Robin

It was nice of you to respond. I am having a really good day and
evening. I am not sure but my Chiro Dr G said on Wed that there was
a chance it wasn't PS. I seem to be improving so I will probably
wait and see. As I read the posts I certainly had all the signs.

Since my diagnosis was pretty early I am hopeful that my Chiro Dr
will be succesful, he said that he knew another Dr who had a
different technique and if I didn't improve he would send me there.

My hats off to everyone who deals with this. It is unbelievable.

I have started eating healthy and cutting back on my food portions
because I am certainly overweight and that is never good.

I hope your steroid injection will take care of your inflamation.

Sincerely
sue in fl


--- In piriformissyndrome@yahoogroups.com, Robin <rllkrn@...> wrote:
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> Hello Sue,
>   Sorry to hear that you are having pain. I would recommend going
to a physician and or orthopedic specialist to ruleout any detectable
damage to spine ect.  I have to say the pilates and yoga classes I
have been faithful to for the past 2 years have transformed my life
in many ways. I have more energy and am more flexible. My posture is
better than it has ever been. My legs and feet ache less at work (13
hour shifts mostly on my feet). Unfortunately my periformis area
still wakes me up at night and causes pain while sitting.
>   Next week I am having hip/SI joint injection of steroid. This is
a more majoir procedure with more risks, but the steroid injection
into the muscle didn't do any thing. But after many Dr, PT,
chiropractors my new specialist is convinced my SI joint is so
inflamed it  won't let my muscle heal. 
>   Take care , Robin
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> Subject: [Piriformis syndrome] New to Group
> To: piriformissyndrome@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 4:38 PM
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> Hi I am new to this group.  I am a 54 year old housewife, I live in
central FL.  I have been reading the older post and I am up to post
#54.  They are very informative but heart wenching that so many of
you went years without even being correctly diagnoised. And sad that
there doesn't seem to be a proven treatment that works for any length
of time.
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> I had never heard of PS untill Monday when my chiropractor told me
he thought I had it.  I had had a pain in my hip/leg that started
getting pretty painful a couple of months ago.  I wasn't too
concerned I had had a pinched nerve before and assumed that was what
this was.  I went to a chiropractor ( this was not the chiro that
diagnosed me with PS) twice and after his adjustment I only felt a
little better and only for a few hours.
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> By Thanksgiving jDayI was having alot of pain but not constant, by
Monday Dec 1,2008 I was really hurting.  So I called a chiropratic
clinic I had used when I had the last pinched nerve.  I saw a
Chiroprator that had joined the practice since my last visit there. 
My former Chiropractor had since retired. 
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> My Chiro Dr G first examined me and said it could be one of a
couple things one being PS, he then did  xrays and warmed up my back
hip and had me hooked up to something that stimulated my hip area
(Sorry I am not more specific as to correct terms I was really
hurting and just trying to get thru each minute) He did some
adjusting on my back and hip.  Showed me some stretching exercised
for me to do.  Told me to sleep on my good hip, with a pillow between
my legs when I slept on my side.  And when I slept on my back to have
a pillow under my knees.  He was very up front about not have a sure
cure for this condition.  He showed me some stretching exercised to
do 3x a day.  I was still in quite a bit of pain the next day.  By
mid day I felt alot better, but alot of pain at nite.
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> Wednesday I went back to My Chiro Dr G and he again gave me a
similar treatment, warmup, hooked up to a machine that stimulated my
hip butt area and adjusted me.
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> Thursday I began to have hope that I would get better.  But by
evening I started getting alot of pain.
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> Friday I went to Dr in the am  Hurting some and again a similiar
treatment.  By Friday afternoon I was feeling pretty good until
evening again then the pain.
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> Sat (today) am woke up hurting but not terrible pain, got up and
then started having pain again.  My husband rubbed biofreeze on the
back of my legs where the pain was and massaged them.  I have had
pain off and on today not as extreme as earlier this week. I seem to
always feel better during the day.
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> I have tried cold, heat, massage, biofreeze ointment, walking. 
This is something else.  I have never had a pain where there doesn't
seem to be anyway to actually relive some of it.
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> Do my symptoms mimic any of yours?  I feel after the first 54 posts
that I read mine is not as severe as the first posters.
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> I might mention that the last few months I have been letting my
grandaughter nap on me while I laid in the recliner.  I thing this is
where my problem began.  She is now 13 months old.  I watch her 5
days a week for my son.  I also have spent alot of time in the early
am and evenings on the computer.
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> I have also allowed my self to overeat and am 172 pounds on my 5
foot 4 inch frame.  As of this week I have cut back on my eating and
watching what I eat.
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> I am not very good at expressing my thoughts nor a good speller.  I
really appreciate finding this group and all the information it has. 
It is nice to know others in the same boat.
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> Sincerely
> Sue in Fl
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