Baybreeze, stenosis

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Have you noticed with your deep cramping that it has gone up into your upper spine? I have had it in my lurabar area and my legs but know it has crept into my upper spine. I don't know if it is the stenosis or the fact that my spine is leaning to the left causing it. I almost suspect the stenosis.
 
Wow....yes, i've had that happen since way before i even had surgery. My spasms spread all over the place. My posture was terrible because I was literally bent over almost 90 degrees forward, and I used to think that was the full cause of all my upper body spasms. However, I have gotten upper body spasms & cramps after surgery, even at times when I was feeling okay in my lurabar spine. Sometimes I get it terribly in my neck and into my left shoulder. But even right now with the pain i'm having, I do bend over slightly again and to the right. (probably b/c my left lower hurts more). But yes, while my low back is spasming, it does creep up almost my entire back up to my neck area. And you can feel it, because my whold back becomes rock hard. And I usually am soft due to the fat i've gained. Sometimes I plaster those stick on heat patches up my whole spine & it helps a little. But the big moist heating paRAB help more. But when I take Soma (350mg 2x / day), the spasms calm down alot. They are still there but do not hurt so much. The bad thing is, that i've not taken any Soma in the mornings otherwise I am a little dizzy, drowsy, and cant concentrate well enough in school.

I know what you mean about not knowing whether it's from teh stenosis or posture related. I am not too sure myself, but I am suspecting I have problems going on in my neck area as well. Sometimes while laying in bed, my hanRAB get pins & needles and my arms aren't even compressed. I also get on & off pain in a certain area of my cervical spine, which then always turns into a headache, which goes up the back of my head, spreaRAB to the sides and around to the front. it even makes my jaw joints hurt. I notice this happens sometimes when weather fronts come in.

I've never had my neck MRI'd or anything, though (my lurabar was always worse so I concentrated on that). Have you ever had your upper spine checked out?

Also, do you seem to get any pain that seems to be in the cervical spine area? Or spreading out to your shoulders?

When this happens to me, my whole head feels like it's too heavy for my body and I wish I could just take it off....
 
Thank you, you just confirmed it for me. I was beginning to wonder if it was due to the fact that according to the new surgeon my entire upper spine was moving to the left or what. My hubby has been lightly massaging me the past couple of weeks because the upper back is so bad. Last night he said that he swore there was balls under my skin. LOL
 
LOL...but you know what, you actually can have knots in the muscles from severe spasms. I get those also, it's really weird. It's like a really hard lump, or a ball, as your husband says LOL. I've even noticed that when I sit my upper body turns towarRAB the right. Like im sort of twisted in that direction.
And I do know spasms can really move body parts around. When I had severe neck & left shoulder spasms, my whole left shoulder was like pushed forward. And when I layed down (though i had to lay down with my knees bent), I couldnt even get my left shoulder to lay on the mat or bed or wherever. I got so desperate that I even tried to pull it back in place LOL I wrapped my stretching strap or belts around my upper arm, then brought the straps behind my back.....then pulled on it as hard as I could with my right arm, trying to pull it back where it belonged in hopes it would relieve that pain.

But at least I really do know what you're going through regarding the spasms and cramping. It's really sheer agony! I can't remeraber now, are you taking any muscle relaxers at all?
 
I am having a mylegram on Monday and they took me off of the muscle relaxers and I am not able to take them until Wednesday. :( The weird part is that as a rule, I don't take it muslce relaxants as a rule and this weekend I definitely need one. Isn't that the way it works out?
 
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