who here has musculoskeletal ailments?

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IOW does anybody here have aches and pains traceable to arthritis/wear and tear injuries or congenital malformations of bone, joints and sinew?
for example, I have left leg shorter by 20mm, and lumbar [low back] spondylolisthesis which is a displacement of one or more vertebra joints relative to the other joints. I also have lumbar stenosis [narrowing], sciatica [pinched lumbar spinal nerve roots resulting in shooting pains down the affected side], and scoliosis [abnormal lateral curve] of thoracic [chest level] spine.
let us commiserate together and mutually find new ways to cope

I will join you in your misery Auntblabby.

There is no fun in having the body of a 100 year old.

One of the things which has helped me stay sane is help.

Being able to ask for help and getting it.

Took me a long time to get my head around this though being a very independent lady before the decay set in.

I do, I have Multiple Hereditary Exostoses(MHE) a rare genetic bone and neurological disease. My body either has difficulty producing or unable to produce at all heparin sulfate, a long chain sugar that the lack of it causes bone spurs to form on the ends of my growth plates sort of in a caulflower shape, also warping my limbs. The tumors catch on muscles, tendons, ligaments and pinch nerves. I had roughly 50 bone tumors throughout my body with 6 surgeries to removal a total of 9 of them. The deformed limbs hurt and the disease causes early onset arthritis. It also affects the nervous system due to the defiency of heparin sulfate in nerve cells causing chronic fatigue, muscle weakness, brain fog, anxiety, etc

^^^I am sorry you suffer so. I wonder if there is something about being on the spectrum that is genetically or epigenetically linked to various diseases?

when it rains, it pours.

I wrecked ligaments in one of my knees on two different occasions in my youth. It's now very stiff and painful to bend.

It's said a characteristic of ASD is hyper-flexibility? I don't have that. Not sure I ever did. Years of a sedentary job has added to my inflexibility. I know I should stretch, but I don't. I have a limited range of motion and I'm achy a lot.

I've never been anything like "hyperflexible."

btw, for those of us amuuuricans who lack the luck to have Cadillac insurance plans that pay for everything, I highly recommend the following-

*1-2 grams daily of concentrated curcumin, 5-10mg daily of piperine [potent anti-inflammatory/antioxidant combo]
*5-lox inhibitor [extract of frankincense], daily
*low-acidic diet [anti-inflammatory]
*rigorous core exercises, as a strong core helps support the spine
*good orthopedically correct footwear, as that also helps align everything from the feet upwards
*avoidance of weight-bearing exercise that is harsh [like that torture they do in "the box" and whose name escapes me now ]

*avoidance of any exercise which twists the torso in opposite directions, that is a recipe for spinal arthritis and worse. this last point is taken from personal experience.

I think my bones are okay, but my muscles are usually giving me pain.

This latest round of muscle ache has been lingering for a week or two now...I'm starting to get a little worried...

that is the pitsy part of living out in the sticks, nothing is close by, no real access to services.

^^^sounds rigorous