Body Pain

[jennyjoan]

Could anybody explain to me that after a "supposedly restful night of sleep" - one wakens with pain in every part of the body.

This morning I woke up and I had cramps in my legs - the first in a long time.

Surely the body should be well rested?

[emmie]

wish i could help JJ, woke the other morning and had cramp in both feet, suggest perhaps its what kind of sleep you are getting, mine isn't remotely restful.

[Mamyalynne]

I wake like that most days, you may think you have slept restfully but it's amazing how much we toss and turn and tense up too.

[SparklyKid]

I get leg cramps most mornings. Mind you, at 75 I feel lucky just to have woken up.

[jennyjoan]

oh I know that Em and Mamy - my sleep is not at all restful but don't think I should have the pain I have in the morning. Sometimes feel like I have run a marathon.

[jennyjoan]

very funny SK - guess you are right LOL

[margarettom]

I wake up quite often with cramps in my legs, sometimes feet. I find it happens less often if I have had an active day, especially if I have been for a walk.

[woofgang]

I think its not moving that causes the pain. I ache less when i haven't slept well....and cramp, I find has nothing to do with rest or not but more about body chemistry

[emmie]

i too find it difficult to sleep, and that puts pressure on, i dream weird ones and they wake me up, tossing and turning doesn't help the body either.

[ummmm]

Don't you suffer with joint pain anyway?

[davebro]

Been waking up with aches and pains for quite a few years now & gradually getting worse. Takes me an hour to get moving properly in a morning. Arthritis?

PS. I think I saw a recommendation to do some exercises on the bed before actually getting up.

[emmie]

ummmm, me? if so yes i do.

[jennyjoan]

gone are the days when I was working and literally jumped out of bed - of course the deaf alarm underneath the mattress helped - it vibrated so much.

[ummmm]

Both of you I suppose.

Sleep will not cure pain. If it's there during the day it will still be there in the morning.

[emmie]

perhaps it just comes with age.

[emmie]

indeed ummmm, i get out of the house, but am struggling after a little while, things aren't what they used to be.

[bednobs]

Morning pain and stiffness that gets better over the day sounds like rheumatoid arthritis

[emmie]

i have osteoarthiritis, and find that after an hour, and that's going some for me, i am completely useless, i have to go home and lie flat.

[Apc2604]

It's very common with osteoarthritis too or if you have any joint or muscle problems. Once you get going (if you can) it eases. Ì hate morning's!

[emmie]

from being pretty fit in my thirties and forties, i have found that its been downhill all the way into my mid sixties.

[ElanaWeeks]

After 2-3 hard working days, exhausted I wake up with cramps and pain.