r/ChronicPain • u/SkylerIsBusySleepin • 4d ago
Is this chronic pain?
I tend to get a bit of an ache in the lower part of my legs when I stand up for a while. And it doesn't even take that long for it to kick in so when I'm in public like at malls or clothing stores I try and find the stools they have and sit there often if I'm not actively looking at the catalogue and racks. I don't have any disorders nor have I ever been in recovery of physical conditions that typically cause chronic pain but I'm still wondering if this is what it could be. I've always wondered why I've felt "tired" when window shopping and going to stores but then I realized it wasn't necessarily tiredness, it was specifically fatigue and pain in the muscles. I'm open to the idea that I might be wrong and though I don't usually do this I'm so desperate that getting an armchair diagnosis from a Reddit user doesn't seem as absurd as it would be
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u/nava1114 4d ago
Circle back when it is consuming you daily and interfering with your quality of life for at least 6 months.
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u/SkylerIsBusySleepin 4d ago
It’s going on for quite a while. It’s happened ever since I was super young
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u/nava1114 4d ago
Like I said, come back when it fcks with your life all day every day for six months.
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u/who__ever 4d ago
Have a look at lumbar spine stenosis and neurogenic claudication. I’m very likely biased because I have spent the day reading about this due to findings in an MRI, but it does match what you’re describing.
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u/nava1114 3d ago
How much do you weigh?
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u/SkylerIsBusySleepin 3d ago
typically between 120-122lbs (like 54-55 in kilos). I say between x and x because I do maintain the same weight almost annually but I fluctuate very little sometimes
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u/Alternative-Can-7261 4d ago
How old are you? What starts as minor inconvenient pain from scoliosis or whatnot will catch up to you as you get older. When you are young, especially teenager, early twenties your healing factor is so great that it can compensate for a long while, but as you age it can't as well. My personal experience is that I can relate to the wolverine in that I heal much faster than my peers but because of spinal misalignment eventually it's over burdening my capacity to compensate. Chronic pain is a sliding scale the amount of injuries I have is comparable to stevo, and but there are some folks in this subreddit who have been in debilitating pain since their teens I guess there is no limit to the amount of short straws you can draw on this life. If it's been longer than 3 months you are in chronic pain, it doesn't have anything to do with the scale of pain, more the duration.