Osteoarthritis and muscle spasms

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I am 33yo and have just been told I have osteoarthritis in my spine. I have had ct scans and mri scans. Both show calcification and osteoarthritis from my neck to my lumbar area. I frequently get numbness in my legs and hands, severe pain to the point where walking in unbearable. I can not work around the house for more than 15min a day and employment is at the moment out of the question because my back will spasm severly at any time.

I also have noticed reoccurring pains in alot of my joints along with stiffness and muscle spasms. I also have weird bone growths, on my ankle, heel, toe joints, finger joints, Im too young for all this. My sed rate always comes back normal. My genes were tested for ankylosing spondylitis marker because my dad I guess has that, but Im negative.

Does anyone diagonased with lupus suffer from crazy muscle spasms and twitching.

I have a painful hard lump at the base of my skull a little to the left of center. It is about 1" x 1/2". Could this be a swollen gland, muscle spasm or something else? I also have considerable, continual left arm and hand pain and tingling which may or may not be related. It is awful, starting about a month ago. I have osteoarthritis throughout my spine with disc problems, bone spurs, etc. as well as fibromyalgia which also may or may not be related.

Standing makes it much worse. Sometimes when it is bad I get back spasms and you can see my muscles jump. (That is the symptom that makes the doctors send me back to the neurologist.) I rarely have pain in my hands. I broke my foot because of the osteoporosis and that foot aches alot of the time. My neck sometimes hurts but always ( all the time) makes crunchy noises when I turn it. If my neck aches the next day it will ususally be my shoulders back and neck hurt.

Although I have had 2 surgeries on my cervical spine for ruptured discs and lax ligaments (am now fused from C3-C6), I am now told that I have significant osteoarthritis at C1-C2 (atlanto-axial joint) Accupuncture did relieve a lot of the associated muscle spasms but I still get bone pain sometimes even at the base of my skull. I've also wrenched the left side of my neck twice in the past 6 weeks at work.

I've been told though that it's Fibromyalgia and I've been diagnosed in the past as having TMJ and osteoarthritis. I have severe neck musle pain periodily, not always but it happens. My legs are sore to touch, as well as other muscles in my body. Sometimes my muscles have little pricky movements in them ( which can occur anywhere in the body). I've also been diagnosed with severe carpal tunnel, more severe in the right hand. I live in pain 24/7.

Starting last fall, I began experiencing back spasms and a feeling of weakness in my legs. This occurred day after my first-ever yoga class. My primary physician said I probably overdid the stretches and triggered a muscle rebound (contracting) problem. An MRI of my back was taken, showing osteoarthritis (which I've known about for years). in fact I've suffered from sciatica before but that was years ago and I've been mostly pain-free since then.

What began as leg/muscle spasms has now become loss of leg use. My mother started having extreme pain in her left leg about 2 years ago. She went to the emergency room, had x-rays and visited many, many doctors and no diagnosis was ever given. She was told early on that she has osteoarthritis but, as I suffer from rheumatoid arthritis am sure this cannot be what is causing this extreme pain.

If i have muscle pain in about every muscle in my body , and I also have osteoarthritis all through my spine could this be from the ostesoarthritis or would it be something like muscle atrophy, and is there any thing that can be done for it. i am never pain free.

A disk in my left TMJ became displaced, my jaw was in a closed lock for almost a year and I was diagnosed with TMJ internal derangement and osteoarthritis. Muscle spasms and pain were very common in the beginning but have since subsided. My health is otherwise good. I have not lost any weight whatsoever to explain the wasting.

I have read about muscle cramps being one of the symptoms and was wondering I am the only person out there that is experiancing this. The muscle on the top of my right shoulder feels like a rock and spasms all the time. Please tell me what I can do for this. My Dr. thinks I'm up in the night and has not put me on any meds for thyroid because the levels are still normal.

While not generally well-known or understood, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism can cause a variety of muscle or joint-related symptoms. Hypothyroidism can create a variety of muscle and joint-related symptoms. Most commonly, these symptoms are due to swelling of the muscles, or swelling that is pressing on nerves.

