HELPexcruciating pain in left inside thigh muscle

[qhcrazy]

Well, I was walking up from my barn back to my house on Friday night and all of a sudden got this horrid jolting pain in my upper right inside thigh. I went to the emergency room the next morning, thinking I might have another blood clot! Welll....they said they couldn't give me a CT scan or a sonogram because even if they said I did have a clot, I am already taking coumadin and have a filter in place. My INR levels were in range too, so they said it probably wasn't a clot. Soooooo, muscle spasm? Strained muscle? It comes and goes, but when it does spasm, it is all I can bear and it is sooooooooo painful! Don't tell me that sudden painful muscle spasms are yet another thing to "look forward to" during my recovery? Anyone else have this, will this too go away? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:(

[Tmasgio]

Muscle spasms are part of the damage that may be in place in that nerve track. I get them from time to time and they floor me. Stretch everyday if you can. That is the key to making those muscle stay in shape. Just my .02.

[drummer904]

I just wonder how much pain I would be in if I could feel all the spasms i have in my legs/feet/hips everyday...would pain meds help much?

[ScrapHeap]

Well, I wish I could be the bearer of good news and offer even one solid solution on this topic. Truth is, for me it is all so confusing, frustrating, and painful sometimes. Playing sports all my younger life (and having a brutal older brother 6 years my senior), I have a pretty high tolerance for pain, in general. I am totally committed to dealing w/the pains I normally suffer from on a day to day basis. And that even includes the pink elephant phantom pains in my feet. But I digress..... again....

I get spasms on a fairly regular basis and in one form or another. Mild to menacing. Mild for me is the usual twitchy tightening, multiple mini spasms. Sometimes they hurt. Sometimes they even tickle. But this morning, out of nowhere I get that dreaded between the shoulder blades 100% San Quinton lockup. I am in such excruciating pain when this happens I can't even blink. I believe this is more due to my spondalosis (sp?) than my sct. I've had it happen from time to time, same spasm, same place. Which has NOTHING to do w/my sci pains. Sorry. I'm having trouble all day staying focused.

Back on point, I use to get the worst cramps running up the full length of my shins. It cramps from just inside the outer ankle joints all the way to lower knee. It involves the muscle(s) just to the outside of the shin bones. Hard to describe really. Harder to endure! There is no way to stretch them out like you can a calf muscle cramp. This began happening a year and a half to two years before I was diagnosed. After my sct operation it went away for over a year. To quote some famous movie line, "THEY'RE BAAAAACK!" Been fighting them again quite frequently for almost a year. Horribly painful, persistent as a cockroach, and totally frustrating.

Nothing aside from knocking me out w/a baseball bat is going to lessen that pain. Add those to the usual, every day aches and pains. Top it off w/the cervical area lockup and, well, it's been a great day. Meds won't touch the level of pain I'm dealing with for nearly the past 24 hours.

[qhcrazy]

Went to the Dr. and he said I tore my quadricep muscle. I have absolutely NO idea how I did this, since I was doing nothing out of the ordinary when it happened. Sooooooooo, just when I was starting to be able to walk fairly good, now this is going to set me back a good bit. But, I'm going to try and stay off of it and do the best I can to make this heal! ;D

[ScrapHeap]

Ouch! Man!! Sorry to hear of your setback. We need those like we need another hole in our head.

I didn't want to make assumptions about your condition or activities I have less experience in. So I didn't ask these ?'s earlier. But I was thinking maybe I should. If for nothing else, my own personal knowledge. So here's assumption city...

1) Did you mention that your ride horses?

2) If so, how often?

3) If so, how hard is it to mount, dismount, balance on a walk, trot, gallop, canter, run?

I haven't ridden in quite a few years. Never was a regular rider. But I did pretty well in the saddle - western style only. I know when I finished riding my tendons/ligaments/whatever on the insides of my legs (in sports we called them crotch cords) would tighten up like crazy. It would hurt for days. Made it difficult to walk. I'm concerned that in my situation that may not be worth the benefits? Or does riding on a regular basis cure this (you get into proper condition in time)?

Your thoughts, suggestions, input? Anyone else have any experience and input? I'm all ears (well, eyes actually).

[Joel]

Scrappy:
I find that horse riding can be very fun, particularly when doing a hard-driving guitar solo. Of course, the extension cord can be a bit confining. I also find that when i get a bad pain in one leg, that if i plunge a screw driver into the other leg, then suddenly the pain in the original leg goes away...I hope this helps.
Joel

[sparkomatix]

What I have used with much success believe it or not is..... TONIC WATER, and yes less the booze. The clown that performed my tumor resection actually made the suggestion and it worked. Funny this was about the only thing he ever got right. Tonic water works wonders for deep painful muscle cramping. The quinine goes right to work on it. Too friggin bad my NS never used it for his many brain cramps while I was under his care.... perhaps I would'nt hurt SO BAD!!!!!

I sure as hell dont think quinine will fix a torn quad though. No thoughts there but I do hope the tonic water helps someone here as it really does work wonders for deep muscle pain. But as always check with your doc first.

Be well folks. Glad to be on board. I'll check in later..... Ron frm. Columbus OH. Please, Please.... call me 'SPARKY' it suits me well.

[chickiet]

Hey Sparky -

Welcome to the Club! Not a Club that any of us would choose to join, but we are all here nonetheless.

Thanks for the tonic water suggestion. In my opinion, this one is kind of a no-brainer to try, and it certainly can't hurt. However, I think I'd prefer mine with the gin as well...

Chris

[qhcrazy]

ScrapHeap: To answer your question, I haven't been able to ride since my surgery. I am currently on coumadin, which they say if I fell on my head during a ride, that I could have a fatal brain bleed. sooooooooooooo, I am not riding until I can get off of this coumadin blood thinner. I love to ride though, and it is absolutley killing me that I can't ride!!! I had a fairly young gelding almost broke before my surgery. Now, he too will be set back in his program. He's a really nice western pleasure horse, and big, at 16.2 hands!!! He is by Zippo Bud Bar and a really nice mare, by Leaguers Shadow. I just go out and groom him and remind him of his manners, etc. But, having to stay off this stupid leg, I can't even walk down to my barn, so grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr on muscle tears! I don't want anymore set backs. How are you doing? I pray that you too recover on a daily basis.