Week-long Spells

[Guest guest]

I am typing very carefully because I need to get back on the heating

pad.

I am brand new here. I am 41 and have an S curve. In highschool I

wore a Milwaukie Brace. I'm usually a strong woman but every couple

of months something happens. Sometimes I don't know what caused the

spell and sometimes I feel the pulled muscle yank.

Once I lifed my head first to get out of bed from a side position

and felt the pull in my back. The pain is usually by the top curve

and the best I can describe it is..... like a rubber band that will

pull and release and pull and release. Is that a muscle spasm?

Should I use that term with the doctor? Anyway.... This pain is

worse when standing and it continues for 7 to 10 days. Drives me

nuts to say the least.

All over-the-counter painkillers don't even touch it. Sometimes a

professional massage will work but not mostly. Heat helps but

doesn't fix it for a week.

This episode happened when I was merely standing on the scale. I

was looking down at the number (I'm trying to lose 20lbs--nothing

major). I hadn't moved my head or neck or anything and then in a

spot by my spine at shoulderblade level I felt like I got a needle

injection. Like a 2 or 3 second pin prick. I was afraid that this

would be a problem and moved very carefully for a few days and it

just developed in a full swing cramping and releasing pain from my

neck on down on that side.

Anybody experience this? I once had a doctor tell me to take 2

Tylenols and 4 hours later switch to 6 Advil. Didn't even touch it.

Any tips or input on this would be great!

Thanks, Mrs. H.

[Guest guest]

I too had that before and after my surgery. I found physical therapy helped

a lot.

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Hi Ms H,

I had terrible muscle pain behind my shoulder blade a couple of months ago. I

take some powerful pain medication and it didn't phase it. I called my pain

doctor and he said to take 600mg of ibuprofen 3 times a day. 45 minutes after

the first dose my pain was cut by 75%. I don't know what brought the pain on

and I don't know exactly how it left. It does reoccur every now and then and I

take the ibuprofen but I don't need it 3 times a day anymore. Advil might be

the same thing as ibuprofen under a different name but it's worth a try. I

bought the cheapest brand I could fine. I hope this helps.

Joyce E

Week-long Spells

I am typing very carefully because I need to get back on the heating

pad.

I am brand new here. I am 41 and have an S curve. In highschool I

wore a Milwaukie Brace. I'm usually a strong woman but every couple

of months something happens. Sometimes I don't know what caused the

spell and sometimes I feel the pulled muscle yank.

Once I lifed my head first to get out of bed from a side position

and felt the pull in my back. The pain is usually by the top curve

and the best I can describe it is..... like a rubber band that will

pull and release and pull and release. Is that a muscle spasm?

Should I use that term with the doctor? Anyway.... This pain is

worse when standing and it continues for 7 to 10 days. Drives me

nuts to say the least.

All over-the-counter painkillers don't even touch it. Sometimes a

professional massage will work but not mostly. Heat helps but

doesn't fix it for a week.

This episode happened when I was merely standing on the scale. I

was looking down at the number (I'm trying to lose 20lbs--nothing

major). I hadn't moved my head or neck or anything and then in a

spot by my spine at shoulderblade level I felt like I got a needle

injection. Like a 2 or 3 second pin prick. I was afraid that this

would be a problem and moved very carefully for a few days and it

just developed in a full swing cramping and releasing pain from my

neck on down on that side.

Anybody experience this? I once had a doctor tell me to take 2

Tylenols and 4 hours later switch to 6 Advil. Didn't even touch it.

Any tips or input on this would be great!

Thanks, Mrs. H.