Mid Back and Neck Pain While Sleeping.

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I'm 34 and until last few months, I've never had any trouble with my bones, muscles or joint hurting while sleeping. Even while I was obese at 390(somethinhg) pounds. The only back issue that I ever experienced was back in 2004 from improper lifting. My lower back was in excruciating pain that got worse until I ended up seeing a chiropractor. After a few months of sessions, I was pain free and had been ever since. I really don't think this is related to that incident because that pain was a much different kind in the lowest part of my back radiating to my hips making it difficult to sit down or stand for more than a few minutes.

Going back to my weight loss, I've kept it off now for a few years now and I've been maintaining a weight of 190lbs. I still workout regularly and what not, but in the past few months, alot of little things are starting to bother me that didn't before. Like having my wallet in my back pocket is becoming painful to sit on so I recently went wallet free. The pain I experience in my mid back and neck is generally mild and more an annoyance at this point, but it does seem to be getting a little worse. The pain feels more muscle related as my back and neck feel really tight when I wake up. The pain/tightness generally goes away within an hour of waking up, but I feel like I should look into this and do something about it before it becomes serious.

Should I look into a different kind of mattress or maybe try yoga? Or am I just starting to get old?

 

[Cappuccino]

I know most of you guys go to Costco. Have you tried the move free joint supplement? You can get them at Costco. They are good apparently. (Source - my teacher lol)

I do Yoga a lot and I can confirm doing Yoga can help you with your problems. Yoga is for everyone, we have a 61-year-old man who is doing Yoga with us at the gym and he is not in the best shape but he is very happy and excited every time he comes in. He should do cardio but prefer Yoga because its more fun and relaxing. I agree.

Btw do you play Piano? I always wanted to ask because of your name and DP

 

[Exterous]

Your sleeping habits can still change over time so a change from back to side or front sleeping can change how well your mattress works for you. (Side sleepers tend to do better on softer mattresses than back sleepers). Or maybe you've started a bad posture habit somewhere along the line?

About a month and a half ago I was starting to have some back issues that was resulting in (from?) muscle knots forming so I started doing a lot of exercises to try and stretch them out. While trying to figure out which stretches would work well for my current pains I noticed that a lot of the non-pain causing areas were tight and benefiting from other stretches. For the time being I have calendar reminders that go off every day to remind me to stretch and its helped a ton. I can do most of them while I'm at my desk at work and it only takes a couple of minutes. I got most of the stretches from an oddly helpful wikihow article:
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Knots-in-Your-Back

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I'm 34 and until last few months, I've never had any trouble with my bones, muscles or joint hurting while sleeping. Even while I was obese at 390(somethinhg) pounds. The only back issue that I ever experienced was back in 2004 from improper lifting. My lower back was in excruciating pain that got worse until I ended up seeing a chiropractor. After a few months of sessions, I was pain free and had been ever since. I really don't think this is related to that incident because that pain was a much different kind in the lowest part of my back radiating to my hips making it difficult to sit down or stand for more than a few minutes.

Going back to my weight loss, I've kept it off now for a few years now and I've been maintaining a weight of 190lbs. I still workout regularly and what not, but in the past few months, alot of little things are starting to bother me that didn't before. Like having my wallet in my back pocket is becoming painful to sit on so I recently went wallet free. The pain I experience in my mid back and neck is generally mild and more an annoyance at this point, but it does seem to be getting a little worse. The pain feels more muscle related as my back and neck feel really tight when I wake up. The pain/tightness generally goes away within an hour of waking up, but I feel like I should look into this and do something about it before it becomes serious.

Should I look into a different kind of mattress or maybe try yoga? Or am I just starting to get old?

Welcome to the adventure that is your 30's, where you get to discover how your body will begin to betray you.

For one, don't keep your wallet in your back pocket. Never should have, but hindsight is 20/20 or whatever. Front-pocket or don't use it.

Don't ignore pain, even if it's mild. Mean's something's wrong and your body is trying to tell you. Odds are good your posture is balls, both sleeping and awake. Sore when waking up is par for the course for getting older so you can expect that to an extent, but try stretching a little when you wake up/move around some. You might need to look at getting a new bed (I personally recommend Bed In A Box), new pillow (I recommend My Essentia), and a new computer chair if you spend a lot of time in front of one (Herman Miller Aeron or bust).

Keep the weight off, that'll do more for you than anything. Extra weight will fuck your knees (muscle and cartilage), back (muscle, disks, and nerves), misc joints, and don't get me started on what stomach weight will do to your gastro system. As long as you're fit your weight is probably fine (height depending) but if you're not looking for mass, aim for like 175 if you're a reasonable height (6'' or less).

Skip the chiro, sometimes they can offer temp relief but you have to get to the bottom of what's causing it.