Please Help,
You have described my situation almost to a tee! I am 62 year old male, Had lower back surgery, 'spinal fusion', in 2003. Have severely painful muscle contractions when I twist to a side, muscles attached to ribs contract painfully. I have to wait for muscles to relax. It also happens in my fore arms. I now have a compressed disc in neck, bulge between c-5, c-6, c-7, I have numbness in right thumb and fore finger. Also get spasms in intestines, they just lock! What do we have? Can you save me from alot of useless tests.Please e-mail me at arthurjo-***@****. What have we Gotten?
I've had 2 fusions & going on my 3rd.! You both are having what's called Extremity pains. Wherever ur disc or bone of stenosis are it all is connected to certain nerves. I have "charlie horses" & numbness tingling & spasmns in arms legs toes etc.! Unfortunetly this is the norm. It's either we have to learn how to deal w/ it or be drugged. :( U may wanna try a TENS unit. Mine works pretty well.