Discomfort during sleep...

[green m&m]

This is going to be a small rant .

I'm sure sleeping/lying down is one of the most comfortable position for most of you...

WELL, in the past few days, I'd wakeup and feel a high level of discomfort in my back, mostly on the most concave point of my curve.

Same bed, same pillows, nothing about my sleeping arrangement has changed to trigger it. In fact, a position I prefer so that my curve is 'straightened' out while I sleep is uncomfortable now. It used to be that if I slept with my body bent toward the curve, I'd feel caved in and felt uncomfortable, now that is the only way I am not in any discomfort while sleeping.

I tried passing it off the first time it happened but this is starting to get annoying. To top it off I feel like my convex side of the curve is extra strong and curvy today... tip me over and i'll probably fall

[katblack]

I used to get that too. It drove me batty! Hope you can get some good sleep again soon.

[Julieanne]

discomfort sleeping

How strange!! I have always been able to sleep through anything....until the last few weeks. Like you, I would lay on my "bad" side, straightening out my curve. Now when I do that, my whole left side not only goes numb, I have the sensation that the left side of my body had turned into brick. The pain and aching in my back, hips and shoulders wake me up during the night. That has never happened until a few weeks ago. And, like you, same bed, pillow, sleeping position...nothing has changed, except that my curves are progressing. (And I'm getting older...lol) Anyway, just wanted to say you are not alone, and I don't have a good answer. I just try to wait to get into bed until I'm really tired, so I fall asleep right away, before the "brick and mortar" set in! lol Hope you get some good sleep soon.....

[The Professor]

This is going to be a small rant .
WELL, in the past few days, I'd wakeup and feel a high level of discomfort in my back, mostly on the most concave point of my curve.

Have you recently had curve progression? Changes in the curvature could possibly cause symptoms like that.

[green m&m]

Have you recently had curve progression? Changes in the curvature could possibly cause symptoms like that.

I hope not!. My annual follow up with my scoliosis specialist is in August, so I can find out in three months... I am having a T and L spine MRI next Tuesday so I could find out if there are some things that can cause pain/discomfort in the are of concern.

[Marcilo]

force on curve

I used to do that too, in-fact to make my curve straight, or so to say at least try to make it straight I used to sleep on the floor and then I developed pinching pain on apex of convex side of curve, assuming u are looking sideways and how back appears curved (in case of Kyphosis).

My doctor told me not to force it as it can harm more than doing any good. I went back to bed and now, at least that pain is gone

[CurvySAT05]

I have been having the same problem for the last few weeks as well. Although it is only comfortable for me to sleep on the curved side of my spine. I have a left lumbar curve (I forget the whole convex concave thing) and now to sleep on my right side I wake up with right sided numbness and it feels like the lower part of my spine below the fusion is going to break off if I dont move or turn over. I can only sleep on my back now or on my left side, no more right side (which is usually most comfortable). My back has been out for two weeks and have been having right leg numbness and pain across the front which is not normal for me. I went to the surgeon but he still thinks that it could be normal and that because I still have a lower lumbar curve it could just be prone to exacerbation. He said give it a bit more time. I had new x rays taken, but I dont think he measured the lumbar curve, so I dont know if there was any progression. Good question.
Mandy

[sweetness514]

I have the same problem too. Even though I'm fused, I still have a thoracic curve that leans to the right, and ever since this last surgery for my non union in December, I only sleep on the right side or my back- and wake up very often feeling like I'm a brick pressing into the mattress, what a pain. In addition to that, I have a stiff neck that goes all the way to my thoracic spine, and it's been three days. It happened, as it often does, after I fell asleep for about 20 mminutes on my back and somehow some nerves and muscles are "stuck". I don't do bad movements or anything, it always happens when I'm sleeping, and I noticed that the humid and/or cold temps don't help. This used to happen many times right before I had surgery and ever since I have had surgeries, it still happens many times a year(3-4 times). I was wondering if it happened to others who are fused or have scoliosis too. Very annoying

[green m&m]

I used to do that too, in-fact to make my curve straight, or so to say at least try to make it straight I used to sleep on the floor and then I developed pinching pain on apex of convex side of curve, assuming u are looking sideways and how back appears curved (in case of Kyphosis).

My doctor told me not to force it as it can harm more than doing any good. I went back to bed and now, at least that pain is gone

I never force my body into a position that could potentially be harmful. I just used to be much more comfortable while sleeping and making my curve strighter... now, not so much. ow. Although all this 'new' discomfort/pain could be just related to my menstrual cycle which have always been there but I just started noticing it more... Either way, bad timing on my body's part. I've got enough to worry about

Well... it looks like I should go see my ortho sooner than I had planned :-\.

[lelc2002@yahoo]

I can't sleep on either hip & have recently had a problem on my stomach too. So that leaves the back. It's the only position I seem to get some sleep with.
I can't sleep on the 'straight-no hip side-uncomfortable & the hip side (abnormally curved in) when I try it,I get very bad heartburn , loud gurgling noises that keep me up...wierd....
Ly 60/60 curv & 80 kyphosis surg this Aug
http://lynnebackattack.blogspot.com

[briarrose]

Try a Memory Foam mattress. This has helped my back greatly because it molds to your shape.

[green m&m]

Try a Memory Foam mattress. This has helped my back greatly because it molds to your shape.

My parents have those so I have tried them and I actually hate them. They are my least favorite type of mattresses. I'm a bit weird..

[bbest]

I am with briarrose. We just bought a memory foam mattress pad a couple of weeks ago and it has done wonders for my back. Before we got it, I woke up hunched over like an 80 yr. old (hope I don't offend any 80yr olds ) Now I'm not so hunched and I am getting a better quality sleep at night.

[Jacque's Mom]

Tempurpedic

I have the Tempurpedic mattress. People have said it takes a while to get used to but I loved it right from the beginning. It would take me a while to get out of my other bed (Sterns & Foster) as my hips were soooo sore but with the new one (have it 2.5 years), it's minimal now. For me it was the right choice. Good luck. LYNN

[sweetness514]

My parents have those so I have tried them and I actually hate them. They are my least favorite type of mattresses. I'm a bit weird..

In that case another weirdo here...hated it also