muscle injury recovery in hypos

[Kristy2078]

In the past, when I have an injury (particularly to my back), it took a long time to fully recover.  I may even have had lingering soreness for longer.  Now that my thyroid levels are pretty much stablized on levothyroxine after a couple years, I noticed that my current back muscle strain (in the lumbosacral area) laid me up for just a couple days compared to a week a couple years ago.  I was even able to bend down and pick up something off the floor without too much difficulty at work today.

So, I was wondering if anyone knew of the relationship between thyroid disorders and body injury recovery rates.  I have already googled, but all the pages I found were focused on energy expenditures and stuff during exercise and muscle acid levels afterwards, nothing with how a hypo recovers from an injury.

[LazyMoose]

Not all get this, but for those that do it can be very bad. Liz- This does not surprise me. I hope you have tried Magnessium (not the oxide junk)..You cant exercise when hypo, only stretch. Tendinitis is also very common. I hope you have tried muscle release rolling over  a tennis ball for your glutes and thighs before stretching or running. Works better at pinpointing than those rollers. Since this is a know weeks spot, it should be part of your routine.

[Liz94]

I remember when I had to go hypo and off my meds after my thyroidectomy a few years ago I went on a walk and my glute muscle was pulled. As a long distance runner I was trying to stay active during the hypo period by just walking a bit. My doc told me to take it easy as he said that when you are deficient in thyroid hormones your muscles aren't getting what they need. On just a regular walk I pulled that glute muscle and it took almost 2 years to feel better and I still feel it when my meds aren't adjusted right.

[Kristy2078]

@lazymoose:

I wasn't looking for spread sheet data, just some conclusive statements with resources/citations :)

Yeah, I saw some web pages referring to the phosphate portion of metabolism and energy conversion, plus I alreay know about the metabolism/energy process way back in high school and college.

I am definitely glad that getting better on thyroid meds meant my back would be getting better.  I am tired of a constant sore back.  Granted, I work a very physical job at Walmart, but the pain is not wanted anytime :P

I also read up on that thread as you have suggested, and thanks for your information there as well.

I do also wonder if the muscle issue with hypos could be why I get random hiccups as well ;)

[LazyMoose]

I just replied about muscle injury to the post  "TSH 7 - Should I be worried?"
by dreeftwppd, read up.

"So, I was wondering if anyone knew of the relationship between thyroid disorders and body injury recovery rates"

- Well the relationship exists, its primarily about Free t3 levels. I doubt your going to find anything like spread sheet data on this subject. Doctors choose to ignore it. New England Journal of medicine is your best bet.

Do you understand the ATP process in muscle recovery? It doesn't do its job with low thyroid hormone levels. And all this leads to abnormal levels of lactic acid build up in muscle tissue. When thyroid levels are corrected, muscle recovery speeds up. But it is not uncommon for hypos to have some permanent damage of muscle and tendon tissue if they continuously injured themselves before being Dxed hypo - or were not on the correct thyroid dose to prevent hypo symptoms. Many on thyroid meds are still on the hypo side due to lack of knowledge in the medical community on how to read thyroid labs in order to relieve symptoms.