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[buckwheet]

I broke my back at t9 and the bones went into my spinal chord. I am now a complete paraplegic from t9 down.

It now has been a year and I still have a feeling of a band around my midsection that puts constant pressure just under my injury.
anybody have this same problem.

[Tetracyclone]

Oh yes, Buckwheet. This is a very common problem of abdominal or thoracic tightness even in incomplete quads.

It is most unpleasant. If you can adjust your posture to open the legs and straighten the back, you may find some relief.

[A trophy guy]

Tetracyclone, on 11 November 2011 - 01:56 AM, said:

Oh yes, Buckwheet. This is a very common problem of abdominal or thoracic tightness even in incomplete quads.

It is most unpleasant. If you can adjust your posture to open the legs and straighten the back, you may find some relief.

Really? Tell me more; what is the nature of this tightness and pressure in the abdominal or thoracic areas of those suffering from this problem?

[biggdoggpa]

My friend described this as putting a belt around his torso and tightening it just below the injury level, he described his more of a ring feeling but either he got used to it or it has gone away he hasnt really complained much about it anymore. however from time to time he complains of his back hurting. do you have rods in your back?

[A trophy guy]

No, and I've never experienced the pain or discomfort that you and others have described here. That's why I am so interested in hearing more about it. Especially in what causes it.

[Tetracyclone]

I gathered from my surgeon, with whom I had a lovely chat last week, after 3.5 years, that it is a common neurological dysfunction with SCI, cause still unexplained. It may be another of the symptoms related to the LACK OF dampening signals from the brain. About half of our cord neurons are not for carrying commands to the body, but for dampening various signals, like reflexes, from the body. This is why we have spasms. Anyway, we don't know why yet. I remember them being called "belly bands" in an old thread. I never had them until about 8 months after my injury, when I began doing concentrated abdominal exercises.

If anyone wants more info on how to back them off I will type more.

I remember one person reported actually blacking out from constriction to their breathing. Yuck. Always remember- things could be so much worse.

Edited by Tetracyclone, 12 November 2011 - 02:52 AM.

[buckwheet]

Tetracyclone, on 12 November 2011 - 02:51 AM, said:

I gathered from my surgeon, with whom I had a lovely chat last week, after 3.5 years, that it is a common neurological dysfunction with SCI, cause still unexplained. It may be another of the symptoms related to the LACK OF dampening signals from the brain. About half of our cord neurons are not for carrying commands to the body, but for dampening various signals, like reflexes, from the body. This is why we have spasms. Anyway, we don't know why yet. I remember them being called "belly bands" in an old thread. I never had them until about 8 months after my injury, when I began doing concentrated abdominal exercises.

If anyone wants more info on how to back them off I will type more.

I remember one person reported actually blacking out from constriction to their breathing. Yuck. Always remember- things could be so much worse.

please tell me more i am thinking about going to mayo clinic to see if they have any answers

[Cathelena]

Yes, i got this a few weeks after my injury, They call it junctional pain, Its where the "good" nerves meet the "bad" ones. You cam take medication such as amitriptiline or imipramine for it.