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Has anyone had vertebroplasty? Osteoporosis and fractured lumbar
Spine Health | Last Active: May 19, 2022 | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
Muscle spasms are the main source of pain with my now year-old multiple spinal fractures. I do take tylenol occasionally and have some Klonopin but have not really used it during the day, and maybe once a month at night. Maybe I should use it more often!
I tried lidocaine patches with no effect but find that Capsaicin patches actually help prevent the spasm.
With multiple fractures my spine is quite a bit shorter than it was, but the muscles are still the same length. I think that is the root of the problem.
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I know that my back injury was a different situation (it led to four herniated discs) from what you are dealing with so this may not be helpful. But I carried a TENS unit around for nearly a year as it did 'interrupt' muscle spasms enough that I could get some breathing room and mental distance from them. I later gave it to my brother to help deal with spasms and pain while healing from hip surgery. And it helped him sleep. My unit had a lot of bells and whistles so one could find the cyclicity and intensity that seemed the most comforting, which helped.