Creaks, Gristles, Cracks and Bangs?!
Hello peeps, just a short question:- I'm getting some awfull
feelings/sounds at the base of my skull, it had started with a few
gristly feelings when turning my head but lately I've been getting loud
cracks and awfull pressure, (come to think of it, I got a weird
contracting feeling there when I was out walking a while back) it's
getting so that I daren't move my head much in case it happens, does
anyone else get this, is it a symptom of MS or do I just have a wonky
neck?!
10 Sep 2013 at 7:32AM
Hi again Linda,
I'm sure, if you ask (other than here) you'll be told "not MS", because that's what I am told, when I complain I creak and click everywhere.
However, although MS does not directly damage damage joints or tendons, it does alter gait, posture, and muscle tone, for most people. So I think years of this is probably what causes bits of us to start compaining. I haven't been able to sleep on my front for years and years, because it hurts to turn my head to the side, and obviously I'd suffocate if I just shoved my face in my pillow.
And knees crack, feet crack, shoulders crack. I've had complete Rheumatology screening - twice (once as part of MS investigations). Neither time found anything. So I'm firmly of the opinion it's all linked to the MS, but my neuro is quite dismissive it could be connected at all.
Tina
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I'm sure, if you ask (other than here) you'll be told "not MS", because that's what I am told, when I complain I creak and click everywhere.
However, although MS does not directly damage damage joints or tendons, it does alter gait, posture, and muscle tone, for most people. So I think years of this is probably what causes bits of us to start compaining. I haven't been able to sleep on my front for years and years, because it hurts to turn my head to the side, and obviously I'd suffocate if I just shoved my face in my pillow.
And knees crack, feet crack, shoulders crack. I've had complete Rheumatology screening - twice (once as part of MS investigations). Neither time found anything. So I'm firmly of the opinion it's all linked to the MS, but my neuro is quite dismissive it could be connected at all.
Tina
x
10 Sep 2013 at 11:48AM
oh my goodness linda, i have had just that a while back when i
had a really awful relapse tingling and numbness up to my waist and
more numbness on left side, which led to me going to doctor. I didn't
think it was related but yes after reading yours then possibly. i also
have had that l'hermittes with my relapse but did not know what it was.
i will be seeing my ms nurse soon and will mention both of these
points. Also becuase of "neck pain" i have always used heat on it and
then do my neck excersises, since my diagnosis, when i found out that
heat irratates MS, i have stopped heating my neck and miraculously my
neck does not hurt anymore. Go figure!
jennifer
jennifer
Well, well, isn't it all a bit of a puzzlement! Sometimes I
think the so called experts aren't as clued up as maybe they should be.
I'd be really interested in how many other forum peeps are experiencing
the same kind of symptoms and whether they have had some definitive
explanation as to what it is. I wouldn't have even bothered posting in
case it's just me with a 'rusty' neck but these clicks and cracks feel
really loud (if that makes any sense) and I'm getting worried. It
really sounds as if were all very creaky peeps at the mo', I wonder if
the neurophysiotherapist has any thoughts on the subject. I hadn't
heard of L'hermittes before Polar Bear so I googled it and came across
another MS forum site (ThisIsMS.com)that explains it, they seem to think
that it's a vitamin b12 deficiency. I think I've had something similar
(if not actually had it)! I often get a buzzing feeling in my feet and
what feels like 'fizzy blood'?! So, apart from all this buzzing, my
creaky neck, the hot flushes and the cat chewing my leg off,
everything's tickety boo! LOL You've gotta laugh!
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