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Upper-mid Back Pain Only After Sleeping
For about 6 weeks I have been experiencing mid back pain when I wake up in the morning. The pain is so bad, I cannot go back to sleep, and NO position change helps. I must get out of bed and start walking around or sit in a chair for the pain to start going away. After an hour or two, the pain basically disappears. The pain seems to be emanating from my spine, and tensing up the back muscles nearest the spine.
I have been seeing a chiropractor/massage therapist for about 4 weeks now, and it has not helped, because the pain is only after I sleep!
I am 23 years old. I help my dad deliver produce 2 times a week in the morning, and I am also a full time sales associate at Sears selling electronics (which I'm on my feet all day.) That may cause a little lower back pain, but it goes away when I'm not working.
I have used a contour pillow, slept in all different kinds of positions (back and both sides), I always sleep with a full body pillow, and nothing has seemed to help.
I would appreciate any suggestions, thanks!
I have been seeing a chiropractor/massage therapist for about 4 weeks now, and it has not helped, because the pain is only after I sleep!
I am 23 years old. I help my dad deliver produce 2 times a week in the morning, and I am also a full time sales associate at Sears selling electronics (which I'm on my feet all day.) That may cause a little lower back pain, but it goes away when I'm not working.
I have used a contour pillow, slept in all different kinds of positions (back and both sides), I always sleep with a full body pillow, and nothing has seemed to help.
I would appreciate any suggestions, thanks!
I have had the same upper back pain in the morning (and throughout the night) for ten years now. It lasts from about 30 mins after I lay down to about an hour after I wake up. Laying on my stomach brings the most pain (but is the most comfortable!) I have found that being upright helps. I have been sleeping sitting up for the last six years. This helps enough that I can actually take a breath in the morning. Recliners, couches, propping up the top half of the mattress (to about a 45 degree angle) and adjustable beds have helped. Good luck! I am still looking for a better solution.
I woke up this morning googling for relief and found you alls posts. Did anyone ever discover their issue? I am desperate and my doctor..........
I have had the same upper back pain/stiffness after sleeping for 6 hours for about 1 year. It progressively got worse once I started going through a major change in my life which added a ton off stress.
I have read all of your comments on here which helped me so much! I am now PAIN FREE when I wake up and I wanted to share what worked for me.
Quick bit of info...I am 38 female, no accidents or anything like that. I am a hairdresser and have bad posture that can't helped sometimes with my job. I see a massage therapist and an osteopath on a regular bases which help a lot but not for this particular problem. I hadn't tried physio or anything else but now I don't need to.
The first thing I did was started drinking 7cups of water, I didn't drink any before. apparently this is essential for your muscle which I didn't know.
The second thing I did was started taking magnesium, which again is essential for your muscles which I didn't know.
After doing these 2 things for about 1 1/2 weeks I noticed that the major tightness which felt like an elastic being pulled tighter and tighter in my upper back went away now that my muscles were better lubricated. But that revealed that I had a major throbbing pain under my left shoulder blade when I woke up.
The third thing I did was started swimming lanes. Because my posture is always going to be compromised with my job I thought maybe I needed to strengthen my upper back so it can endure more before it hurts. I go 3xs a week for 20 mins. At 1st I could really feel the pain under my left shoulder blade when I swam but it's been about 1 mounts and my back is getting stronger so I don't feel it as much any more. When I sleep now that throbbing ache under my left shoulder blade is mostly gone. I still wake up with a tiny bit stiff but nothing compared to before.
I also am at the tail end of my stress which I think has played a part in my recovery.
I did buy and read the trigger point book that a lot of people were talking about. It was a great book and I think that trigger points are a big issue in back pain. However I found it very hard to pin point my trigger points myself. I'm going to see if my massage therapist can help me find them so I can try to do it at home.
I really think the big thing here is the swimming that strengthened my upper back. A lot people have mentioned stretching the upper back, but there hasn't been to much talk about strengthening the upper back. I think that as we get older and especially if your posture is bad and your not able to change it enough your back needs to be stronger to endure everything we put it through.
Hopefully this info will help someone as everyone else's info helped me...good luck and keep trying things until it gets better. There is no reason why you should have to live your life in pain.
I have read all of your comments on here which helped me so much! I am now PAIN FREE when I wake up and I wanted to share what worked for me.
Quick bit of info...I am 38 female, no accidents or anything like that. I am a hairdresser and have bad posture that can't helped sometimes with my job. I see a massage therapist and an osteopath on a regular bases which help a lot but not for this particular problem. I hadn't tried physio or anything else but now I don't need to.
The first thing I did was started drinking 7cups of water, I didn't drink any before. apparently this is essential for your muscle which I didn't know.
The second thing I did was started taking magnesium, which again is essential for your muscles which I didn't know.
After doing these 2 things for about 1 1/2 weeks I noticed that the major tightness which felt like an elastic being pulled tighter and tighter in my upper back went away now that my muscles were better lubricated. But that revealed that I had a major throbbing pain under my left shoulder blade when I woke up.
The third thing I did was started swimming lanes. Because my posture is always going to be compromised with my job I thought maybe I needed to strengthen my upper back so it can endure more before it hurts. I go 3xs a week for 20 mins. At 1st I could really feel the pain under my left shoulder blade when I swam but it's been about 1 mounts and my back is getting stronger so I don't feel it as much any more. When I sleep now that throbbing ache under my left shoulder blade is mostly gone. I still wake up with a tiny bit stiff but nothing compared to before.
I also am at the tail end of my stress which I think has played a part in my recovery.
I did buy and read the trigger point book that a lot of people were talking about. It was a great book and I think that trigger points are a big issue in back pain. However I found it very hard to pin point my trigger points myself. I'm going to see if my massage therapist can help me find them so I can try to do it at home.
I really think the big thing here is the swimming that strengthened my upper back. A lot people have mentioned stretching the upper back, but there hasn't been to much talk about strengthening the upper back. I think that as we get older and especially if your posture is bad and your not able to change it enough your back needs to be stronger to endure everything we put it through.
Hopefully this info will help someone as everyone else's info helped me...good luck and keep trying things until it gets better. There is no reason why you should have to live your life in pain.
I sleep in a water bed. I found this thread while on vacation because every time I sleep on a regular mattress I have the problem described here. Waking up with lower back pain so severe I can't get back to sleep, which disappears after getting up/showering/walking around. After reading this I am thinking it must have something to do with the type of mattress. Perhaps you should consider a water bed, which affords me a pain free night every time...
Wow i am so relieved. And i know everyone says that but it is such a good feeling to know that someone else knows the pain and how tiring this makes a person. Mine is the same exact problem as i have read. But mine sttarted while i was pregnant and we moved to my parents house. I trumped it up to being pregnant but now it is still here and getting so annoying. I did read that back pain after sleeping could be because of poor posture or a worn down or too thick of a pillow. So i was going to try changing that. Im so sick of sitting up at night while my hisband gets to sleep .
Your symptons sound very familiar. I can't recommend too many changes to your lifestyle routine as I dont have the appropriate information to make such a judgement but I think some orthapaedic products could really help you. If you could buy memory foam mattress ,it would be alot better than a spring mattress undoubtedly. This would support your back and relieve some pain. I daresay your neck is hurting similarly so maybe investing in memory foam pillows to replicate that support on your neck. Admittedly, these arent cheap mattresses so you could look at a cheap memory foam topper to help you out with less expenditure. If you can support your back whilst you sleep, half the battle is won. Good luck mate, I hope it improves
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