Upper-mid Back Pain Only After Sleeping

[quiXilver]

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!

[FeeLinFree]

Are there videos anywhere that you know of demonstrating these exercises?  

[weasy36]

I'm not sure but last Sunday I woke up with a stiff neck and upperback pain with it and it was sore for about 3days and now today I woke up and it hurts again the same way I notice that when I woke up I was sleeping flat on my back and I normaly sleep on my sides not sure if that's what causing it

[adstettler]

I have been experiencing significant upper back pain that started about a month and a half ago.  Every morning I wake up around 4:30 a.m. with pain in my upper back.  No change in position helps.  It is painful enough that taking advil every night did not help.  It gets to the point where it hurts to breath.  When I wake up, the pain starts to subside and by the evening I only feel pain if I arch my back.

I went to a chiropractor, massage therapy, and a sports med Dr.  The Dr. took an xray and said that my spine looked healthy!  In his words he said "I guess you are the mystery patient of the day?".  Needless to say I was unhappy with his diagnosis.  I proceeded to another Doctor that gave me Lidocaine shots in my back and ordered physical therapy.  The Lidocaine shots did nothing, and it has taken a week and a half to line up the therapy which I start tomorrow.

In the meantime, I came across this thread and started Lumbar Extensions 4-5 times per day.  I also have been doing psoas stretches, p90x yoga, and  rolling on a tennis ball before I go to sleep. www.do-it-yourself-joint-pain-relief.com with Gary Crowley.  After four days of starting the lumbar extensions, I slept through the night for 8 1/2 hours last night!!  I'm still stiff in the morning but plan on continuing this regiment.

I promised myself I would respond to this thread if I experienced good results.  So far...so good.  I will update again as time goes on.

Adam

[DakotaSoul]

Many of you describe the pain I experience only when lying down. Severe gripping pain in lumbar region, across the back, 6 inches wide.  So much pain I scream out in the night, even with 800m of Motrin 3xs daily.  It;s been going on for 4 months. The doc found I was severely deficient in Vitamin D.  In other words, I have the adult version of rickets.  Without the vitamin, calcium can't be used by the body, and results in skeletal muscle problems, pain, spasms, and fractures.  So check  it out--it may not be what you have, but it's worth a conversation with your doc.

[Jakes1111]

Hi, im curious also as to why my mid back pain after sleeping 4-5 hours started only 3 weeks ago... I wake up at about 4am every day. I have pain in my mid back on the right side. This pain usually goes away if I rise and get active after say an hour or two. I will feel little discomfort during the day still but not as 4am.

Breathing isnt a problem but its when I might cough also that I feel pain in that same area early after rising. I understand that the answer might be spread out over all the threads on here but possibly someone have had the exact same as me and found out what it is....?

Will magnesium help? Will memory foam help? Im hoping its not my kidney... but with the comments on here it seems not to be. Havent gone to the dr yet...

The idea that this pain comes in the morning when sleeping and not during the day is a bit of a positive for I reckon... but not getting enough sleep and having so much pain early every day isnt! Wish I can sleep longer again.......

Im also a bit over weight about 25kg to be exact... maybe my back need strenghtening?

[Jakes1111]

Hi, I have the exact same between 4-5 but mostly at 4am... this happens for three weeks now. Plse can you tell me if yours is sorted now? What was it? Mine also on right side... thks