Moving inflammation/pain over different body areas - 02/22/20 11:55 PM
First post on this forum for me. I have had mild symptoms since being diagnosed with AS in the past 5 years. I kept being active (walking, stretching, swimming, etc) and only used NSAIDs occasionally for mild flare-ups (hip/back pain and hip enthesitis).
Recently I went on a strenuous mountain hike that triggered a major AS flare-up along with muscle overuse injury. I wasn't able to walk for over a month and I had moving inflammation around my body.
Initially my right hip/buttock muscles were severely inflammed and I took NSAIDs everyday (for 2 months). I was unable to bear weight on my right leg due to pain/weakness. After a few sports physiotherapy treatment (manual manipulation/dry needling accupunture), my right side got better. However the very next day my left hip/buttock became inflammed and I couldn't bear weight on my left leg. I continued physiotherapy and was able to walk after a month or so, though my gait was abnormal and pace was slow. It's been almost 3 months since then and I can walk normally now.
What troubles me now is moving inflammation around my body... After my left leg got better, I felt inflammation/muscle ache in my lower back (lasted 1-2 weeks), then it went to middle and upper back. In the past 2 weeks, I had inflammation of my upper back/shoulders, worse at night making sleeping and turning very uncomfortable. I kept using NSAIDs but it does not seem to help with the back/shoulder symptoms. My rheumatologist told me to stop NSAIDs (which I have done) and said this is not related to AS...? This seems odd as I suspected I was having back enthesitis.
The inflammation has now moved to my right shoulder, clavicle, and sternum. I could see swollen lymph nodes along my right clavicle ( left clavicle is normal), and I have trouble raising my right arm up.
This is the first major flare-up that I have had since my diagnosis and it is quite puzzling. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar or a moving inflammation during flare-ups?
Thanks in advance!
Recently I went on a strenuous mountain hike that triggered a major AS flare-up along with muscle overuse injury. I wasn't able to walk for over a month and I had moving inflammation around my body.
Initially my right hip/buttock muscles were severely inflammed and I took NSAIDs everyday (for 2 months). I was unable to bear weight on my right leg due to pain/weakness. After a few sports physiotherapy treatment (manual manipulation/dry needling accupunture), my right side got better. However the very next day my left hip/buttock became inflammed and I couldn't bear weight on my left leg. I continued physiotherapy and was able to walk after a month or so, though my gait was abnormal and pace was slow. It's been almost 3 months since then and I can walk normally now.
What troubles me now is moving inflammation around my body... After my left leg got better, I felt inflammation/muscle ache in my lower back (lasted 1-2 weeks), then it went to middle and upper back. In the past 2 weeks, I had inflammation of my upper back/shoulders, worse at night making sleeping and turning very uncomfortable. I kept using NSAIDs but it does not seem to help with the back/shoulder symptoms. My rheumatologist told me to stop NSAIDs (which I have done) and said this is not related to AS...? This seems odd as I suspected I was having back enthesitis.
The inflammation has now moved to my right shoulder, clavicle, and sternum. I could see swollen lymph nodes along my right clavicle ( left clavicle is normal), and I have trouble raising my right arm up.
This is the first major flare-up that I have had since my diagnosis and it is quite puzzling. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar or a moving inflammation during flare-ups?
Thanks in advance!