Why is there pain in all muscles and joints of the body?

Question

Hello doctor,

I am a 41-year-old male. My blood and urine tests are normal. However, I am experiencing tender muscles all over the body. Both in legs, feet, and arms and wrist. I have tried various treatment to treat each one of the individual issues like physical therapy, chiropractic, massage, etc. However, I am concerned that there might be an overall systemic issue. This has been going on and off for the last 10 years. It is primarily a muscle tenderness and pain issue. I have sensitive spots all over the arms and legs. More recently I have joint pain as well (some in knee and thumb, however, this is only for the last year). However, the muscle tenderness has been around longer. I have moderate anxiety (OCD) and mild sadness or depression as well. I also have dust allergies. I had a consultation with a Rheumatologist here and we suspected that it might be fibromyalgia.

Answer 1

Hi,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

I have gone through your reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity) and found nothing significant. First of all, you need to understand that if any small pain exists in our body for more than three months, then there is also an involvement of psychological factors which reduces our threshold of pain. You need to answer a few of my questions so that I can help you better. What do you do for your daily living? How much physical activity is there in your daily life? How many family members you have in your family? How is your threshold of irritability?

Answer 2

Hi,

Welcome back to icliniq.com.

Well, most of the time inactive is the main reason for this pain and typically seen in desk job people sitting on computers. Let us talk about treatment. If you follow us, then definitely you will be benefited in three months. It cannot be an overnight treatment because pain is for very long. Start with normal walking daily. Take out some time from your daily schedule and start walking. Start with distance as much as your body allows, be it a few meters. You have to increase distance gradually. Do not over exert yourself on the very first day, otherwise, your pain will increase. Improve your sitting posture. sit with support. Do not slouch or forward bending sitting. Keep your keyboard on your lap or under the table. not on the table. Now for acute pain, you can get local infiltration from any pain physician. This will help you alleviate your pain temporarily. Meet a good psychologist (not a psychiatrist). He will help you with some meditation exercises. Lastly, wherever you have trigger areas, get ultrasonic therapy from any nearby physiotherapist. Start with the above.