Anybody know what this is ?

[Pompal 09.]

Hi

I'm having one of my 'bent out of shape' episodes and am curious if any of you back wizards can tell me what this is.

About 3 times a year I have an episode that starts off with a really sharp pain around by sacral spine, it then moves onto a feeling that there is something 'extra' in my spine almost like there is a foreign body lodged between one or two of the vertabra in my lumber/sacral spain.

Then the fun starts and the muscles down the left side of my spine go into spasm and this literally pulls me out of shape my torso twists round and I end up with the left side of my waist about 5cm higher than my right and my stomach muscles twisted forward and to the left. It looks horrible and don't feel great either ! I find it difficult to bend down and to lift my right leg.

From experience I know that the best thing to do is to keep it moving and after a couple of days it rights itself. Yesturday I took 2 Ibuprofen which worked a treat (I have a very high pain threshold and don't normally take painkillers but I thought they might reduce any inflammation).

I don't know it it's related but I have had very extensive endometriosis in the past - I had a whopper of a cyst and one ovary removed three years ago. The bendy episodes were occuring for years before surgery though.

Have I described a common condition and if so what is it ?

Yours curiously

Lou xxx

 

[the_katykat]

Interesting situation.

 

[ltepfuqpijeirteph]

Might be worth trying an EFT practitioner - look at www.aamet.org for someone near you. If you don't know what it is about got to www.emofree.com for all sorts of info.

Hope it gets sorted soon

 

[KatieVee]

Hi Louise,

Afraid I can't answer as to whether it's a common condition or not. I would suggest visiting your GP and asking for a referral for an MRI scan to see what is going on in your back.

Can you recall if you were doing something particular each time just before you got the pain in your back?

I would recommend Bowen Technique, a soft tissue remedial therapy. This can be used during your 'episode', including moves over your erector spinae, the muscle each side of your spine. It would also be worth having Bowen even when you aren't having an episode to help rebalance and relign to help ensure you don't have any episodes again.

Hope this helps a little.

Sx

 

[Pompal 09.]

It sounds like you are having periodic and very accute boudts of muscle spasms brought about by the 'sacral body feeling' you have described.
I believe this because I suffered from a similar effect.

Mine was due to an L 4/5 nerve root impingement. My symptoms also started with a sharp stabby pain and developed in to a thick dull ache, mine was at the L 4/5 level, this became very swollen and very thick feeling. This in turn, spread across my sacral area and in particular in to the Sacroiliac Joint, from there, it caused swelling across the hip, buttock and Lumber region.

The combined swelling and spasms in the above areas, then spread down my leg causing transferred pains, 'but more relevant to your experience' it also caused a severe pulling & tightening effect upon all my leg muscles, shortening the overall 'foot to hip' length by over an inch!

This caused physical ballance problems and I stumbled and fell a lot!

Louise, do you find it gets worse if you stand for long periods or does it not matter how you stand or sit? This would dictate what type of scan and x-ray you need.

I believe, based on what you say, that the root cause is where the sharp pain starts and all efforts should be focused on this area.

The key to finding a solution to your problem must start with good diagnostics, this is because of the complex nuture of lumber spine and sacral illnesses.
I would suggest going online and searching for a private clinic with the latest MRI scanner with the best resinance and the best x-ray machine that you can afford (the prices are getting cheaper for good MRI'S these days) and also purchase the time of their resident Radiologist to reveiw the results. Get them to supply you with copies of plates or discs and the written reports. Only when you have recieved everything should you go the see you Consultant and only then disclose the results.

I would choose a clinic as far away from your trust area as you can manage, because this would reduce any bias or compremise in the report.

I hope that's OK for a start Louise, post again if I have not been clear about anything.

Best regards

SPINELF

 

[Pompal 09.]

Thanks everyone for your comments - much food for thought !

Suspect it's a mind/body thing as despite having an episode two weeks ago I went to Download Festival at Donnington and spent 3 solid days walking, standing, bouncing up and down, and sleeping in a tent or sitting around on the ground with no symptoms what so ever. Rock therapy has worked it's magic for me again.

Keep on Rocking !

Lou xxx