Back Muscle Spasms

DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

Ok. I have a bad back. And I have been getting a lot of back muscle spasms since I have been packing to move.

Does anyone have some tips to help a sore old back, besides chiropratic .

Thanks
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rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:05 pm Post subject:

Do you have a massage deskchair? mmmmmm I'm 16 and it makes me feel good

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Spotty · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject:

hmmmm muscle relaxers?
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rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject:

Hot baths
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Stevo · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject:

Fall on a trash can? Think

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Simpleman · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:11 pm Post subject:

Hot packs and cold packs. Put heat on for about 20 min. then cold for 20 min. do that a couple times and it should help a little. I have a very bad back and do it 4-5 times daily. Try that hope it helps.

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Kahlan Amnell · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:14 pm Post subject:

DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

I just put on a bengay ...no comments please...back patch. The mentholatum helps. I just want to avoid coritizone shots in the spine to help me.

The hot and cold I will try. And yes a massage chair would be great, but if i spend money on that it will focus on the south of the border lol
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DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

Muscle relaxors are an option, but I prefer to avoid any medication to help. Especially since I am allergic to something as simple as asprin (makes my heart skip a few beats).

Stevo, pls spam somwhere else. By god what the hell "Fall on a trash can".
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Violent Pacifist · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:31 pm Post subject:

Try doing bridges. I've noticed that after bending down and moving a bunch of stuff it feels really good to arc the spine like that.
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Simpleman · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject:

Yeah cortizone shots are teh hurt...lol I get them atleast twice a month. I have had 4 surgeries 17 spinal blocks and go to therapy 3 times aweek...lol Having a bad back sucks. They want to fuse 7 disk in the lower back on me, but i'm not ready to not be able to bend over ( like I can anyways

). After the accident I know have 3 bulging disk in the neck togo along with stonosis ( Which is a narrowing of the spinal canal ). I have been dealing with this for 17 years now ever since I broke my back win I was 17. The hot and cold method takes the edge off which allows you to be mobile again.

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Dann0 · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:01 am Post subject:

Drugs.. More Drugs.. Wait thats what my lasts Ortho Said.
Now this week I gotta go back for a couple of MRIs.

Personally Dk, lieng down on my back for a while or a hot shower helps alot.

Bright Red Nipples · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:03 am Post subject:

FingerDemon · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 8:23 am Post subject:

Yeah, I do what BRN was saying too. Also, my physcial therapists told me that cold packs actually do relax the muscles, too. And they have the added benefit of increasing blood flow to the area to kind of flush out the system. (I don't know a whole lot about this but I guess your muscles get build up of mildly toxic chemicals and what not which is why they ache a little first thing in the morning or if you don't get exercise. Getting the heart pumping with some exercise that doesn't hurt your back, like walking, helps too.) At physical therapy they would have me lay on hot packs to warm up, then exercise, then lay on cold packs before I went back to work.

So, I like to combine cold packs with BRN's chair thing. I lay down with my feet and calves on a chair, but I put my back on a big flat cold gel pack that I have, right on the spot that hurts the most. It works wonders.

But the thing that has helped me the most is to go to a doctor and get a prescription for physical therapy. A really good physical therapist can really help tremendously. Especially if your problems are just muscle injuries and not caused by bad disks or structural things like that. My problem started after a whiplash car accident injury, so its pretty much all muscle for me. When they had me do some particular isolation exercises, it started to relieve pain and pressure immediately. I have never been to a chiropractor, but I hear the good ones do similar stuff. The lack of a medical degree always scared me off from them.

Hope you feel better, Dude. I just moved in December and I am still hating myself for owning so many freakin books.

ROOFCUTTER · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:36 am Post subject:

sit ups always solved my problems. at least so far...
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