Body stocking tightness.

[Sueb24]

Since March I feel as if I’m wearing the tighest of tight body stockings. I try gentle stretching exercises, warm magnesium baths, etc but nothing seems to work.

Last week I had a soft tissue session with a local therapist which felt great at the time and the rest of the day but didn’t last overnight. I had previously contacted a myofacial release therapist who wanted £2000 for a course of ten treatments. Has anyone else tried this or something similar?

 

[BlueBells]

Hi @Sueb24

I get that sort of feeling from firm clothing, or weight on me, eg, blankets. However, it's very rare that I have felt like you, so rare I cannot remember what relieved it.

It was a few years back. Not much help, but maybe consider clothing firmness (undoubtedly that was your first thought )

 

[MissNeverWell]

Since March I feel as if I’m wearing the tighest of tight body stockings. I try gentle stretching exercises, warm magnesium baths, etc but nothing seems to work.

Last week I had a soft tissue session with a local therapist which felt great at the time and the rest of the day but didn’t last overnight. I had previously contacted a myofacial release therapist who wanted £2000 for a course of ten treatments. Has anyone else tried this or something similar?

Apt description - a tight body stocking. I don't have any experience with myofacial release. It sounds quite expensive. Then, again, all treatments are, even if they are cheaper by session, it soon adds up. I get that constriction sensation, particularly socks, elasticized/stretch/skinny clothing, sunhat (there's a red band of indentation across my forehead when I take it off, even though I'm not wearing it super tight) and hearing aids/glasses. I end up cutting the cuffs of my socks and trying to avoid elasticized clothing.

 

[BlueBells]

@Sueb24 @MissNeverWell

I get that constriction sensation, particularly socks, elasticized/stretch/skinny clothing

I try to buy loose top socks, and loose clothing, go up a size often enough. Wrists especially. I have not been able to wear a wrist watch since early 20's, it made my arm ache and lose strength. Hindsight, sounds like fibro, doesn't it?

Last couple of years I've found I cannot wear a belt, it makes the lower part of my back ache, and gradually my hips get a very 'heavy' feeling. so, elastic tops now, just firm enough to not slip, but I need to be careful if I put my phone and wallet in pockets hahahaha

I live with a sun hat, even indoors if the light is on, very glare sensitive eyes. I used to feel silly, but I noticed on a movie, the poker players all wearing caps! Now I feel 'normal" I like the chin strap so it doesn't blow off outdoors, as I cannot have it tight, gives me an headache .

 

[MissNeverWell]

@Sueb24 @MissNeverWell

I try to buy loose top socks, and loose clothing, go up a size often enough. Wrists especially. I have not been able to wear a wrist watch since early 20's, it made my arm ache and lose strength. Hindsight, sounds like fibro, doesn't it?

Last couple of years I've found I cannot wear a belt, it makes the lower part of my back ache, and gradually my hips get a very 'heavy' feeling. so, elastic tops now, just firm enough to not slip, but I need to be careful if I put my phone and wallet in pockets hahahaha

I live with a sun hat, even indoors if the light is on, very glare sensitive eyes. I used to feel silly, but I noticed on a movie, the poker players all wearing caps! Now I feel 'normal" I like the chin strap so it doesn't blow off outdoors, as I cannot have it tight, gives me an headache .

Yes, I always have to buy "non-binding" or "diabetic" socks, and they have very limited styles/colours. Even then, some of these socks are very tight in the feet, and the cuff. I can identify with loose clothing - my family would say I need to buy clothes that fit me, lol. I could never wear a belt either; would cut into my midriff and actually hurt my ribs and internal organs. Interesting you should mention wrist watches, as I just recently bought one (hadn't worn one in years but it was such a hassle pulling out my cell phone and turning it on (if I remembered it) just to tell the time. My wrist is so small I need a child's leather or rubber-type band (which I bought but don't like that material, I was looking for soft leather). I find it digs into my arm or wrist and the pin accidentally gets pulled out and stops the watch, and catches on the clothes. I tend to take it off as soon as I'm home.

 

[Sueb24]

Thanks MissNeverWell & Bluebells. Strangely although I get peripheral neuropathy in my feet I haven’t found socks uncomfortable. My trunk & upper legs/buttocks are the areas that really bother me. The soft tissue massage was good though so I will go back for another treatment.

 

[MissNeverWell]

Thanks MissNeverWell & Bluebells. Strangely although I get peripheral neuropathy in my feet I haven’t found socks uncomfortable. My trunk & upper legs/buttocks are the areas that really bother me. The soft tissue massage was good though so I will go back for another treatment.

Interesting! I have to cut slits in my socks; dad used to do the same thing, lol. In terms of the trunk, upper legs, buttocks compression feeling, what material/style of clothing are you using in those areas? I find everything is Spandex, space-age and extremely tight fitting, so it's hard to find "normal" clothing now. I can't even go anywear near "skinny" slacks/jeans, which is mostly all I can find these days (even tops and vests are oppressively tight).

I saw an interesting study on the "Effect of wearing tight pants on the trunk flexion and pelvic tilting angles" in young men who wear tight jeans (Journal of Physical Therapy, National Library of Medicine). True, it's a small sample and focuses exclusively on males, but I think there is a parallel to tight clothing effects in females. Apparently, "specialists reported that excessively pressing certain areas of the human body could cause many problems in the cardiovascular systems and visceral organs." Over the past couple of winters I wasted more money on these tight fitting, synthetic leggings that replaced good old fashioned cotton longjohns. I felt like my internal organs were exploding, like I was being crushed to death and like I couldn't breathe properly. "Jeans that are too tight compress a nerve that cuts off sensation to the thighs." "Trousers that are too tight can squeeze a sensory nerve under the hip bone, causing a tingling, burning sensation called paresthesia." We've seen how some clothing and footwear styles have been very destructive, especially for women (e.g. corsettes, shoes); however, I think the fashion industry has evolved to produce equally harmful 21st-century styles.

 

[BlueBells]

I find it digs into my arm or wrist and the pin accidentally gets pulled out and stops the watch, and catches on the clothes. I tend to take it off as soon as I'm home

@MissNeverWell Have you thought of a watch on a necklace, or like a brooch, the style that nurses wear (or wore) ? My dad also cut the tops of his socks, as he could not find ones loose fitting. I'm lucky to have found a couple of good brands (until they change) .

What you said about the tight clothing and fashion, yes, people can be quite stupid, hey? Back in the 90's, my mum was at the doctors and this mid to late teens girl hobbled , obviously in severe pain, as she left. Mum was next, and she commented on the girls pain. Doc told her the girl kept coming in wanting pain killers, as the over-the-counter ones weren't strong enough. He refused to prescribe, telling her the jeans were too tight and restricting the blood flow in her legs. However, the desire for fashion outweighed the pain.

I need to be careful with pantyhose, as sometimes they can "strangulate' at the groin, and the resulting pain in my thighs is pretty bad. I don't wear them much now, but needed to when I was working. Even badly cut underpants can cause the same pain.