Someone posted recently about terrible pain and her need for surgery, She listed among her symptoms, severe cramping.
I have had severe leg cramps especially at night for many years, and they're definitely gotten much, much worse in the last few years, especially in the last year. This coincides with my deformity worsening (down 4 " in at most 8 years).
(specs: lumbar cobb presently 60 degrees, compensating thoracic angle 30 - 40 deg and marked kyphosis. This is new, and seems to be moving down my spine (ie from thoracic to lumbar). No ones given me a number on it, but I have been told it's a function of rotation and will be managed by correcting the scoliosis. Hope so).
I've googled leg cramps like mad, especially lately as they have been waking me up and the pain is really bad. I live alone and frankly, sometimes I just scream! Walking and squatting - once I can get my feet flat on the floor - takes care of them for at least, a few hours. However, it's getting harder to be able to even straighten my feet so as to put them down flat and bear weight.
They occur especially on my outer calves and back of my thighs. The muscle becomes rock hard. During the day, I notice (when I look) painless twitching any and everywhere on the legs. For all I know, they occur elsewhere but I don't check.
I see leg cramps can be caused by many conditions but somehow I feel mine are associated with the scoliosis and severe spondilolithesis (vertebrae slip and slide all over the place!). I don't have a back doctor in my "medically under-served" area, but both my neurologist and family doctor just blow it off saying "could be anything" .
True, but I take electrolytes and fluid, and also stretch the legs a good bit (the main remedies). Nothing seems to make a difference. They are worse when I've been on my feet for many hours the previous day - say, running errands in big box stores (even though I lean on the shopping carts).
That comment really caught my eye! Does anyone else have this symptom and does it seem to wax and wane with the progression of their scoliosis? Does it decrease (disappear???) after successful correction?
It's really decreasing my quality of life, what's left of it. It's the main reason I need so much extra sleep (when I can get it) . Also when it occurs, it really hurts ( I'm not known for wimpyness).
I have had severe leg cramps especially at night for many years, and they're definitely gotten much, much worse in the last few years, especially in the last year. This coincides with my deformity worsening (down 4 " in at most 8 years).
(specs: lumbar cobb presently 60 degrees, compensating thoracic angle 30 - 40 deg and marked kyphosis. This is new, and seems to be moving down my spine (ie from thoracic to lumbar). No ones given me a number on it, but I have been told it's a function of rotation and will be managed by correcting the scoliosis. Hope so).
I've googled leg cramps like mad, especially lately as they have been waking me up and the pain is really bad. I live alone and frankly, sometimes I just scream! Walking and squatting - once I can get my feet flat on the floor - takes care of them for at least, a few hours. However, it's getting harder to be able to even straighten my feet so as to put them down flat and bear weight.
They occur especially on my outer calves and back of my thighs. The muscle becomes rock hard. During the day, I notice (when I look) painless twitching any and everywhere on the legs. For all I know, they occur elsewhere but I don't check.
I see leg cramps can be caused by many conditions but somehow I feel mine are associated with the scoliosis and severe spondilolithesis (vertebrae slip and slide all over the place!). I don't have a back doctor in my "medically under-served" area, but both my neurologist and family doctor just blow it off saying "could be anything" .
True, but I take electrolytes and fluid, and also stretch the legs a good bit (the main remedies). Nothing seems to make a difference. They are worse when I've been on my feet for many hours the previous day - say, running errands in big box stores (even though I lean on the shopping carts).
That comment really caught my eye! Does anyone else have this symptom and does it seem to wax and wane with the progression of their scoliosis? Does it decrease (disappear???) after successful correction?
It's really decreasing my quality of life, what's left of it. It's the main reason I need so much extra sleep (when I can get it) . Also when it occurs, it really hurts ( I'm not known for wimpyness).
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