 [ Symptoms ] can a cold virus settle in the muscles of your back ive had cold symptoms stuffy runny nose and cough feeling very tired and run down now i have severe back pain can a common virus settle in the muscles in your back [ Disease ] this concerns me too and i want to urge you to make an appointment with your health care provider to have this checked out it is impossible to say what is going on without doing a physical examination lab work and so on but the situation you describe does not sound normal to me and i think it warrants an investigation i hope i am not alarming you i do not think you need to run to the emergency room or anything like that there could be a very simple reason why you are experiencing this big belly issue but i do not want you to delay getting checked out by your primary care provider i wish you all the best