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Muscle Spasm like pain?
I'm going to try and keep this question short.
A few years ago I had back surgery on my lower lumbar spine. Recently an orthopedic doctor told me I now have 2 herniated discs and will not do anything because I'm so young. (Fine and dandy, I plan on starting to go swimming at a local Y to build up my core muscles). - I'm use to getting back pain and muscle spasms.
With that in mind, out of nowhere, I get this pain on my left side above my hip and below my rib cage. It's a burning type feeling when I touch or lay on it. It's nowhere near my normal back pain area, and isn't the usual pain I get from my back. I'm about in tears- hurts so bad.
Here's my logic: if it "were" a kidney infection, is have a fever and/or problems urinating (which I have neither). It just started last night into today so I only took a muscle relaxer to try and get the pain to stop.
My question: Has anyone else had this mysterious freakish pain out of nowhere? I'm not diabetic but I am a high risk for bold clots (so they tell me, I don't think it's that either). Any thoughts (home remedies) I could do to calm it down?
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- Christin KLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
You may have a herniated muscle tear--or a pinched nerve. With all the problems you've already had with your back, it isn't surprising that you are getting pain in the hip area--it could be almost anything. If I were you I would go BACK to the doctor--and maybe even get another doctor--your age should not matter if you are in pain and if you know you already have herniated disks. The nerves fan out from the lumbar region to your entire lower body area--you can feel pain in your sides, in the front of your abdomen, or even down your legs from this problem. I can't imagine why they would not want to help you alleviate this. Swimming and water therapy help a LOT with this problem--and have your physical therapist show you exercises to GENTLY stretch your muscles. Water therapy helped me a tremendous amount with my lumbar problems--it was the ONLY thing that did. (Tip: have your shoes evaluated by a doctor who knows about support and gait! Getting the proper shoe support made a world of difference too.)
A kidney infection may or may not include fever and urination problems AT FIRST--untreated, it will eventually manifest with those issues too--but at first, all you may have is the back pain. And where you are describing the pain is not usually where that pain happens. Kidney pain is more in the middle of the back, radiating outward from there. And if you had that much pain, it's likely NOT a kidney infection unless you were also experiencing the other symptoms. I hope you feel better soon.
