10 signs your muscle pain is a sign of something worse

Fibromyalgia is a rheumatologic condition causes pain and tenderness throughout the body, as well as fatigue and sleep problems. You may also be able to point to an emotionally stressful situation that happened prior to the onset of pain, explains Dr Kannankeril. “Fibromyalgia causes very specific patterns of pain, including on both sides of the body and above and below the waist,” he says.