My right leg is killing me!!

[gottecat]

my whole right leg just kills it feels like shin splints all the way up. do you think this is nerve pinched??? i went shopping last night and my legs were really hurting by the end but my right leg hurts worse now.
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[Molck]

relaxin+babyweight+walking definitely equals shin splint-like pain for me, though I've never gotten the whole-leg thing, ugh.

If it feels like shin splints, though, I'm guessing it's some extreme version of what I get. Maybe you were unconsciously favoring one side, or baby is leaned over more onto one side so there was more weight there?

If it was a pinched nerve, I think you'd know it (because you'd be totally incapacitated by either numbness or extreme pain). But I might be wrong. Hopefully you can take it easy today and it'll resolve itself.

Is there something you could rub on it to make it feel better? Weakened peppermint oil? Naturemama3 will know...

[NatureMama3]

I'd probably rub some eucalyptus/peppermint oil in, yep.

just dragging a big baby around at this stage can cause some shin-splint pain. Especially if it is hot, you become dehydrated, don't have enough salt/calcium/etc.



If it were a pinched nerve it would be closer to the pelvis and have shooting/numb type pains. at least in my experience with those.

[smeisnotapirate]

I get that when I'm not getting enough salt and water. A big handful of pretzels and a couple glasses of water, and I feel much better.

[gottecat]

well I went back to sleep and when I woke up it went was gone. so I think maybe I slept on it bad last night. thanks for the tips ladies!

[gottecat]

grr now it is hurting again. and when i walk on it my knee is kinda poppy...