I had been doing fairly well by avoiding everything that triggered my symptoms when the bottom dropped out about 1 1/2 weeks ago. I would wake up in the middle...
Here is a message from Leesa. She was a runner (marathons, triathlons, etc) , which suggests she developeded PS from overuse. It is another complicated case,...
I'm so sorry to learn of your sudden, acute flareup. I hope the new MRI can show something definitive. Please keep us posted on any developments. And I hope...
I can give a partial update although the complete picture isn’t quite in focus – not unusual around here, I guess. I had an appointment with the Dr to go...
Hello......... Just received an update from the piriformis forum website and I communicate with a number of our fellow sufferers. Doctors do not really...
Who was the member who had PRP injections? How did that work out for you? I just read an article in the NY Times about it. See Personal Best - Seeking Help for...
I would like to know as well.  How does the doctor know that he is actually injecting the pirfirmis?  There are only three mri's that show muscle and...
I can answer concerning How the injections are done. I had a guided steroid injection. The doctor had someone in the room using an crayon to guide his...
I don't know how crayon got into the message except my Apple Touch seems to replace some of my words when I have a typo. I meant to say Xray guided Also didn't...
After two weeks of inversion, do you have an indication if the problem is disk or piriformis? Or are you on vacation & have not tried it yet? Best wishes, Mary...
Please bear with me on the typos - getting used to using my Touch & typing with 1 finger. I do have the inversion table T home but was only able to get on it ...
... I was the one that had the PRP injections last spring. I'm not sure if they worked or not. I still have pain when I stand or walk too long - right side &...
I would be interested to know about Botox, too. My dr indicated it could be difficult to not use too much & that would result in difficulty walking due to too...
There are doctors out there that do unguided injections & the results are often ineffective. We have had a couple of reports of doctors injecting the wrong...
I am the bicyclist who had success with a guided botox injection. I got my injection on December 26th, 2007 and I'm happy to report that I'm still 100% pain...
I have not tolerated massage on my left buttock for about one year.  It feels great while they are massaging and then within one hour I am in horrible...
I also had Botox injections but with the opposite results. Initially the doctor did a steroid/anesthetic injection to see if numbing the muscle offered pain...
Thank you, Greg & Kristina, for sharing your botox experiences. Readers of this website benefit so much from hearing real people's experiences. You have...
I don't want to discourage anyone from trying a guided botox injection, but..........I had one, it made my symptoms worse and I have not been back to the state...
I feel very lucky that the botox worked for me. The specialist who injected me really knew his stuff and the botox worked better than I could have hoped for. I...
Where performed your procedure and in what state? Â thanks Connie ... From: Gregory Pell <cgsspell@...> Subject: Re: [Piriformis syndrome] Re:guided...
David - It is good to hear from you again. I think it has been about a year. So the botox didn't help. What else have you tried since moving? Are you still...
I am thinking about going to Dr,. Filler.................. But first I am doing everything slowly.................    I had a good Pt that just did cold...
Hi Mary, I went to a pain mgmt clinic here in Tucson. They gave me 3 different types of epidurals. Made symptoms worse for 7-10 days, then helped some for ...
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