Joint and Body pain

Celie · Post by **Celie** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:27 pm

I have a lot of pain issues. I asked the same question of my docs when I began feeling bad all the time (before LC). The best advice I got was that if you stop moving it is very hard to get going again.

That said, I find that exercise helps me. The best exercise I get is swimming in a warm pool. Just standing in the pool will relieve most of the pain (at least for a little while). If I can't get to the pool, I walk. I also find that exercise helps with depression.

The other thing that helps with my pain is myofascial release. It is like a deep tissue massage, which would probably help, too.

Entocort has been wonderful on that front. It helps with both pain and fatigue.

I have been gluten free for only 90 days or so and have been on the Entocort the whole time. I can't tell yet if being gluten free will help with the pain.

Good luck and I hope you feel better!

Celie

Trey · Post by **Trey** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:47 pm

the pain i get comes and goes and its feels like flu body ache. does that sound like LC could be the cause?

Post by **tex** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:34 pm

Definitely. When my symptoms first started, I kept thinking that I was having relapses of the flu. When the D started and wouldn't stop, though, I realized that something else must be wrong.

Tex

Barbi5055 · Post by **Barbi5055** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:58 pm

I too have body aches, and I'm in my 5th week on 9mg of Entocort. How long will it take to feel any relief from the aches? Weeks, months? I appreciate all of your expertise and insights!

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:15 pm

I had dealt with various body pains for about 10 years that until last April, I did not realize that they were caused by gluten and soy. It was not until the diagnosis of MC last April and the changes in diet that I realized what was causing the pain. It was great that by going GF/SF and more or less DF that I was able to find some relief.

--Joe

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:47 am

In my post of May I noted that tomatoes give me bad aches and pains. I have been inserting it back into my diet in small amounts and have found that I no longer get the aches and pains. In fact, they have mostly gone away. Go figure.

Maggie