Joint pain - moan about it here!

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Yeah. It's not just about the pain is it? It's the frustration when it stops you doing what you need to do.
I used to take long walks to help regulate my nervous system. Keep stress levels down.
It's frustrating not to be able to do that.

That's cool.
What is powerwalking? Is it just walking extra fast? Or like uphill or with weights?

Marching, like a soldaten.

I bought a walkman, found mp3 fast pace marching songs, and off I go.
It is extremely effective, I must say.
Gets you focused and in the mood.
I guess it is a guy thing.

I’m getting horrible joint pain in my hands and shoulders from chemo, plus have bad hips. On occasion my right hip will not hurt or even feel much different from usual but will suddenly not support any weight, really annoying when that happens.

Chronic joint pain since childhood (thanks diseases ) . What's on the menu for today? Well we have a flaring shoulder, elbow, thumb trio, with a side of our house all-you-can-stand back pain salad .

I had plantar fasciiitis for 4 years and truly feel your pain! I was really into fitness, but was caught out on a trip with my eldest son on a day out in Birmingham. A beautiful mother/adult son day but I hadn’t bargained on walking my feet off in the shoes I wore. Mornings and nights, as with rising from a sitting position were agony, and I couldn’t believe the impact! Shooting pains down my legs and I have never been one to see a Doc, in spite of having worked in the field! After 3 years of ridiculous suffering, I finally decided enough was enough.

What helped: Genuine plantar fascitis inner soles(I bought about 3 pairs from Amazon/Ebay). These make a massive difference in helping you “learn” to walk again.

I bought Skechers shoes and some new good quality dress shoes for dating etc.

I had physio at my local hospital and was given some good advice for exercises to strengthen and heal the feet. Both my feet were badly damaged. The Physio was very good. He had me lay on the bed and checked me over hip-wise and tummy-wise, and had me walk for him, so he could see “how” I was having to place my feet in order to walk.

He had me buy a golf ball ... which really did help! The idea was to massage the feet with it, applying pressure over the soles, and this really did help, felt soothing.

The other exercise involved placing the palms of your hands against the wall and slowly lifting one foot at a time, from the heel to the toe off the ground and back down again.

It can take a very long time to heel from plantar, depending on how bad the damage is. It’s usually mostly seen in long distance runners(ironically, I used to represent Queensland in long distance running/cross country) and never had any foot problems.

I learned from a High School friend I went to school with in Aus, that she too has had fasciitis and it was very debilitating for her as well.

I’m still not fully recovered from it even now. I notice that whenever I get up from sitting position, my feet take a bit to adjust, and I’m thinking they were so badly damaged that they may never fully repair. Doesn’t stop me from doing what I need to do now and going on long cross country walks to castles etc. I live to travel and explore! The Doc said you need to rest your feet as much as possible for them to heal, but I needed to walk my dog, so couldn’t stop walking him daily, even though the pain was ridiculous. Thankfully, I’m back hiking across fjords again in Norway and climbing volcanoes in Iceland! I bought a wonderful outdoor hot tub/spa, set it up in a heavy duty all-weather gazebo for privacy, and that has really helped as well. Best therapy ever ... water therapy!

Just remembered the other important pain relief antidote ... Voltarol pain relief cream! My feet and legs were in pain even throughout the night. Voltarol made a big difference and the Doc said to use Ibuprofin too as needed.

Again, sorry to hear about your pain and hope you manage to find some good relief.

Born with a rare genetic condition, basically I have osteoarthritis rheumatoidarthritis bone spurs fibromyalgia and many other issues I'm probably forgetting.

I was prescribed a cane and a wheelchair since my limbs don't always work.

The previous poster is absolutely correct about posture a few years ago after some of my spine was.... adjusted for lack of a better term I'm nearly fully mobile and my pain is now bearable back to hiking and running each day the body is like any other machine it just needs maintenance.

Are you still under warranty?

Yeah well if you had a giant rack like that posture would probably be your chief concern

I have lots of hip pain (xray shows compression and bone spurs). I have a very active lifestyle and at some point I'm going to hit a crisis point. I'm going to have to start stretching or something. Pulled a groin at 25ish which didn't help. Hip flexors are also a problem due to too much sitting. Convinced I have inflammatory issues. Quitting bread may have helped a little.

Also bad shoulders, back, neck, and occasionally knees but let's not turn this post onto a novel.

I tried trading in for a different model but they saw me coming and locked the doors .