low oxygen = muscle pain

Does anyone know if this is true ? or have they experienced pain relief from using their cpap's regularly?

Before being diagnosed, muscle and joint pain was becoming a chronic condition I thought was just part of becoming old. Within a week after starting my CPAP therapy, all those pains went away and I felt 10 to 15 years younger. OSA desaturates the blood oxygen when your muscle and joints need it most ... while you sleep. This is when hormones activate to rebuild bone, muscle, and connective tissues.

I still have chronic back pain from an old injury I sustained over 30 years ago (fell about 25 feet off a rope swing while in a drunken state at age 18). But even that old back injury pain does not seem to be as severe as it was prior to CPAP therapy.

Huh. I have more muscle pain now that I am on the machine.

NEEDSTOSLEEP wrote:Does anyone know if this is true ? or have they experienced pain relief from using their cpap's regularly?

Yep! For seven years, I dealt with muscle pain in my hips which woke me at least twice a night to take pain relievers. I relieved the day time pain with water therapy. Getting my Bipap working right handles the night time pain, and I now sleep through the night.