicker was we couldn't lean it on anything - the leg was in a sterile drape, and the rules are in a sterile surgical field only what you can see in front of you from your waist to your shoulders is considered sterile. So no leaning on the shoulder - just holding the thing in front of us, at chest height. For two hours.

Legs are heavier than you realize - you gave yourself a tough workout!