Severe back pain only when lying down

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Hi,

I am enquiring about a problem i have been experiencing with my back over the last couple of weeks.

Whenever i lay on my back in bed i get severe pain in the lower right side of my back and i have to take shallow breathes because it hurts too much to take full breathes. Depending on how i lie in bed depends on whereabouts its hurts and how painful it is. For example, if i lay on flat on my back or my left side, my lower left side of my back is extremely painful, if i lay on my right side the pain is not as bad but also moves in the right side of my abdomen and if i lay on my front the pain eases a small amount.

I dont get pain during the day when moving around and my general breathing is not affected, sometimes i do feel a 'twinge' if i yawn or take a deep breathe. I also go to the gym 3 times a week and its doesnt hurt during the workout. It literally only hurts when i lie in bed. It also doesnt hurt to the touch.

I know its not a pulled muscle from the gym as that would hurt constantly, but i feel my doctor would try and fob it off as that.

My current job is office based so i do spend many hours sat down during the day, but i exercise regularly throughout the week.

I have used anti-inflammetries and deep heat sprays and creams, which seem to ease it when i first go to bed but by half way through the night, i move in bed and its as painful as before.

What could be causing this pain?

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    Hi rebecca for the last 14 yrs iv had lung pain, im woken most nights with a feeling like the right lung restricted and cant take deep breath and severe pain an no matter what i do it gets worse untilll i sit upright then it begins to ease it can take abt 30 mins to ease iv tried everything and had xrays ect and doctors have no idea whats goin on im goin bk to gp tomorrow see what they say this time , i just want to know whats causing it as its awful 😭

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    I'm in a simiar boat. It's been 2 weeks since onset of severe pain eminating from throacic back region follwing sleep, and it goes away after 15 minutes upright. Through research and experimentation, I've concluded that my body position during sleep has to change. 5 years ago, I quit sleeping on my stomach due to shoulder/kneck pain. Recently, I've experienced sleeping on left side results in minor pain, on back is worse and on right side is most severe. I used the pillows on my couch to assess different positional options for sleep. It only takes about 15-30 minutes in a given position to assess onset of pain. For me, the best position was on back, torso and head elevated with knees elevated. I'm going to the store to purchase an adjustable bed. I'll also be replacing every piece of furniture that causes pain. I'm also working on techniques for optimization of posture. I'm not going to guess/search for a medical cause. I'll just adapt my environment and myself. I'll check back in 30 days to report the results of this approach.

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      I had an adjustment by a Chripratic and it worked, one of the joins on my lower back/hip was out of place. I'm free of pain right now and able to sleep laying flat on the bed again.

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      No new bed needed. After sleeping on back with the pillows and ideal position for 5 nights, the majority of the problems went away. I can now sleep on back and right side without extra pillows. I also stumbled on the root cause, due to nasty crash on mountain bike last September (ribs on left side were either cracked or bruised). Here's what I'm learning, pain can be about spine/disc damage, it can be about muscle soreness, or it can be about nerves. Causes can range from misalignment to posture injury or genetics...Try different approaches and experiment to develop a strategy for sleep, exercise and care.

  • Posted

    This truly "pains" me to share but this group should know: My diagnosis turned out to be a tumor in m pancreas that has been radiating pain to my mid-back.

    It's been difficulting accepting how long it took my doctors to diagnose this but I'm focusing now on my chemotherapy. Best wishes to everyone.

    • Posted

      I'm so sorry to hear that Jim! I pray you will be healed and cancer free soon.

    • Posted

      Many thanks Patti. best wishes for your healing whatever ailes you.
    • Posted

      I hope you have been able to get help in time. May you find peace in the love of God.
    • Posted

      Hi Jim,

      Sorry to hear about your tumor.  How did they discover the tumor, finally?  MRI?

      My doctor wants me to have an MRI but with my $10,000 deductible I have to pay the whole thing, and I already have $6,000 rolling in from trying to figure out WHY!?  Seems like wasted money, but this excruciating night pain is taking its toll.  

      Thanks.

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    Hi i'm Samantha, I am 16 and have pain all through my body when I lay on my back or stomach. I don't really think it helps that im in yoga and I have a really large low back bend. I'd like an answer to this too because everytime I going to the doctor they say I'm fine. I'd like to know how im fine but always in pain.

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    I have been experiencing pain in the middle of my back that wakes me up every night now.... when it started it was just a couple times a month now it has progressed to every night and started almost a year ago it will have been a year in july... it starts in the middle right side of my back and moves to my front right side my muscles tense up all through my abdomen and I can barely move all I can do is sluggishly try to roll over and/or sit up and even then there is no relief it continues like that for a couple hours and then fades away. Can no longer lay on my stomach as it will set it off even during the day. The pain is unbearable and I dread going to sleep because I know that I will wake up in pain... I only get about 3 to 4 hours of sleep at night... not sure what to do and where to go from here...
    • Posted

      Hi Stormy,

      Your symptoms are the same as mine.  What have you found out?  I've had this for just over three months.

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    i am 14 years old . this jsut started happing to me . i don't work out but i don't do a sport i eat healthy most of the time and i am skinny and small . but this only happens to me when i am laying down to go to sleep . i have tried heating pads and ice but it doesn't work . i am in so much pain . this causes me to go to bed at about 4 and i don't wnat to go to bed that late , but my back just hurts so bad i can't fall asleep . i know this doesn't help answer your question but i don't wnat to have back problems at this age does anyone have an idea of what it is ?

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      This could be the result of so-called solar radiation management or geo-engineering, bot are legal mainstream terms. Look it up.

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