Muscle twitching/spasms caused by sounds??,

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This is going to sound really bizarre....I hope you don't think I'm a bit nuts!!....

I've suffered with a twingey back since my teens. As I've got older I'm not in the best place....fear of spasms and twinges have made me quite sedentary over the years and I'm now quite stiff and creaky....I won't bore you with the details, but day to day I get by ok.

I often wonder what's caused my bad back. I can think of a few things that might have triggered it...but I have an odd theory.....

As a primary school child I vividly remember being in assembly and if anyone behind me was singing loudly it would make a certain point in my lower back kind of contract and twinge! It didn't hurt...just felt weak and odd. This point is the exact same trigger point for my back flare ups... it has always made me think there could be a link

This weird trigger by singing voices hasn't happened for a while....but on Sat I was in the pub and a chap behind me was singing and I had that funny twinge. Now today my back isn't good at all...I'm having to be careful how I bend and it stemming from that trigger point that went twingey...I'd love to know if this is a thing...can sound trigger muscle spasms? This could unlock my back pain mystery.

This is really genuine... has anyone else experienced it or know of similar? Thanks

Sounds fascinating.
I'd suggest you find an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with training in vestibular rehabilitation.

Thanks for your reply. Excuse my ignorance....what's vestibular rehabilitation?

Vestibular system (inner ear) mediates balance, helps to organise gaze, posture and self regulation.

Information from the vestibular system travels along the same cranial nerve (vestibulo-cochlear nerve) as incoming sound.

So, in your case, is there some overlap of sound and the postural organisation from the vestibular system?
I'd talk to an OT (with training in sensory integration for adults) or a Physio with vestibular rehab training.

Hi Duchess. Thank you again for your reply. Very interesting and enlightening....I'll see about taking this up with someone like you suggest.

You seem quite knowledgable....do you mind me asking... are you medical? Just wondering as I have another theory as to why I'm in this creaky mess.....

The other thing that happened when I was younger...I was walking home with my mum and we were on a narrow pavement. I was heading for a collision with a lamp post....i should have waited for mum to pass it then follow behind her....stupidly, I stepped into the road without looking for cars. I was knocked by a passing car's wing mirror on my arm which forced it upwards with a jolt...the force broke the wing mirror but I felt fine. No aches or pains at all. So lucky it wasn't worse!! Thus was my right arm....the side where my trigger point is. I now also get awful upper back twinges between my shoulder blades which stem from my right side just under my arm. I think this is the problem....maybe coupled with the weird sound spasms which I had a lot around that time...relatively none of those for years til Sat

I'm in dire need if straightening out...my whole right side feels tight. Docs no help...say see chiropractictor but i struggle to afford regular treatments

If you've got this far....thanks for reading and your input. It's very much appreciated!

No way to know without taking a detailed clinical history- which I'm not going to do over the internet obviously.
But- again, I'd have to wonder about your spatial awareness and motor planning, if you stepped off the pavement as an older child?

Thanks again for replying.

To be honest...I never really thought any more about that incident other than I wasn't thinking of the consequences and was just very stupid to do what I did...i was around 10 or 11 I guess. I'm actually naturally quite a cautious person and always kind of risk assess to negate being 'at risk'.

Re spatial awareness....I'm rubbish at reverse parking and estimating distances, also have poor sense of direction!

Gosh....all this has got me wondering. I so want to sort myself out....but after being increasingly stiff for 35+ years...I'm at a loss as to how and if I can turn it around. It feels like my body has 'learned' it's stiff and it doesn't know how to unstiffen!!

Thank you so much for your opinions and help. I'm sure I'll find the path to sorting it out.

Good luck!

Thank you