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A MyFibroTeam Member asked a question ๐Ÿ’ญ
Cleveland, TN

Because, for the most part, I wouldn't. Only in my neck and when I feel like I have what I call a pinched nerve somewhere, but that's not often. I just read an article that only described fibromyalgia pain as burning and/or like the muscle is being torn apart or something along those lines. Which of you can relate to that and who cannot? Because mine is more of like a radiating ache that feels like something heavy and stiff has pumped into my body somehow. Like there's an intensely achy pressureโ€ฆ read more

August 9, 2017
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Members connected over the question of whether fibromyalgia pain is primarily burning, with most describing their experience differently as a... Read more

Members connected over the question of whether fibromyalgia pain is primarily burning, with most describing their experience differently as a deep radiating ache, intense soreness, heaviness like cement or lead in their limbs, and feeling as though they were beaten or have the flu. Several members shared that while they do experience burning sensations in specific areas like feet, hands, back, or shoulders, their primary pain manifests as crushing pressure, stabbing or electric shocks, extreme tenderness at trigger points, muscle spasms, and hypersensitivity where even light touch feels unbearable. A recurring theme was frustration with medical articles that oversimplify fibromyalgia pain into one category, with members emphasizing that the condition desperately needs subcategories to capture the vast spectrum of experiences and that articles should be written by actual sufferers who understand the complex, ever-changing nature of the pain.

A MyFibroTeam Member

My pain varies. It is sometimes a burning pain, shooting/stabbing pain, or achy. It always seems to be different. The way my last doctor described it, was that its not just one kind of pain its that people with Fibro just experience everything, including pain, about 5/6x stronger than everybody else. But again, it is still a very misunderstood illness and everyone is going to have different experiences.

August 10, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

I experience pain of different sorts. I do get a lot of burning but I when I am really bad I also get the feeling that my blood has crystalized in my veins and is cutting me from the inside out. My tender spots, you touch them I hit you. I cannot poke under my sides where my ribs are, the tops of my shoulders the insides of my elbows, the tops of my knees.....blah blah blah.....it is God awful isn't it?

August 11, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

Only me feet burns but then something else hurts more and forget about that( hahahaha)

August 11, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

Some times my feet burn really bad I'm in constant pain and for me exercise makes it worse i have tried water therapy makes it worse pain ๐Ÿ’Š just takes the edge off i can't walk very far that's one of the reasons why i don't go out to the store or anything

August 10, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

Yes, very much a dull deep ache. But my skin used to burn. And it's super sensitive to everything.

August 13, 2017

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