Muscle Pain, Adult
Muscle pain (myalgia) may be caused by many things, including:
• Overuse or muscle strain, especially if you are not in shape. This is the most common cause of muscle pain.
• Injury.
• Bruises.
• Viruses, such as the flu.
• Infectious diseases.
• A chronic condition that causes muscle tenderness, fatigue, and headache (fibromyalgia).
• A condition, such as lupus, in which the body’s disease-fighting system attacks other organs in the body (autoimmune disease).
• Certain drugs, including ACE inhibitors and statins.
Muscle pain may be mild or severe. In most cases, the pain lasts only a short time and goes away without treatment. To diagnose the cause of your muscle pain, your health care provider will take your medical history. This means he or she will ask you when your muscle pain began and what has been happening. If you have not had muscle pain for very long, your health care provider may want to wait before doing much testing. If your muscle pain has lasted a long time, your health care provider may want to run tests right away. If your health care provider thinks your muscle pain may be caused by illness, you may need to have additional tests to rule out certain conditions. …show more content…
Home care is often enough to relieve muscle pain. Your health care provider may also prescribe anti-inflammatory medicine.
HOME CARE INSTRUCTIONS
Lifestyle and activities
• If overuse is causing your muscle pain: ○ Slow down your activities until the pain goes away. ○ Do regular, gentle exercises if you are not usually active. ○ Warm up before exercising to lower your risk of muscle pain.
• Do not continue working out if the pain is very bad. Bad pain could mean you have injured a muscle.
• Remember that it is normal to feel some muscle pain after starting a workout program. Muscles that have not been used often will be sore at
Muscle pain (myalgia) may be caused by many things, including:
• Overuse or muscle strain, especially if you are not in shape. This is the most common cause of muscle pain.
• Injury.
• Bruises.
• Viruses, such as the flu.
• Infectious diseases.
• A chronic condition that causes muscle tenderness, fatigue, and headache (fibromyalgia).
• A condition, such as lupus, in which the body’s disease-fighting system attacks other organs in the body (autoimmune disease).
• Certain drugs, including ACE inhibitors and statins.
Muscle pain may be mild or severe. In most cases, the pain lasts only a short time and goes away without treatment. To diagnose the cause of your muscle pain, your health care provider will take your medical history. This means he or she will ask you when your muscle pain began and what has been happening. If you have not had muscle pain for very long, your health care provider may want to wait before doing much testing. If your muscle pain has lasted a long time, your health care provider may want to run tests right away. If your health care provider thinks your muscle pain may be caused by illness, you may need to have additional tests to rule out certain conditions. …show more content…
Home care is often enough to relieve muscle pain. Your health care provider may also prescribe anti-inflammatory medicine.
HOME CARE INSTRUCTIONS
Lifestyle and activities
• If overuse is causing your muscle pain: ○ Slow down your activities until the pain goes away. ○ Do regular, gentle exercises if you are not usually active. ○ Warm up before exercising to lower your risk of muscle pain.
• Do not continue working out if the pain is very bad. Bad pain could mean you have injured a muscle.
• Remember that it is normal to feel some muscle pain after starting a workout program. Muscles that have not been used often will be sore at