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We got a baby gate/pen for our elderly dogs (they couldn't walk on the ceramic tile in the rest of the house due to arthritis). It had an actual "door" that we opened with a little latch to get through. You may want to consider something like that if moving the whole pen becomes problematic. (We didn't have it due to my leg - it was prior to that issue.)
With my situation, I have found that avoiding everything that triggers my pain means that I mainly have pain-free days now (after a couple of years of constant pain that increased over time). I paid very careful attention and just stopped doing all those things - and there were many. My life is guided a lot by "what I can't do" but most of the time I am nearly pain-free. I will have a day or two that are not so great (this does seem to be related to female hormonal issues timing-wise and when I have cramps, it does trigger the spasms in my backside but that is a couple days out of the month and I can still function, usually).
I have a very long list of what I can not do and what I need to do. It was trial and error and I did get feedback from my loved ones as to timing and things they noticed (my husband noticed the hormonal connection). Since I went from not being able to put my own socks on my feet to being able to lean down and pick up something I dropped on the floor today, it does seem to be working, even if I don't have a "cure." At least I can think about something other than pain and I don't take Advil like they are TicTacs any longer. I probably have 1 week a month where I take Advil and even then, it is close to the recommended dose on the bottle.
My pain apparently came from sitting at a desk for years - not from an injury. It does seem as if the people on this list need different treatment depending on how they developed the issue. I was hoping I could swim after reading one post but that was so not the right idea. :( I can still soak in the water though.
All that just to encourage you to keep trying to find the things that trigger the pain and avoid them at all cost. PS caused MORE pain until we figured out what was going on. I'll just say never, never do squats. Just say no. The PS guy helped me initially by finding things I shouldn't do exercise-wise (nearly everything) and started my exploration of trigger avoidance.
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I am still doing stretching exercises. My next appointment with my PRP doctor is Tuesday. I'll see what he has to say. No, I'm not stepping over the baby gates anymore. One stays but the other is gone. That one has been replaced with a 3' by 3' pen that folds. I set it up in front of the doorway and move it when I want to go into or out of the room. I have access to the other room without stepping over a gate.
The pain occurs less often than it did. I don't really notice it until around 3 or 4 p.m. Sitting helps the most for the right side which is the most painful.
The pain occurs less often than it did. I don't really notice it until around 3 or 4 p.m. Sitting helps the most for the right side which is the most painful.
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