water pressure and pain

[Lemon]

hey, all. just wondering how you feel in relation to water pressure from showers or even whirlpools. i recently had prickly type pain in the shower, and even though heat and water feels great, i’ve always preferred baths for the relaxation benefits; and the need to sit or lay down and not stay standing, from fatigue or dizziness. i love hot tubs, and was in the whirlpool for about 10 minutes the other day, and it felt great like a hot massage at the time; but a few hours later and it started hurting after the temporary relief. next time im taking just the hot tub and not the deep massage whirls wondering if that will help

 

[JayCS]

Well that's another one for @Oberon, isn't it... . I love 1-2 min. showers with little pressure, not baths (5 min. max.) or too much heat. Everything more is irritating to Aching and exhausting. Similar before fibro tho, but 5 min. showers, pressure & whirlpools etc. were OK.

 

[Looby69]

Hi @Lemon
Yes I experience the burning prickling from a shower, but only really in my feet. It feels like burning cold, like when you get chill blains from being out in the cold.

 

[sunkacola]

I love my showers, and when in pain sometimes even use a forceful shower stream on the place that has the pain. My showers are always short, though.
In the winter, very warm or hot water, and in the summer.......lukewarm. I would probably like a quick cold water shower in the summer, because it is hot here, but where I live there is no such thing as cold water from the tap in the summer time!

 

[Oberon]

Well that's another one for @Oberon, isn't it... . I love 1-2 min. showers with little pressure, not baths (5 min. max.) or too much heat. Everything more is irritating to Aching and exhausting. Similar before fibro tho, but 5 min. showers, pressure & whirlpools etc. were OK.

Thanks for tagging me! (if that's what you would call it here) Really seems like pressure, especially sustained pressure, plays a big part in whether a touch is going to cause pain later on.

 

[JayCS]

pressure, especially sustained pressure

If I compare it to exercise, yes, it's especially when sustained, in my case not the intensity. I just did a 7' workout with 35-40 push-ups (praps not full, but on feet, not knees). But a walk is usually a big problem. So now I'm curious if allodynia happens inside of seconds or minutes for the various people?