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Night back muscle spasms - can't lay down, can't sit.

Spine Health | Last Active: Aug 2 12:20pm | Replies (16)

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sue417,
Sounds like this is exercise triggered and might settle with a lidocaine, either patch or injection. My sister would have lidocaine injections in the taut muscles. They are easy to recognize manually by the practitioner. The effect of lidocaine is brief about 6 hours, but the spasms, once interrupted, wouldn't return until they were overstressed again.
I'm hoping it isn't another fracture.
I'm impressed with your exercise routines, maybe enthusiasm over the new back machine overworked those muscles.
The patches are otc in drugstores. But I think the injections are better.

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Hi
Thanks for your response. Yes my chiropractor also thinks it was from the new machine I tried live and learn. I think I will see if I can pick up some of those patches today and try them. I just find it very odd that things settled in the day but as soon as night comes it starts again