Pain in my ankles and lower legs...
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regular
11/27/2009
I have this ongoing ache at the bottom of my legs/ankles/feet. at first my dr thought I might have fibromyalgia but thought that it might also have to do with my vit D deficiency. I started taking high doses of vit d and the pain went away (i also had it in other parts of my body). now however its back. Its been off again on again for a few months but recently its gotten alot worse. I find that its waking me up in the mornings and keeping me from falling back to sleep. I've tried taking tylenol and advil and it helps but not very much. its like kinda feels like a dull ache/pain, it hurts more when i've been on my feet alot.
does any one have any idea on what this could possibly be or any treatment (besides knawing off my legs)? -
regular
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newbie
11/27/2009
Are you taking calcium supplements too? normally a disbalance in VIT D affects the calcium levels in your body as well, which can cause fatigue and mucle aches. It can take several months to get the body back to feeling "normal" after getting a better intake of these vitamins.
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regular
11/27/2009
my calcium levels are good, the only thing that i was deficient in was vit D and i've been taking supplements for over a few month
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veteran
11/28/2009
You know, when my husband and I moved, I had this same issue. After visiting my doctor and not being able to pin point what it was, I noticed that was was more achy after I moved. My old house was all rug and my new home was hard wood floor. I wasn't used to it and I walk "hard" meaning I'm heaving on my steps, this made it hard on my legs and ankles and thus made them achy all the time. We bought be 3 pairs of very padded slippers and left them in every room with hardwood floor and got area rugs through out the house. I spend a lot of time walking and standing in the kitchen so my husband bought a very soft matt for the whole walkway area around my sink and stove. After a few months, I don't get the aches anymore. I think my bones were just not used to the added pressure of walking on hard wood after being on a padded rug most of my life.
I know this may not help if you're not in the same situation but maybe think about anything that has changed lately? shoes? certain shoes can also add more pressure to your ankles and legs as you walk. Some of this stuff can take months to build up but once it does, its not fun. -
newbie
11/28/2009
Hey Mystiqkal, have you seen a chiropractor about this? When I was younger I used to have throbbing pain in my joints. It goes from my knees to my ankle and I can feel it aching down my lower leg. My doctor said this can happen when I walk a lot because my knee caps were looser than normal. Knee surgery was out of the picture because it wasn't worth it to fix the issue. However a few years down the line, my personal trainer noticed how I walked. He saw that my shoe was worn out on the inner side rather than front or back heal which mean I put a lot of pressure on the side of my feet when I walked. I didn't walk "normally." if you can imagine people walking, toe pointed forward, I walked with toe slightly pointed out right. The surprising thing was, I never noticed my whole life! my trainer recorded my walking on the treadmill and showed me. It was contributing to bad posture AND extra tension on my joints because I was bending it in an awkward position, thus the more I walked, the more achy I got. I had to retrain myself to take the pressure off the inner side of my feet when I walked and point my toe forward. It took a while and I had to be VERY self conscience of it ( like putting post its everywhere saying - "walk right"). This certainly improved my pain, my work outs, my shoe turnover : ) , and now my friends admit that I used to "walk funny" , so it improved my posture too.
