Can you not be in pain and be having spasms? It's hard for me to determine what a spasm actually is. It's obvious when I'm sweating in pain that I'm having spasms but how else can you determine if your having them?

Well, some people don't know they're having them but then a CRS can feel the tightening. For lots of people though, me included, the spasms cause an agony not unlike the tight feeling of contractions in childbirth.
It feels like your butt-muscle has gone into lockdown!

For me, the spasms were very painful - lots of burning and sharp pains, like a knife was stuck up my butt. And, like Val says, it feels really tight. There have been some boardies who didn't experience so much intense pain, but their sugeons could still feel that their butts were too tight.
Also, I had my fissure for probably 8 months (off and on when it healed and retore), and it was painful, but not over-the-top crazy pain - that came later when things got really intense for another two months after that. The pain was so bad I was living on TOC pain meds and cryign a lot. So, unfortunately, in my experience, it is possible to not have much pain in the beginning, but have a lot later. That's another good reason to get on top of healing fissures before the grow up to be evil dragons!

I too have had the AWFUL spasms!!! For me, it hurt like nothing else I can explain. If I've sat for a time and get up, oh my throbbing like an other. Walking at times has been very difficult as well.....Trying not to look like something is gripping your butt cheeks is a task in itself sometimes! I wish feeling spasms on NO ONE!

hi .. the spasms that i have are in my lower back not my butt is that normal ????

Hey Ardp,
Fissure spasms are in the Anus, not the lower back.

To me, spasms are like uncontrollable clenching of your anal muscles. You can feel it certainly, like never before, but you can't stop it.

It was the same for me Dwarfs. Just horrible clinching out of nowhere! I think it was NG who gave the best description of what I felt with mine also.
I kind of envied people who just had them for a # of hours after a bm. Mine could last all day and just randomly hit me out of nowhere. I had a constant pressure that felt like I had to have a bm pretty much 24/7.
I'm so thankful those days are over!

yes dawn, i remembered my first week of anal fissure was pure hell. I didn't even know that i'm experiencing spasms, i only know it's excruciating pain. The throbbing lasted for the whole day and peaked at every BM. After i survived thru the 1st week, healed 90%, the clinching is still lingering there. I was still clueless why. So i researched and realised it's the spasm. Until now, i still do get gentle spasms after BM, but it will probably only last for 10mins.