Most of us associate pain in the joints or back as a result of injury postural problems or arthritic symptoms. However prolonged or recurring pain in the bones joints accompanied by fatigue is sometimes also indicative of severe vitamin D deficiency. A nagging pain in the knee was troubling Anupama for almost six months. What she initially believed was a minor injury due to exercise became worrisome when it refused to abate even after a month of rest and calcium supplements. A blood test then revealed severe deficiency of Vitamin D which the doctor concluded was perhaps the cause of