Was reading a thread here somewhere about someone who had facial ticks and maybe it was caused by feelings of anger that were not discharged. The build up of lactic acid and what not...

I was thinking of that and my wife's back..She invariably has to stretch her back at different times. I noticed before she went to hospital she was stretching that back out constantly..not just every night. Like every hour or two..Had never seen her like that.. ANd every night she was donig that for may be an hour...

There is stretching and then there is stretching; it seemed to me she was doing much more stretching than a normal athlete does. SHe was a very good athlete in school and when she runs she will stretch and warm down for may be 10 min+ . Nothing like an hour..

I was thinking it was stress and anxiety. Even her mother noticed that every time she has had a breakdown or something emotional it's her back that starts to act up. Back in 1996 before I knew her she said that she had some reaction to medicine given for her back and that is what landed her in hosp.

Rather than anxiety I am wondering if it is really anger? She was so working that back for weeks before she went to hosp. in APril..And she had been in a sour mood for months, just always criticizign never any fun at all.

We saw her yesterday, she is in a halfway house after getting out of hosp. She was waiting for us outside and she was still stretching; stretching a lot. She hadnt seen me or our daughter for five days so I guess she was nervous..

But boy that anger thing really struck a chord with me. What do others think?