Thigh muscle problems

minimaker
minimaker Member Posts: 2

I finished by radiation and chemo treatment in Sept. 2014.  It's kinda hard to explain but my thigh muscles feel tight and I cannot cross my legs.  Has anyone else experienced this problem?

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  • mp327
    mp327 Member Posts: 4,440 Member
    minimaker

    Welcome here, but sorry you are having these post treatment issues.  I have been communicating with suvivors of this disease for over 6 years and hip/pelvic and leg issues seem to be common.  I have lost lots of flexibility in my hips since having treatment in 2008.  I am a runner and have no problems with that.  However, I can no longer sit with my legs crossed for very long.  Stretching may help you and perhaps a visit or two with a physical therapist for instruction in some good exercises would be a good idea.  Some people find Pilates helpful.  

    I wish you the best as you move forward in your recovery.

    Martha 

  • GoodDog2
    GoodDog2 Member Posts: 22 Member
    Thigh muscles

     

    Yes, definitely. At first I couldn't even reach my toes to trim nails  or put right ankle on left knee.

    I finished treatment Dec 2013. If I am vigilant about doing my old pt exercises for lower back ( involves a lot of stretching) and really really gentle yoga, I can keep it loosen up. Loosen to the point where I can be not so ridiculously inflexible but still pretty stiff. Nails are trimmed though. 

    I also look like an old lady getting up after sitting a long time. Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. It loosens up after about 10 feet but my gait is always a little stiff. I just try to concentrate so it doesn't show.

  • Lorikat
    Lorikat Member Posts: 681 Member
    Right leg thigh muscle only!

    Right leg thigh muscle only!  when it hits I cannot cross my right leg over my left and turning over in bed is very painful. Treatment ended October 2011, so am not sure this has to do with chemo/rad.

  • pem
    pem Member Posts: 81 Member
    Lorikat said:

    Right leg thigh muscle only!

    Right leg thigh muscle only!  when it hits I cannot cross my right leg over my left and turning over in bed is very painful. Treatment ended October 2011, so am not sure this has to do with chemo/rad.

    Leg muscle

    hello!  Yes I can relate to what you are talking about. For at least one year I had issues with my one side also. I just thought it was from the radiation cause I recieved an extra zap on that side then the other. I usually couldn't even roll over in bed cause it would hurt to use those muscles. I too would walk funny if standing from sitting for a bit. It's like the muscles lost there elasticity.  whats funny is that mine didn't start tI'll about 7 months later too.  since about 1 month after treatment I've always done stretching to those thigh muscles. I would sit on my bent legs and slowly lean backwards. Once I was done that I would sit cross legged for a bit.  Then I would just sit on my feet that I layed flat on floor under me to stretch the top part.  In the beginning it hurt very much but now it's pretty flexible. I also do kegals where I lay on back with legs bent and lift my behind up as far as I can go and squeeze as I'm going up And down.   This also stretches the thigh muscles. I do a few other things but must say that doing these few stretches I think helped me out a great deal.   Good luck to you and hope things loosen up.   Pem. 

  • TraceyUSA
    TraceyUSA Member Posts: 316
    I think it's quite common

    I finished treatments in March 2013 and had a lot of stiffness and immobility in the hip/thigh area.  I've been taking a yoga class once a week ever since and have had great improvement.  I still have pinching in my hips if I move certain ways and some days are worse than others (not sure why).  I recently started having muscle cramps (in cavles and feet mostly) and wonder if it's a side effect of treatment too.

  • pem
    pem Member Posts: 81 Member
    TraceyUSA said:

    I think it's quite common

    I finished treatments in March 2013 and had a lot of stiffness and immobility in the hip/thigh area.  I've been taking a yoga class once a week ever since and have had great improvement.  I still have pinching in my hips if I move certain ways and some days are worse than others (not sure why).  I recently started having muscle cramps (in cavles and feet mostly) and wonder if it's a side effect of treatment too.

    Tracyusa

    hello , I too had tons of cramps in feet , especially at night when I would bend it a certain way. Also I would get cramps in my shins. I found sitting on my feet to stretch that area really helped. I get them very rarely now. Good luck !  Pem

  • GoodDog2
    GoodDog2 Member Posts: 22 Member
    TraceyUSA said:

    I think it's quite common

    I finished treatments in March 2013 and had a lot of stiffness and immobility in the hip/thigh area.  I've been taking a yoga class once a week ever since and have had great improvement.  I still have pinching in my hips if I move certain ways and some days are worse than others (not sure why).  I recently started having muscle cramps (in cavles and feet mostly) and wonder if it's a side effect of treatment too.

    Night cramps legs

    im glad you said that because I starting having leg and foot cramps at night but couldn't find anything connecting it to chemo or radiation. Before treatment I might get one leg cramp a couple of times a year. Now when it happens I can get several cramps at the same time waking me up a couple of times a night. Calves, feet, even front of lower leg. Sometimes it just feels like spiders are crawling on the back if my legs. 

    i wish I knew the science behind that. 

  • Lorikat
    Lorikat Member Posts: 681 Member
    pem said:

    Leg muscle

    hello!  Yes I can relate to what you are talking about. For at least one year I had issues with my one side also. I just thought it was from the radiation cause I recieved an extra zap on that side then the other. I usually couldn't even roll over in bed cause it would hurt to use those muscles. I too would walk funny if standing from sitting for a bit. It's like the muscles lost there elasticity.  whats funny is that mine didn't start tI'll about 7 months later too.  since about 1 month after treatment I've always done stretching to those thigh muscles. I would sit on my bent legs and slowly lean backwards. Once I was done that I would sit cross legged for a bit.  Then I would just sit on my feet that I layed flat on floor under me to stretch the top part.  In the beginning it hurt very much but now it's pretty flexible. I also do kegals where I lay on back with legs bent and lift my behind up as far as I can go and squeeze as I'm going up And down.   This also stretches the thigh muscles. I do a few other things but must say that doing these few stretches I think helped me out a great deal.   Good luck to you and hope things loosen up.   Pem. 

    My feet burn and hurt with

    My feet burn and hurt with what has been diagnosed as neuropathy.  Add my right leg hurting.  Yikes...  I stretch every morning when I wake up and before I get up.  It helps some.  The thing is, the pain in my leg and the hurting, burning in my feet follow no pattern.  So, IDK.

  • Lifeiwumoi
    Lifeiwumoi Member Posts: 4
    GoodDog2 said:

    Thigh muscles

     

    Yes, definitely. At first I couldn't even reach my toes to trim nails  or put right ankle on left knee.

    I finished treatment Dec 2013. If I am vigilant about doing my old pt exercises for lower back ( involves a lot of stretching) and really really gentle yoga, I can keep it loosen up. Loosen to the point where I can be not so ridiculously inflexible but still pretty stiff. Nails are trimmed though. 

    I also look like an old lady getting up after sitting a long time. Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. It loosens up after about 10 feet but my gait is always a little stiff. I just try to concentrate so it doesn't show.

    thigh muscles

    Wow I was really surprised when I saw this post. I get a lot of muscle pain in my upper right thigh especially when I do any sort of exercise like Yoga or Pilates. I thought it was due to the surgery I had to remove 16 lymph nodes they suspected were malignant but weren't, thank goodness. The surgery left the front of my upper thighs completely numb. i get nervous that I'm going to lose more strength in my legs. Please keep us posted on any info you receive from your doctors regardless issue. When I mention it to my doctors I don't really respond.