Introduction: 

There might be days you experience sudden, intense pains or a profound, steady ache all over the body. No matter your age, there may have been some odd posture that you sat in for long hours as a result of which you are experiencing muscle pain. If you are searching for remedies to manage your body pain, then you have come to the right place. In this blog, you will find various home remedies that might help you ease out your body pain and get you going.  

What Causes Body Pain? 

Body pain can occur due to one or a combination of more than one of the following factors: 

• Tension and stress 
• Fibromyalgia (inflammation causing pain in soft tissue and muscle) 
• Cancer including leukaemia (blood cancer) and sarcomas (cancer of soft tissue) 
• Compartment syndrome (increased pressure in muscles) 
• Electrolyte imbalance  
• Chronic fatigue syndrome (causes extreme fatigue and pain) 
• Hypothyroidism (hypoactive thyroid) 
• Peripheral artery disease (fat accumulation in the arteries in your arms or legs) 
• An injury like tendinitis (inflammation of the tendon), strain of the abdominal muscle like when you lift something heavy, back sprains and strains, tendinosis (degeneration of tendon), myofascial pain syndrome caused by repetitive movements, external injury, and fracture 
• Infections caused due to malaria, colds, flu, etc. 
• Autoimmune disease like lupus (causes inflammation of joints and skin), multiple sclerosis (damages the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord), inflammatory myopathies (chronic muscle inflammation) 
• Neuromuscular diseases like muscular dystrophy (progressive muscle-weakening), spinal muscular atrophy (a genetic disorder causing muscle weakness), myasthenia gravis (abnormal weakness of muscles), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (affects the nerves of the spinal cord and brain) 
• Medications like cancer treatment (radiation therapy and chemotherapy), statins (lower cholesterol level), high blood pressure (BP) medicines [ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor medications relaxes the blood vessels and helps lower high BP]