Pressure on center of back as in lying down or sitting against the back of a chair etc.

[Alphakiwi]

I have been diagnosed with AF and have a pace maker. Recently i have found it uncomfortable to put pressure on center of back and it brings on palpitations and short breath and an irregular rythm.I have an emay portable ECG . I could send a printout.

[CDreamer]

Hi - this is purely anecdotal but I have had a few incidents of AF, in the past now, which I believe were stimulated by misalignment of spine in the thoracic area. Three or four times I happened to be in the building were my Chiro, also a friend, worked so I was able to have an adjustment immediately - my AF stopped.

I also had one occasion when I was having a regular adjustment which immediately triggered AF - soon corrected I hasten to say.

I just wonder if you have something similar going on with you? I should mention that I had a lot of spinal pain and movement restrictions following a car accident many years ago and underwent rehab, Chiropractice and soft tissue massage.

There is very little evidence or research into this phenomena that I can find but a few other anecdotal mentions on StopAFib site.

a-fib.com/faqs-natural-ther...

You mentioned having a pacemaker. Do you think that is relevant? I also have a pacemaker which has stopped 95% of my AF episodes.

[Alphakiwi in reply to CDreamer]

Thanks CD. It seems i am better off with pm to.. I do have compession wedges maybe caused by years of competitive cycling in a very aggresive position and lots of accidents. I dont see that anything can be done about this however. Trying to avoid putting my spine under pressure is entirely impossible it seems.My doc i spoken to about the vagus nerve but she shrugs that off.

Im going on veraprimel tomorrow. Low dose 3 x a day. Thanks for your talk.

Colin

[Finlaysmum]

I am relatively new to all this but my ectopics started when I pressed on certain parts of my spine and lower neck causing palpitations. I saw EP/Cardio for the first time yesterday and mentioned this to him - and yes he thought it was an anomaly too. But he is going to arrange an MRI to investigate. So it’s interesting to hear someone else has similar.

[EngMac]

I had 100’s of incidences of starting and stopping Af related to my back. Any doctors I consulted did not have knowledge that this happens. While recording my EKG , if I laid down I would have AF and then if I stood up it would stop. I could repeat this as much as I wanted. I had many other movements that would do the same.

I have only found one study done in Taiwan that concluded the back can affect instances of AF. The three chiropractors I have used know which nerves in the back influence the heart but have not been able to consistently stop AF. In my case, my AF has progressed to where I cannot directly connect my back as a cause.