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Mid-back muscle spasms: Unending

Spine Health | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (72)
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@ksdm

Thank you for your thoughts, I tried physical therapy once my back returned to normal and the exercises they gave me caused another back muscle spasm! I would think swimming would bring on a muscle spasm as well as PT. I have had CT scans and ex-rays and I have nothing wrong with my spine. This is purely a muscle issue and I wish someone could find a way to make the spasm stop because I am in agony and have to sit in a chair all day every day until it stops! I am 82 years old.

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ktcola | @ktcola | 3 days ago

kind of the same thing is happening to me. Debilitating mid back spasms, except mine are mainly on the left side. The worst ones are up and down the long muscles to the left of the spine, but they spread. I cannot hold myself up when it happens. My left arm will barely lift, but lifting it makes the spasms worse. I have a few supposedly minor issues with my spine. I am using Tizanidine and Tylenol with a prednisone pack when I feel it coming on - about every two weeks at the moment. I am also doing PT, but some of the exercises bring the spasms on. My therapist works hard to find alternate exercises. I also, just out of luck, found a therapeutic massage therapist that seems to help a lot. We just started, so I do not know for sure.

This is a horrible thing to happen. I am sorry you are going through this. Is it still happening? If not, what worked?

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