Suggest Treatment For Severe Muscle Spasm In Lower Back

Posted on Tue, 14 Oct 2014

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Question : Hello doc ..I hav severe muscle spasm in my lower bak ...I hav difficulty in getting up while am seated ..can u prescribe me some medicine

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (14 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Youw nee to take muscle relaxant

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Back muscle spasm is a common condition. It is caused by sudden movements of back and sleeping in wrong posture. For management of theis pain I would suggest you following.
1. Tablet Myoril or Myospaz twice daily.
2. Tablet Voveron twice daily.
3. Avoid any jerky activity, do not do travelling, or weight lifting.
4. Hot water fomentation.
5. Voletran ointment daily application.
I would recommend you to consult with your doctor before taking these medicines. I hope this answer will be useful for you. Let me know of there is any other followup questions.
Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (11 minutes later)

Doctor ..thankyou for your reply. I experience stiffness n a lot of pain in lower back while getting up from my seat. Will myospaz help ? Also how long its gonna take to recover ? My pain should completely go

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (38 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Take muscle relaxant for seven days

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Muscle relaxants needs to be taken for seven days. If there is severe pain than you can continue it for ten days . Once this pain is relieved I would recommend you to start back muscle physiotherapy. In which you will be trained for back muscle strengthening exercises. once your muscle are stronger, you will not feel any back spasm.
thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju