For about the last 6 months I have been
having lower back spasms. The pain would
be so bad that I would end up flat on my
back for about two hours, then the pain
would subside and I would be fine. Two
weeks ago I had three spasms, so I went to
see a chiropractor and he said it is
because my pelvic bone ,hips are out of
joint and turned. Is this possible and
should I go see my family doctor to get
x-rays?
Any help would be great!!!
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expatient
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 128 Location: Finland
Re: Lower Back Spasms Posted: 07-30-07 14:04pm
Brandi Bourn
wrote:
For about the last 6 months
I have been having lower back spasms. The
pain would be so bad that I would end up
flat on my back for about two hours, then
the pain would subside and I would be
fine. Two weeks ago I had three spasms,
so I went to see a chiropractor and he
said it is because my pelvic bone ,hips
are out of joint and turned. Is this
possible and should I go see my family
doctor to get x-rays?
Any help would be
great!!!
You mean iliac ie. ilium bone that has
rotated and lifted (subluxated) ie.
not-normal movement has happened in SIJ
joint. Names for it for you to google:
"SIJD", "SIJS", "SIJ subluxation" "SIJ
upslip/dysfunction/subluxation/malfunction
/.." also
"misalignment/malalignment/rotated/twisted
pelvis" and many others too. So many names
for a baby everybody knows but most of
them don't understand... Most sites you
will find explains how they understand it,
but if you go through them all you see
they all see it differently... Even site
(edited for promoting other healthsite
info) disagrees with most experts and I
disagree with them in many details...
Especially the way how to treat it! Most
often they, as many other specialists,
will diagnose that problem to the wrong
side because even they seem not to
understand what is the cause of the PAINS!
That is just my opinion...
Your
problem is very possible, very real and
very common problem. And most
likely to be misdiagnosed so that many
pain patients suffers it but most of them
never get that diagnosis...
I suffered
it 15 years until I found a specialist who
understood how to correct it
properly. Since that moment I have
been searching and studying this problem.
I have collected everything there is about
this very common disorder but most poorly
understood by medical specialists as MD. Orrin Mann is
trying to manifest!- I totally
agree with him!!!!
That is most likely the most common
reason for low back pains and to many
other problems too, but it is so poorly
known to medical scientists and experts
that most
of them don't even believe it exists! And
that is sad because it conserns millions
of back pain patients, as you can
see from information I have collected...
Chriopractic technique is not the best way
to treat it but better treatment is very
hard to find... It exisists but there is
no universal technique that would correct
id once and for all..
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lonestarguy
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Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 592 Location: , Hoosierland, USA
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Posted: 07-31-07 08:26am
Brandi....I guess the misalignment could
be causing spasms but I suspect something
else. As a seven-year sufferer of back
pain, including many episodes of spasms, I
can give you examples of other causes.
First of all, see a doctor so that you can
get x-rays and an MRI. Once you have the
pictures of your spine, then you can be
referred to a specialist like an
orthopedic back guy. If there is some
abnormality in your discs, then treatment
can begin.
Nerve involvement near the discs are many
times the cause of extreme pain and
spasms. The nerves may be compressed with
age (you didn't say how old you were) or
from sitting over the years. The discs
press on the nerves and *voila* you have
mucho pain and spasms.
I used to be paralyzed by the spasms and
several times had to be taken home from
work in a wheel chair. Not very good for
my image as a former athlete. So I know
what it's like to have to lay flat without
moving for hours. Luckily, they do have
pain medications and muscle relaxers to
ease your pain.
However, until you know what is causing
it, your doctor will not know how to
proceed. There are also a variety of
injections (steroids, nerve blocks,
radiofrequency nerve ablation) that do
provide relief. I would look into these
with a pain management specialist before
even considering any type of surgery.
Let me know if all of this makes sense or
if I've forgotten to answer any questions
you might have.
