Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group pain in inner thighs..

i am suffering from pain and stiffness in my inner thighs... i think in ligaments.. mostly in mornings.. after stretching and exercise it goes ..but still i have little prob in sitting..... is their any other solution to this apart from stretching..
i am not on any medicines .. apart from this inner thigh issue i am ok..

try ice and/or heat as a start.

its not temporary ... its regular every morning ... i improves with exercises but still i want if by any means it can be avoided.. its been 5 yrs but here i am acting like a new patient to this.. i didn't even thought of doing something for this... its like i am getting greedy now.. so is there any other solution other then ice or heat because it goes away with exercise and i am ok with it ..but still can it be avoided.. like i wake up without this pain..

my tendons and ligaments were so bad that i was tearing tendons and ligaments (at the entheses where they attach to the bone). it was a serious problem. then i learned about low dose naltrexone (LDN) here.

http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/

while it is not the cure-all, it has improved my tendon and ligament enthesitis so dramatically that i haven't torn anything in almost 3 years now since starting the drug.

other things that help the tendons and ligaments:

i take the muscle relaxant zanaflex.

the doctor put me on coQ and i put myself on magnesium for the muscles.

when the muscles aren't so tight and aren't thus pulling so much on the tendons, it gives them some relief.

the other things listed below my name help with inflammation over all, and that helps everything over all.

before i found the good doctors i have now that helped get me on the good meds and supplements i'm on now, all i really had were physical therapy and ice and heat. i iced everything all day long practically. it was very time consuming and not nearly as helpful as what i'm doing now. but when it was all i had, i was thankful that i had that.

you'd be amazed how much ice can help when you need it. i still use it as i need it. i drive to and from work every day with an ice pack on my upper back. i ice my SI joint when i flare. i'll do hot/cold contrast baths for my feet or hands as i need to.

ice is a:
1. pain killer
2. antiinflammatory
3. muscle relaxant (for some of us)

and no side effects, unless you get freezer burn

heat is a:
1. great muscle relaxant
2. great way to get the blood and other fluids moving

contrasting the ice and heat, which i learned from awesome PTs is a great technique. i've healed many a tendons and ligaments this way.

hey .. honestly saying.. you people put lot of efforts .. really.. i don't even do 1% of it..
i would like to know your present condition.. do you still need ice after all that meds that doctors put you on..Why do need this therapy for hands and feet .. when i feel pain in feet i walk a lot and when in fingers and wrist i do pushups..
you should be living complete normal life with these aid.. hope you don't mind answering them because i wanna know how these adis are effecting you..
if i apply ice in morning on my inner thighs then will it end stiffness for the whole day or its just short termed...

I find ice is good if I have overdone things, but that morning stiffness really just needs me moving until it frees up. Nothing else really helps, just moving. If it is painful stiffness, then painkillers help, but not with the stiffness. It still always takes anywhere between 30 minutes and over an hour for me to loosen up.

yes, for morning stiffness, what cemc said.

the ice and heat were always more for tendon and ligament inflammation.
since you wrote ligaments, that's what i was thinking about.

but morning stiffness, more get out of bed, take a hot shower, move around.....

without "all these aids", i was in pain all the time, barely functioning in my job. in the fall of 2009, i felt like i came very close to disability. now with "all these aids", i have some very good days, a lot of pretty good days, and of course still flares.

its the flares that really do it to me, when i have to do all i already do plus pull out the ice, ice/heat, ultrasound, etc. still working on figuring out the flares. right now, when i flare, since its only every few months, i'm using 6 day methylpred tapers.

also, if i overdo it, like walking way too much or sitting too long or in the wrong chair, i still pay for it. then once again, it takes extra effort, like ice, ice/heat, ultrasound, topical gels.

and yes, one of the things that is on the daily agenda is ice for driving everywhere. but that is because i have bone spurs in my neck that are pressing on nerves. if i can sit on a very flat chair or surface, for a short time, its ok, but car seats are terrible for my neck / spine, the way they curve in and/or back, but the ice on my back seems to keep the nerves quieted down. so yes, for that i need ice. just the way it is. have a doctor who is helping me, exploring other options for my neck, but for now, thank goodness for ice.

yes, i do work hard at it. but with that hard work comes better control for me. so it is worth it. when the pain is low, i can be a highly functioning, productive member of society. when the pain is high, i could probably get by if i didn't have the career that i have. but i like what i do, feel like i'm making valuable contributions, and thus would prefer to work hard at the health stuff, so i can forget about it as much as possible the rest of the time and live my life.

honestly, when its all habit, it just doesn't feel like that much effort. only when i stop to think about it, does it feel that way. or when i'm doing all of this and i'm still in lots of pain, then of course one's perspective changes.

i am grateful to you for your contribution here... and you can get your seat modified with ice pads on the back .. it will also look cool... i think i am really lazy i need to work on it.. for me daily stiffness is habit thats why i dont think of it and do whatever i want.. i dont focus much on making things normal after i accepted this disease ..since then i dont feel like it s affecting me anywhere..
and sorry if ligaments and tendons is creating confusions.. i tried to find at google images but both were at same places so even i got confused ..but its actually inner thigh stiffness.. I tried ice this morning and it worked well ..
.Daily stiffness also varies with sleep.. if i am having sound sleep or no sleep at all then in morning there is no stiffness..