MS and stiffness

[Sammoen]

I am so stiff i am walking like a tin soldier I can hardley bend my legs, it might be the damp cold that we have here in BC. it is so frustrating, adds to my depressing too, some times i wonder why i get up in the morning at all just to start another day of pain. anyone else have this with their ms? i hate to complain, i know some people have it so much worse than me.

[bairdy]

hi
i know that stiffness and pain all to well like others have said you must stretch and find the right coctail of drugs that work for you .
i find that ms therapy exercise class helps me twice a week, and the baclofen 10mg 3 x daily and gabapentin 600mg 3x daily it wont stop it completly but it doea herlp me to keep moving .

regards mick

[HVAC]

I know the stiffness and muscle pain. I have to do a lot of stretching and the Doctors are trying to find the right cocktail. Everyone is not the same. In my case it is clonus constant involuntary spasms. I can hear my muscles snap like peoples joints do. Kinda sounds like waxpaper. For me it is important to keep moving as much as possible and stretch, stretch, stretch.

Alex

[mo0427]

Hi baclofen didn't work for me in fact it made me feel worse. My neurologist wrote me a prescription for tizanidine and so far so good as far as stiffness goes. I hoped that helps . My regular doc gave me tramadol  for pains. I've felt better

[Needhelp16]

I also have problems with stiffness.  It's weird because sometimes they are so weak, and then my left leg will get so stiff that I can't bend it at all.  I definitely feel your pain!

I hope you can find something that will help. Do you do any kind of stretching exercises?

Laura

[anon07072023]

Hi, and welcome to the forum.  
I'm stiff all the time, every single day.  Most the time it's difficult for me to straighten my legs & it's hard to get up from a sitting position. My legs just feel so tight - even with 60 mg of Baclofen a day.  Maybe if you're not already, you can take something to help you with your stiffness?  

Good luck,
Kelly