@chezy17 

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chezy17

Relapse or not?

Just wondering if a stiff and painful neck and shoulders is likely to be a relapse? I woke up a couple of weeks ago with a really stiff neck and it was really hard to sleep and move it which I put down to camping in the garden. I spoke to my neuro a week or so ago and he thought that my aches and pains weren't relating to my MS but my doctor did as I've had checkups and blood tests which have all come back clear. The pain is in my shoulders and across my chest and down my arms at times, I do go tingly but I do have scars on my spine from my first relapse. I've had an awful lot of stress since November so even though I know Cladribine does work which it was doing could old lesions flare when I'm under stress? This is kinda hard for me because I think the last relapse I had was a nearly 3 years ago but part of me wants to carry on and exercise through it hoping that I can loosen it up and then it just heal? Majority of it is my left side but which is the side I have most lesions, it's not my heart because my heart rate, bp is normal, in fact is low more than anything? Thanks for reading?
@Stumbler

@chezy17 , it's difficult to determine whether your pain is neurological or musculoskeletal. The following may help this determination :- https://www.mstrust.org.uk/a-z/pain You're right to be suspicious of the stress. This can cause flares as a way of your body advising you that all's not well. I always relate stress to tension. This tension may be felt across the shoulder blades, from "hunching" the shoulders. But, there does seem to be something neuropathic going on too. Does this help at all?

@Nabla_Rose_Molloy

My partners shoulders and neck are always stiff and sore pet....sorry to say but he said it's just part of it. No pain in his arms though.