Diabetes muscle aches are classified as any type of pain or discomfort experienced in the muscles. As there are numerous types of muscles, including skeletal, smooth, and cardiac, aches, and pains may be felt throughout the entire body. Skeletal muscles are the muscles that are connected to bones via tendons and are responsible for major movement. Smooth muscles are muscles that form the autonomic nervous system and may be inactive or responsive to certain hormones and stimuli while cardiac muscles are the muscles that make up the heart, but are regulated in the same manner as smooth muscles.

Individuals may feel pain or diabetes muscle aches in their heart, legs, feet, or brain, just to name a few areas that may become inflamed.There are numerous ways which diabetes can contribute to aches and pains. One way is through atherosclerosis, which is what happens when muscles and tissues have decreased blood …