Back Spasams

4aprice · Jan 19, 2012

Anyone else experience them? Woke up yesterday morning with an extreme case and they have continued today. Have had them periodically before but not to this extreme. Anyone have any good suggestions as to how to treat them?

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

bobbutts · Jan 19, 2012

YMMV, back issues seem hard to diagnose
In my experience with back pain, doctors suck, physical therapy is great (and relatively affordable)

playoutside · Jan 19, 2012

One of my sisters gets them somewhat chronically. Thing that works best is muscle relaxers. Other than that regular exercise including yoga, back heat wrap/sticky things you can wear all day. She sometimes looks like her spine is a pretzel when her back is spasming. She always thought she was reagravating something in her back but unfortunately found she has arthritis in lower spine which seems to flare up and add spasms.

Hope you feel better soon.

C-Rex · Jan 19, 2012

Muscle relaxers, heat pads, and core exercises. Crunches and leg lifts are great for back pain. I know that sounds stupid but it's true.

marcski · Jan 19, 2012

C-Rex said:
Muscle relaxers, heat pads, and core exercises. Crunches and leg lifts are great for back pain. I know that sounds stupid but it's true.

Watch out on going too heavy on the exercises and stretches when you're still in an acute phase. Definitely want to build up the core....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBOp-ugJbTQ

Try McKenzie stretches http://www.mckenziemdt.org/approach.cfm?section=int

gladerider · Jan 19, 2012

heat pads, the sticky kind and roman chairs

makimono · Jan 19, 2012

How old is your mattress?

Bene288 · Jan 19, 2012

Start going to a chiropractor regularly.

Nick · Jan 19, 2012

makimono said:
How old is your mattress?

Good question people don't think about it but your supposed to replace what, every 10 years or so max?

billski · Jan 19, 2012

Try massage. Cheap. You might be surprised how knotted up your muscles can become. Do you sit on your duff all day?

4aprice · Jan 20, 2012

Spasams have subsided for the most part this morning. Appreciate all the suggestions. Hot showers and applications of Icy Hot seemed to do the trick. Mattress is not that old and we rotate it periodically. I'm fairly active, have a routine workout that I do every weekday morning, and ski every weekend in winter, play tennis, water ski and swim in summer. Got a 5+ hour drive to 7 Springs PA for sons races this weekend. (kills me because 5 hours north and I'm in NNE) Will see how the back fairs tonight.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

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