Rant--Back spasms

[a_smith]

OMG
I thought I had back spasms before, but nope I clearly didn't- [expletive] this is awful.

I was at picnic with my 3 year old and my upper back near my shoulder was a tight, but I have been exercising a lot and didn't think much of it. It started to get bad just as we were leaving.

The muscles started to spasm when I was in the parking lot. I left my son in his car seat and laid down in the grass for a few minutes to let it relax. It 'calmed' down and then I drove the 40 minutes home. Holy [expletive]. It really started to really spasm in the car. Every few seconds it would spasm sending waves of pain through my entire back. It was like the hiccups, but in my back and I couldn't do anything about them. I couldn't breathe deeply and I couldn't find a position to lie be comfortable. It was just waves of agonizing pain going through my back. The longer I went the more other muscles started to spasm in unison with the original one. It was a symphony of spasm. It got really bad when I was about 10 minutes away from my house and I could feel all the muscles in the left side of my back squeezing and I could only take really shallow breaths.

I got home, my wife was able to get my sleeping son out of the car and into his bedroom.. She came back for me and I whimpered my way inside to the floor. She had a heating pad and ibuprofen waiting for me. Two hours later I still [expletive] hurt.

If anyone has these regularly- oh man I feel for you. This hurt more than breaking bones. It is just [expletive] awful.

[IMADreamer]

I feel your pain it's about a once a year thing for me and it sucks. The worst is not being able to take deep breathes. I blew a disc in my back in July and it hurts but not like back spasms.

[slide_into_first]

I tend to reassure people and don't like to analyze over the internet but if it is that bad you may need to seek professional attention. Have you had this before as intense?

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Oh man, sounds horrible. I've never had back spasms. But, I've get charlie horses every now and then and they are terrible.

[a_smith]

I feel your pain it's about a once a year thing for me and it sucks. The worst is not being able to take deep breathes. I blew a disc in my back in July and it hurts but not like back spasms.

you are right. the worst is not being able to take a deep breath.

[a_smith]

I tend to reassure people and don't like to analyze over the internet but if it is that bad you may need to seek professional attention. Have you had this before as intense?

going to the professionals tomorrow. I have never had anything like this, but I did watch my wife give birth.

It has calmed down and I can walk, but man I never want to deal with that again.

[Molly]

Hubby gets them occasionally. Anytime we heard about a ballplayer not playing because of back spasms we'd joke and say "Back spasms?? Get in there and swing a bat!" Then he got them and knew what kind of pain they cause