Question:
upper middle back pain

Before my surgery I had lower back pain, thats alot better, now my center upper back is really getting bad, is any one feeling me? e-mail me let me know. Thanks. ([email protected])    — lewis F. (posted on April 25, 2003)

April 24, 2003
I have raging middle back pain for a week or two with every twent pounds I lose. I am definitely standing and sitting straighter than I used to and I hold my stomach in all the time too. My doc says that it is my frame unable to keep up with the rapid weight loss. I have found that the only thing that trult helps is upper body weight training to strengthen those upper back muscles. I do it with one of those giant rubber band things and after just a few day I am much better!
   — Carol S.

April 24, 2003
Do you still have your gallbladder? That's where I would feel the pain the worst.
   — Katerina M.

April 24, 2003
I had the same pain and went to the chiropractor. I had ribs dislocated. He said that when you lose weight this fast the rib cage shifts faster than the body can adjust to it. The ribs were poking into the muscles and causing pain. Some days I could barely get through the work day and spent most of the evening laying down. I finally got my boss to go in due to her back pain and she has the same thing happening. I can truely say that now I am mostly pain free. The days that it does act up I can blame it on poor posture, because as soon as I straighten up, the pain stops. Good luck.
   — Dana B.

April 25, 2003
I had the exact same thing for about the first six months. I never got a definite explanation as to why. But my doctor prescribed Vioxx and it worked without making me feel drugged up.
   — Linda A.

April 25, 2003
I've been, and still am, suffering with low and mid back pain since 3 weeks from surgery, which was 4/5/02. It's pretty much been attributed to muscle spasms in my abdomen. It's finally started getting better these last few weeks, because of having an acupressure treatment done. I sure hope your pain goes away soon!!
   — Christine L.