4. Irritation with exercise
When the advice that is given to many people experiencing limited movement and/ or muscle soreness is often that they should get up and about, it comes as little consolation to patients with osteochondromas that doing so can actually cause further irritation and aggravation to the osteochondroma, resulting in increased pain. Pain also occurs due to the presence of bursal inflammation at times, with different levels of swelling or even a fracture at the foot of the tumor itself. This means that irritation caused by exercise can be quite confusing for sufferers to understand.
It’s essentially like being caught between a rock and a hard place, knowing that movement is the only thing likely to help restore functional movement, but also aware that the very same movement has the potential to cause further annoyance further down the road.
It’s often said that exercise is the best medicine, and whilst it’s hard to disagree with that sentiment, in the case of osteochondromas, caution has to be exercised.