Long COVID
Severe → no benefitIll for 6 months
Bedridden with long COVID joint and back pain, still no improvement
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 6 months
- Last post
- Jul 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’ve been having joint and muscle problems the whole time I’ve had LC
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
general joint and back pain that keeps me bed ridden
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
It definitely doesn’t solve the issue completely but it helps quite a bit
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
the whole time I've had LC
Summary
A person about six months into long COVID described ongoing joint and muscle problems, with joint and back pain bad enough to keep them bedridden, and shoulder pain radiating to the neck and head. Heat packs, ice and magnesium gave partial relief, while rest and pacing were important, and physiotherapy had to start very slowly because even light sessions flared their symptoms. An MRI and X-rays came back normal.
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What they tried
Also tried
hot compresses / heating pad· Helpedice packs / icing· Helpedresting and pacing· Helpedmagnesium supplements· Helpedphysiotherapy· Worse
Their words about each treatment
- hot compresses / heating pad · Helped
one of the only things that’s helped with the pain is heating pads and ice packs ... it helps quite a bit
In context ↗ - ice packs / icing · Helped
as well as icing the area that hurts ... It definitely doesn’t solve the issue completely but it helps quite a bit
- resting and pacing · Helped
Resting and pacing my self is also really important.
In context ↗ - physiotherapy · Worse
I was put in physiotherapy for my pain ... even light PT made my symptoms flare up quite bad
In context ↗ - magnesium supplements · Helped
I’ve also been taking magnesium supplements for joint pain and that seems to have a slight positive effect on the shoulder pain.
In context ↗
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| onset | long COVID with joint and muscle problems from the startI've been having joint and muscle problems the whole time I've had LC.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2023-07-08 | joint and back pain keeping them bedridden; only partial relief from heat, ice and magnesiumas well as just general joint and back pain that keeps me bed ridden. (6 months into LC my self)In context ↗ | Severe |
Adverse events
- Physical therapy / physiotherapy“in the begging even light PT made my symptoms flare up quite bad” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Pain & fibromyalgia
I've been having joint and muscle problems the whole time I've had LC.
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
in the begging even light PT made my symptoms flare up quite bad
In context ↗ - Gut problems
the pain just makes me feel sick all the time
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