You might have whats called fibromyalgia, as well as other things wrong (like your back problems). Fibromyalgia is general pain throughout your body I think (in "regular people" terms!). You can find out much more if you simply do a search about it on the internet, or look and see if there is a group here on medhelp! Good Luck,
shinty
I would also ask for blood work to check for rheumatoid arthritis.
Sorry, hit post before I finished. Have you had x-rays and/or MRI? If not, then I would ask for those as well. Good luck to you.
There are so many things it could be. Getting some blood work, x-rays, MRI, etc. Is a good place to start. Fibromyalgia is a rule out diagnosis. It can also affect different people in different ways. When I have flare-ups I tend to feel generalized deep aching most places and my arms and legs feel like lead. I also tend to feel like my thigh muscles are burning, almost like way overexercising them. Just a general observation but it seems like people who have one chronic pain issue very often develop another. I've had fibro for 13 years. Then I had a joint replacement in my thumb from arthritis. The implant failed and I had 8 more surgeries and wound up developing RSd/CRPS. Diagnosis of some chronic pain conditions can be a long time coming, so don't give up, even if they can't find an answer right away.