[Andrew D Graham]

Yes. More than anything, stress exacerbates it. If I am active and engaged and happy, I have no pain. If I am on the couch using my computer for a few hours or watching TV for a long time it gets much worse. If I am feeling worried or stressed, I’ll get back pain. What is odd about mine is that the locus of the pain changes – sometimes mid back on one side, sometimes on the other, and sometimes my lower back  on either side. I use a heating pad lying down and good posture when sitting up for relief.

[Andrew D Graham]

Just joined and diagnosed only in the past month. I’d been having tremors for about six months but then started having back pain that would move from one location to another and was sometimes severe and sometimes not present at all. I saw an acupuncturist, a rolfer, and then an osteopath looking for a treatment that would address this back pain. My osteopath sent me to my PCP since she was suspicious about the tremor and my PCP sent me to a neurologist. Neurologist (and all the info I’ve found in my research) suggests that pain in the neck/shoulders or in the lower back isn’t uncommon in PD, I haven’t found any reference to pain that has no specific locus and moves around the way mione does.

So – has anyone else had back pain that isn’t in a specific area but moves from place to place?