Dear group, I am a woman post-fusion about 12 years, recently had my fusion hardware removed. I am seeing a physical therapist for what is evidently...
Hi! I have the privilege of having both steroids and botox injections into my priformis muscle with fluorescence guided injection method in the pain clinic...
Dear Nilgun, Many thanks for your message! My situation is a little complicated (as always). First, the piriformis stuff isn't severe but it's bothering me,...
Hi all - I don't know if this is the right place to be but here goes. This summer I was in a horrible motorbike accident in which I ended up with two broken...
I know just how you feel, I was never in an accident like that but I have the sciatic nerve condition also. The pain starts in your buttocks and then travels...
Hello everyone, I haven't been on for awhile, but I suffer from the sicatic nerve condition, and it is hell. I have been suffering from it on and off for...
You might try physical therapy or chiropratry. But since you don't have a diagnosis of Piriformis Syndrome, I don't think we can help you here. Sorry :( Mary ...
The best pain med varies from person to person and depends on what is causing the pain. Muscle relaxants will not help if you do not have muscle spasm. But ...
Hello, My name is Jean and I have posted on this group before about pain meds and my Sciatic Nerve that has been killing me. I had to go to the doctor's late...
Hi. Yes, I use it as needed & it is helpful for me. I have frequently recommded it here. But it doesn't work for everyone. I think it partially depends if the...
Hello Nilgun Thanks for your posting about botox - it was such a help reading it as I'm waiting a date for my first injection. We seem to have been down the...
Hello Jo, I can also recommend a do it yourself massage; get a tennis ball, put it between the wall and your bum where the priformis is tight on sciatica press...
have 'sciatic' pain. really upper hamstring where adductor / tendon area...also mid hamstring. This started off as butt pain and now shifted downward. hurts...
Most doctors but especially orthopods are terrible at dealing with this kind of problem. They misdiagnose & then the PT has to treat the non existent...
I was reading about acetabular cysts on the hip that cause this kind of pain. My MRI shows I have cysts as well as a torn labrum. Joan ... From: REEVE99 To:...
Hi everyone, I have just recently discovered that I have PS. Actually i believe I do after 3 year's worth of doctors and tests that couldn't find anything...
My advice is to skip looking for a new doctor, unless your help plan requires a doctor to refer you to a phyiscal therapist. After 15 yrs, you have built huge ...
Hi, Twisting or any other kind of misalignment of pelvis seems to trigger tight nerve muscle pains... It could be related to a fall or other unsymetrical...
Hello All. Here is an update. It has been a while since I posted anything. My search for diagnosis and answers to my sciatic problem started in 2000. After 4...
It is good to hear your long wait is nearing an end. Hope the surgery is successful. Let us know how you are doing after your recovery from surgery. Good luck,...
Thanks Mary. With my history of a blood clot in the same leg it is with apprehension that I am having the knee surgery (which is known to be a major cause of...
Hello, My father is a 73 year old male with Parkinson's, having been diagnosed in 1996. He is not athletic. Since August 2006 he has has a tremendous pain in...
Hi. There was a Parkinson's patient who used to post here (search "rvinecore "). You might try emailing him - don't know if his email address is still active. ...
Hello All, I had athroscopic knee surgery recently. It was the next step in trying to discover the source of the nerve pain I experience when sitting. A Bakers...
Hang in there James! It sounds like you have a PT who knows her stuff. I'm impressed she understands the importance of the nerve's ability to "glide" through ...
Hi Mary, My physiotherapist is excellent and very knowledgable about all the aspects of the human body that I have questioned her on. She tells me it is...
Due to the recent spate of SPAM postings here, this group has been changed to a monitored group. This means all postings will be reviewed by the monitor before...
As the new moderator of this group, I'm trying to update the website. And I need your input. How can we make it make it more useful to new members? What do ...
Hi All, My physiotherapist seems to think that my sciatic nerve is being compressed by the hamstrings at the back of my leg in the area where the hamstrings...
I hope your physio can work out the problem for you. Keep us informed! As you know, I'm a big believer in PTs/physios with advanced manual training. They can...
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