I have muscle related problem, where my back muscles shrink and expand often. I 'm observing this everyday. It's been a year now. Actually I didn't give proper movement to my back muscle for 6 to 8 months, due to minor slip disc on my back. So I kept moving and turning like a robot for 6 to 8 months. During this time initially I was taking ayurveda oil massage and some intake for muscles. Not sure which led to this muscle issue. Issue (back muscle shrink) is more often seen when I start feeling hungry. Shrink time can be from 30 mins to 1 and a half hour. Not able to sit on chair for long time when back muscle shrinks.

Dr. Prakhar SinghGeneral Physician5yrs exp

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Muscle atrophy is the wasting or loss of muscle tissue that is used for movement (skeletal muscles). Although people can adapt to muscle atrophy, even minor muscle atrophy causes some loss of movement or strength. There are three types of muscle atrophy: physiologic, pathologic, and neurogenic. Neurogenic muscle atrophy is the most severe type of muscle atrophy. Neurogenic muscle atrophy can be from an injury to, or disease of a nerve that connects to the muscle. Neurogenic muscle atrophy tends to occur more suddenly than physiologic muscle atrophy. Treatment may involve: exercises and equipment to help with movement and breathing feeding tubes and diet advice braces or surgery to treat problems with the spine or joints.  

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