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?

[jno]

how old's your mattress, jj? They do eventually compress into concrete blocks :-)

[ladybirder]

Sounds like you need to look first about whether you are hydrated or not. As soon as I get cramps in my legs I think back over the day and realise I have had very little to drink. I get up and rehydrate myself and the cramps go. Also check your Vit C & D levels and then Magnesium.

[jennyjoan]

new bed and mattress - 2 years old.

[jennyjoan]

how can I check Vit C and D and magnesium -

[ummmm]

You can't without a blood test by you can buy supplements over the counter. I get C and D on prescription, if I don't take them all my bones hurt.

[ummmm]

*but

[Sqad]

All musculoskeletal disorders as one gets older seem to be worse in the morning and it may well be worthwhile taking an analgesic last thing at night I.e Ibuprofen or Paracetamol.
As for cramps, I agree that one should watch one,s hydration, but am not struck on the vitamins and trace elements as useful

[ummmm]

Is that all vitamins Sqad?

[MartinMillar]

Your body changes a lot over 2 years, you have had a car accident, put on weight I suspect that along with your age is why you ache in the morning

[jennyjoan]

Over the years from 1972 from the shooting and a car accident then, I have had another 3 car accidents. I guess I'm lucky to be alive at all. And I do have fibromyalgia so will have to suck it up.

[jno]

2-year-old mattress shouldn't be a problem, then. 100-year-old bones might be :-)

[jennyjoan]

you're right there Jno. Gawd there's rain on and my lovely bed clothes were nearly bone dry. I'll just finish them off in the tumble dryer.

[Sqad]

Ummm I my opinion,yes,unless one has a Vitamin defiency which is confirmed by blood test and even then I feel that it may well be dangerous to assume that the abnormal blood tests would be the cause of certain symptoms.