Having back spasms in whole back?
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PeppermintPatty
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Buy some Epsom Salts at the store and soak in a hot tub when you get home. After the bath put on some stretchy clothes or pyjamas and stretch. Lay flat on back and bring one knee at a time to your chest. Then lay flat on your back again and move one knee over your body to the opposite side. Then move your upper body the opposite way. Do the same to the other side. Do a few slow downward dogs if you can. Then lay down and try and have a nap for 20 minutes.
It only did it for about ten seconds at a time twice and then stopped but I can tell that my back feels like it is subject to this happening again. Is this something tdat would require urgent care?
Wife driving and it feels good to sit straight up in car seat.
Hoping this is over with will call the doctor first advice!
Wife driving and it feels good to sit straight up in car seat.
Hoping this is over with will call the doctor first advice!
OH Thank You! Sounds like great advice.
I will do all of that but I donāt. Know what a downward dog is? Iāll look it up.
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PeppermintPatty
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You may want to see a chiropractor
againstthegrain
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Stretch your hamstrings, tight hammys go hand and hand w back spasms. Perhaps drink more water as well.
PeppermintPatty
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Iāve never had a lot of back problems before but I have felt like my lower back muscles were sore whenever I moved wrong for the last couple of days.
I wonder now if that was some kind of a warning.
It was like I was going about my business and an electrical shock suddenly went through my whole back and for a few seconds I felt like my back was so cramped up that I was totally incapacitated.
I donāt think there is anything I could do but just stand there, try to relax and hope that it eased off.
I felt super good before that hit me like that and super scared for a while afterwards and that didnāt help me to relax!
I wonder now if that was some kind of a warning.
It was like I was going about my business and an electrical shock suddenly went through my whole back and for a few seconds I felt like my back was so cramped up that I was totally incapacitated.
I donāt think there is anything I could do but just stand there, try to relax and hope that it eased off.
I felt super good before that hit me like that and super scared for a while afterwards and that didnāt help me to relax!
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Nathan
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A lower impact version using a chair:
Thank You! I donāt get up and down off of the floor very easily at 81 so that complete version looked like it might be real challenge for me!
I came home and carried everything inside and my wife said maybe I should take a muscle relaxant.
I looked for and found an old bottle of them that were left over from when a muscle near a wing bone tended to knot up several years ago.
Okay will do! My younger son used to stretch his ham strings when playing soccer!
againstthegrain
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Careful, those muscle relaxants relax more than your muscles. Brain fog may contribute to a fall. In my opinion they're not effective, anyway.
spookycat2
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I have these spasms but not often. My grandpa had then in his leg, so does my dad and now I do too.
The other night I had a spasm that ran the length of my body while lying in bed like someone mentioned earlier.
Took me some mental calming and focus and slow controlled breathing to feel better. Might be time for a chiro visit, I don't like going because he's so expensive.
The other night I had a spasm that ran the length of my body while lying in bed like someone mentioned earlier.
Took me some mental calming and focus and slow controlled breathing to feel better. Might be time for a chiro visit, I don't like going because he's so expensive.
Nathan
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Chair Yoga is literally made for seniors. Gentle stretching....and not getting down on the mat.
PeppermintPatty
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I agree. This is much safer .
Nathanās suggestion to use a chair for downward dog is definitely more appropriate. I didnāt know how old you were but considering this IS a seniors forum , my answers āshouldā reflect this.