trapezius(?) muscle spasm (or whatever muscle hookes to the spine)

OR SPINE TUMOR

!!!1

i get trapezius spasm kinda frequently but never any muscle knots on my actual backbone

IM DEAD

2/1/2008 12:58:40 AM

you're falling apart dude. sry.

2/1/2008 12:59:45 AM

RHOMBOOOO MINOR

2/1/2008 1:00:53 AM

you got it from thinking of what it would be like if you got in a fight with me.

trust me, i got the same pain when i imagined fighting myself too.

2/1/2008 1:01:55 AM

i think thats the one. some doctor wannabe help me out, is that one on the spine

2/1/2008 1:04:20 AM

i learned this trick at childbirth preparation class

stick a couple tennis balls in a sock and lean your back on it against the wall

instant fujimatsoyota massage

2/1/2008 1:10:00 AM

i have one that is almost always under my right shoulder blade

shit is whack, yo

2/1/2008 1:23:43 AM

it's trapezius, dumbshit.

2/1/2008 1:24:38 AM

Quote :

"i have one that is almost always under my right shoulder blade "

2/1/2008 1:37:34 AM

let me show you it?

2/1/2008 1:40:49 AM

Tennis balls in a sock is a home made foam roller. You can also just use a tennis ball by itself. Roll your joints, and your entire back. I love it. I do it several times a week.

I normally lay on them, though.

[Edited on February 1, 2008 at 1:44 AM. Reason : ]

2/1/2008 1:43:42 AM

i dont have any tennis balls

i could be a badass and use golf balls

and really it doesnt hurt unless i touch it or "slouch" when i sit. i just figured i'd comment on the proximity to my spine

[Edited on February 1, 2008 at 2:16 AM. Reason : ha]

2/1/2008 2:12:15 AM

i just remembered back in the day when threads like this were like secret code

OHH THE PAIN

2/1/2008 2:26:41 AM

maybe it's a tumor.

/kindegarten cop

2/1/2008 5:51:31 AM

just at trigger point, a knot if you will



i probably have about 10 to 15 of them back there
in my erector spinae, rhomboid, trapezius, scalene, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapulae

and a couple of them where my trapezius connects to my skull


i go to a dr at the duke spine clinic, because back in october i lost feeling in the pinky and ring fingers of both hands, after a huge workup of tests n shit we found out that my muscle spasms are compressing the nerves.


i am pretty much in constant pain, and the medications arent working anymore.

ive really gotta go to pt now

and probably get trigger point injections.




you on the other hand, if you only have one or two, go see a massage therapist for a trigger point massage.

2/1/2008 6:03:55 AM

It is probably your rhomboid and not trapezius. I get those time to time.

The tennis ball is good, and I particularly like standing in a doorway with my hands above the door opening and leaning forward.

2/1/2008 6:42:36 AM