Back Pain- When I twist it from side to side, i hear a grinding sound. Does anyone know why?

Question

I'm 23 F. I recently started experiencing back pain... oddly I think it was as a result of being in a Pilates class during which I slightly overstretched my back muscles.

Anyhow, the pain has not gone away for about a month and I am slightly freaking out. Now if I sit straight up and twist myself from side to side, I hear a grinding noise. Does anyone know why this is happening? I started noticing it today.

Of course, this is terrible timing because I recently quit my job and now do not have any form of decent health insurance. I'm interested in hearing any suggestions as to what my problem is and what remedies may exist for it (home remedies and professional remedies welcome).

Answer 1

sounds like cartilage damage time to see DOC

Answer 2

Chiropractor and massage therapist with the principles in the $20. book mentioned below
Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

Most back pain occurs when the articular pillar of the lumbar joints are stress by movement such as side bending and flexion. The grinding sound may be comng from the dysfunction of the intervertebral joints of the lumbar spine.Proper examination of the lumbar spine is key to reproduce your sumptoms and detect the level of lesion and determine the cause (if possible).
Treatment may involved soft tissue normalization and joints manipulation and corrective exercises etc
I am a practising myotherapist in Singapore

Answer 4

You may have a herniated disk or a disk that has been compressed so that the bones in your spine may actually be touching in one or more places. See a Dr. This could be quite serious-or not. I'm just saying.
The pic shows your spine in the middle being affected by the disk which has become misplaced (herniated). This pushes on your spine, and if misplaced enough can make your bones (the spongy looking areas between the disks) actually touch one another.

Answer 5

You might have a little muscle pull. The grinding you hear is from your spine being out of alignment. You could get a massage that would help. Putting heat on it will help to but only temporally. I would start with a massage first and go from there.


Peace

Answer 6

uh oh