Hi Ivan,

Personally I don’t think that you sound so terrible, as your user name might imply, and welcome to the forum.

I am no doctor but if I have to venture a guess, and this truly is a guess. I am guessing that while your wife was sick she spent a considerable amount of time lying on her side while watching TV on either your couch or bed? Do either of those surfaces sag or give way under pressure and weight? Does she tend to lay on one side more then the other?

It doesn’t take nearly as long as some people might think for the body to start degenerating, even perfectly healthy bodies, when not kept in motion, degenerate at an alarming rate. As a result it’s not uncommon to develop secondary physical ailments following illness and recovery for whatever reason. People who convalesce on “sagging” surfaces often develop symptom affecting their backs. Because of your wife’s symptoms and lack of a conclusive diagnosis, I wonder if she has developed a sublaxation in her thoracic spine, T-3, T-4, T-5 region that no one is seeing or cares about if they do?

What I do know for sure is that my husband periodically complains of the same symptoms that you have described. He has sought the services of a chiropractor and achieved immediate relief from simple spinal manipulation. I would also recommend a course of physical therapy, they too are capable of spinal realignment and will be able to provide an exercise program designed to ensure optimal core strength to prevent occurrences such as this in the future. If your bed is an issue, it might be time to consider replacing it. If your couch or chairs are an issue, you might consider buying your wife a new living room set for Christmas.

Good Luck and Best Wishes,
Tyton

What about arthritis as a possibility? RA, more specifically, or another auto-immune disease?