Spasticity

I have realized recently that the low back pain I have been having seems as though it is some kind of muscle spasm.  It begins when I stand for more than a minute or two and feels as though someone has grabbed my low back with two very hot gripping hands.  If I bend forward even slightly, the pain starts immediately and does not let up until I lay down.  

When walking, f I do not sit down immediately, the pain then shoots up both sides of my back almost to my rib cage.  Right now as I am sitting at the computer for more than a few minutes, I have the same kind of hot gripping pain in my left shoulder blade and shoulder.  Does this sound like pain from spasticity , muscle spasm, or some other thing?  It has been getting so bad lately, I cannot walk very far outside, and only from room to room with frequent breaks in the house.  

When I see my new neurologist next month, I really would like to know what to call it.  

[Quixotic1]

Well, it does sound like spasm in the muscles.  Spasisity would probably have to be determined by the neuro or a PT.

What you describe in your lower back is what I have on the right side of my lower back.  If I stand or lie down - so that my legs are in a straight line with my torso - after a short time I get that same grabbing feeling.  I am able to walk though, and my pain is more of a pulling discomfort - unless I have been lying down, then it gets more severe.

I sleep in my relciner which keeps my hips bent and that keeps my back looser.

It's best that we all describe our symptoms to our doctors in our own words, rleating our symptoms with things we know than to use a word like "spasticity."  So, if your pain feels like muscle tightening or muscle spasms you have had in the past use those words.

Quix