Jolie Bookspan and do reseatrch into posture. you may indeed have neuropathy but when muscles are in spasm (as they will be in a muscle imbalance scenario) they tighten up around nerves and cause symptoms. also do research on a guy named John Barnes. pelvic pain is a classic sign of postural imbalances-- your pelvis is the base for your skeleton. NEck muscle tightness can cause pain into the chest, back and arms--all due to tight scalenes!!! do your reading and get to work. that's my 2cents.

it's now spring and I can barely stand the pain. It's not only constant pains; but, also muscle spasms threw out my body. I take thyroid meds, heart/BP meds, and cholesterol meds. I was told to take CoQ10 to help with the side effects of the Lipitor. I also have type ll diabetes. I take vit D because my levels are always borderline low and if I stop taking it, my levels drop. I sent you a friend invite. I've had a ton of test done. Still no answers.

I get muscle spasms in my back and chest. They are horrible. I felt one day like I was having a heart attack. I put ice on as best I can, but I don't know what to do either. I sympathize with you.

It certainly is possible that your headaches are from muscular-skeletal origin, such as muscle spasm. this is common with sitting in front of a screen 8 or more hours a day. Or, with your history of similar headaches, you may have migraine, though your story is not at all classic. Your questions about further imaging. My opinion is this. Any new and unrelenting headaches deserves an MRI. Period.

he began having seizure like activity in which he has constant spasms of all extremities which are very painful but does not loose consciousness or have difficulty breathing. However when the episodes are over he is very weak, looses partial bladder control for a short period of time, and then is very sore and fatigued for up to 48 hrs. He had an MRI in 11/09 which concluded he had a (1) mass along the pianum sphenoidale, most compatible with a menigioma.

I get numbness and tingling or bee to electric shock like symptoms in my toes and feet the most but also happens all over my body just not as often. I get muscle spasms in my legs,arms and even stomach out of the blue which can last for several minutes.I get a feeling like something is gushing through my body and also a feeling like water is dribbling thru me at time in legs or chest. I get itchy all over at times and also I get at times these light flaskes in bottom outer corner off my eyes.

Dear Buddy, There can be osteoarthritis of the costo-chondral joints (ribs) which is still now, not known to cause spasm of the heart muscles.It's better to consult another cardiologist. Regards.

Muscle strain, ligament sprain, spasm, or a combination, Disk herniation, Compression fracture, Lumbar spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, Spondylolisthesis and many others. Please go for MRI of the neck and spine and consult a neurologist for the diagnosis and management. The management plan depends on the cause of the symptoms. Surgery or physiotherapy or a combination of both may be effective in relieving the symptoms of the neck pain. Hope this helps you. Take care and regards!

) when the affected joint is moved or touched, and patients may experience muscle spasm and contractions in the tendons. So now you can easily differentiate OA & FMS and you should always take an expert opinion in diagnosing it properly and going for treament accordingly early. Take care!

Can arthritis in my back cause what feels like muscle spasms/tightness that make it difficult to take a deep breath?

hi there, the various causes of right shoulder pain are bursitis, biceps tendon rupture, labrum tear, rotator cuff tendonitis, muscle spasm, pinched nerve and shoulder dislocation. Other possibilities are gall bladder disease, or gallstones, liver abscesses, disorders of esophagus; penetrating ulcer in stomach, pancreas, and frozen shoulder is a common cause for stiffness and pain in shoulder. This could also be a sign of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

However, if the pain is due to muscle pull or spasm or due to vertebral disease or osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, then these measures may help. It would be best to consult a neurologist or an orthopedic specialist and if need be get a MRI done. Take care!

Since the pain just occurs during sleep this is likely to be due to a postural abnormality over a primary degenerative process (osteoarthritis) or muscle spasms. This is probably that would need to be worked on as a hit and trial with her physiotherapist/ chiropractor in finding the posture that suits her the best during sleep and avoidance of postures that could aggravate the symptoms.

) when the affected joint is moved or touched, and patients may experience muscle spasm and contractions in the tendons. OA commonly affects the hands, feet, spine, and the large weight bearing joints, such as the hips and knees, although in theory, any joint in the body can be affected. As OA progresses, the affected joints appear larger, are stiff and painful, and usually feel worse, the more they are used throughout the day, thus distinguishing it from rheumatoid arthritis.

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