Specific Areas of Pain
 

I have spasticity pain in my right leg - right around the lower thigh & knee area. I always have pain here....never in my left leg or my back or my arms. Always in my right leg.

Does anyone else have a specific area where spasticity gets you? I've been taking my Baclofen again (as needed) and it seems to help a little. I don't take it on a regular basis but when the pain just gets to be too much I'll take a couple.

It seems strange to me that this one area is always affected but never anywhere else.

Now that I've said that I'm sure I'll start getting pains everywhere else :rolleyes: but so far it's just been my right leg. I moan and groan like an 80 year old woman when I'm trying to get up from a chair or kneeling down.

For me it is my left leg from the butt down to the calves that always seems to act up. You would think that will all the spasms in my butt and hamstring, I would have a nice firm butt. LOL.

I do get spasticity in other areas of my body (including my face :eek:) but it is not as constant as my left leg. I have a lot of hyperreflexia in my left arm that I only notice when getting a neuro exam. It's always there but I never feel it.

Hang in there Kelly. Keep taking the baclofen as it is my understanding that taking it on a regular basis is the best. :hug::hug:

For me, it is the left side of my rib cage and my left leg, mainly from my knee down through my foot. Occasionally, I will also experience pain in my upper leg. I take 10 mg of baclofen in the morning and another 10 mg in the early evening, and I am not sure it really helps either. My lower back also aches off and on during the day.

Kell, I think Trish is right... I remember being told something about Baclofen and blood levels... and that it should be taken regularly, and not PRN (as needed) in order to work properly...

yes, I have "specific areas" of spasticity.

it used to be always my right leg for the last ten years, mainly the calf and foot... my toes stand UP and holler for attention... gentle regular stretching seems to help.

don't want to scare you, but... I've got muscle twangs going on with my left leg, behind my knee, down the calf, and in my foot.

*shudder*

and brand new this week, my left shoulder and forearm are twinging.

not at agony-levels, but just enough to annoy, irritate, and cause me to wince a wee bit.

here's a hug :hug: and hopes you're feeling better soon, honey!

:confused::confused:Lover back? LOL j/k Barb. All I could think of at 1st was love handles, which can hurt. And, yes, I too get the rib cage pain. Almost constant MS hug to varying degrees.

kelly it hits my left leg 99% of the time

With me, it's my lower back and hips. That's actually what i'm going through right now..:mad:

It used to be only my left side that was affected by this disease, but in the last 5 yrs there has been no rhyme or reason.

Once the damage is done, especially in the spinal cord, symptoms can come on for any number of reasons. Just depends on which nerve "root" was sizzled, and how much . . .

Cherie

Tricia, LOL! I had to reread my post. It is kind of amusing since I keep telling my students to proofread.:D

Phew, Barb! Glad you saw a little humor in it too. As for posting on here, I made dumb mistakes all the time. It somehow is different than work where I don't make those dumb mistakes. LOL

Spascicty hits me mainly on the right, where most of my numbness is.

Nerve pain is mainly my left where most of my muscle fatigue is.

Gotta love this wacky disease. :Crazy 2:

My numbness is on the right side, too. That's also where I was affected most by the Bells Palsy. Come to think of it....most of my sx are on the right side. Muscle fatigue seems to be in both legs and arms but spasticity seems to be only on the right side.

You're right....it is a whacky disease! :rolleyes:

For me, it hits my lower left leg foot and occasionally my left hand. I used to have it all over, but they finally found a good med combo. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to fall asleep until 3 or 4. Finally had enough and called my doctor yesterday and got a call back with some suggestions. I've had very little pain and when I do, it's been when I've been more active. Hopefully soon, things will balance out. Unfortunately with ms it's a constant balancing act.

Doxie

For intermittent pain, it's the spacticity/cramps which hit me worst in the muscles between the small bones of my feet. I also get nasty ones in the calf muscle whenever I try to straighten my leg all the way out.

For constant pain, it's a terrible nerve pain that I get in my left eye. I personally think it's due to demylination of that Optic Nerve, having had multiple episodes of ON in that eye. It came on with my last ON relapse 2 years ago, and hasn't left me yet. :(

For me it's an all over thing with no rhyme or reason, but today it's my hands and my right leg.
It's a constant battle, stretching, but not crossing that "line" where the stretch turns into a screaming cramp in my foot or my calf or my stupid hands! The pain is always right at the edge, and I do everything I can not to push it over that line!

Definitely my head, both sides, but mainly the left side.

My arms (from elbows) to hands/fingers were so numb and pin prickly yesterday, that they were to the point of actually hurting :o

For me it's my left hip and waistline area. It did this about 10 years ago before the MS dx. Then they were looking for arthritis signs... nope not that just tight muscles. Now it's tight muscles and they are burning.:rolleyes:

Haven't heard from neuro yet about the MRI I had last week. :rolleyes:

Oh and that pain in my left side/hip... I can't be still because of it. I've got to be up moving or at least standing to get relief.