Hi All,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this but here goes:
I went for a run this morning, I was pushing myself very hard, having been running for about 11 minutes and just reaching the finish so my breathing was at max capacity when suddenly felt the most intense localised pain in my back at about T9-T11 slightly right of centre.
I'm sure it is a muscle spasm (possibly Levatores Costarum) I was wondering if anyone had ever come across anything like this previously. Treatment wise I'm going to give it a couple of days to calm down and then get some good articulation work done on my ribs and loosen up my QLs which are always tight.
The interesting Bit
My (quiet) breathing is very painful when I lie down. I am wondering if the effect of the diaphragm is compromised when lying down due to the reduced influence of gravity on my viscera and thus the so called accessory muscles to breathing do more work when in this position, which would be contrary to everything I’ve ever read on this subject which always talks about the diaphragm as the prime mover regardless of body position.
I would be really interested to hear any opinions from anybody who has had experience with this and also I am wondering if anybody is aware of any good sources of information on biomechanics of breathing.
Other notes (just in case you are interested):
Pain is also reproduced with side bending and rotating right. And also deep inspiration whilst standing.
Levatores costarum spasm
You are the first person I have come across since I suffered an acute spasm of the levatores costarum 14 years ago (in 1996). Like you, I was a runner. I was overtraining and having exercise induced asthma attacks as a result. I was prescribed a salbutamol inhaler to use for my training sessions. Big mistake. In the middle of the night I was forcibly awakened by a powerful muscle spasm in the back of my ribcage. I couldn't get enough breath. It wasn't asthma, nor was it a panic attack.
I had to drop out of university and wasn't able to work for five years. I was constantly short of breath and developed chronic fatigue, wasting of leg muscles, confusion, poor sleep (the breathlessness increased when I lay down). It has ruined my life.
14 years later the problem still remains. It took me a while to work out what was causing the breathlessness (I knew it was a muscle spasm, but didn't know exactly which muscle group it was).
14 years later, the problem remains. I still have the spasm, I am still constantly short of breath
Hi dami10 and welcome to HP.
You might not get a response from the original poster, or it might be a while before you do get one. The thread was started nearly two years ago and the member hasn't visited the forum for a few months.