Thanks for the new responses! What you are saying makes sense. I already have balance problems but for the last few days I've noticed my gait is slightly worse than the norm so maybe me being so unbalanced lately is why these back muscles are suffering. How do you try to tell your body NOT to over compensate when it's constantly trying to balance itself? I do think my muscle spasms in my sleep have something to do with this. What I don't understand is why my back muscle spasms only occur in my sleep, when the spasms in my arms, legs, face, abdomen and feet occur while I am awake and functioning for the day? Still waiting to hear back from my neuro.....