I just got my tush cush and my lumbar support pillow. Just in time, too. I'm going to Indiana this weekend, only 2-1/2 hour trip, so I'll put them to good...
I have recently invested some money in the GOOD FEET arch supports. A friend of mine has a store nearby, and talked me into buying them. He had a sciatic nerve...
Hi Jo, I have worn arch supports for 2 years. There were prescribed for a foot injury. They don't help my Piriformis problem at all. Just thought you might...
The GOOD FEET arch supports are not the same as doctor prescribed arch supports, where all they do is make the arch supports to fit your foot the way your foot...
Hi jo, I am happy they are working for you. Any relief from this wretched condition is a blessing. Please let me know if they continue to work. Have you had ...
Good morning James - no surgery. They have all told me that there was no surgery that could be done for me. I think it is because they don't know what is...
I tried to reply to your e-mail, but it wouldn't go through. So, I just copied and pasted my reply below along with the e-mail you sent me, which is at the...
Hi Jo, good to hear you are getting some relief, from arch supports or whatever! It's been awhile since I've posted. I still have trouble sitting. It's been 15...
Jo, I have to catch up on the past couple months of postings but I did want to tell you I'll give you info on the many cushions I have, including a $500 Roho...
Hi Catherine, I am wondering why you have not had surgery seeing as you "Live in bed" as you say. I can't imagine being like that and not considering surgery,...
Hello, My name is Sue and i have had PS for 7 yrs now. I must have joined this group in Florida way before we moved..... and forgot...sorry!!!!! Anyway, I...
I've been wearing the arch supports for over a month, now, and they have not helped me, at all. I have also been going to another chiropractor for the last...
Hi Sue - nice to meet you!! My name is Jo - and I live in Kentucky. I've been on the group just a few months, and I'm still learning about all of this stuff -...
Whereabouts in Ky? How do you deal with your PFS? I have had spinal cord stimulators, Physical therapy, trigger point injections, massage and the list goes...
I live in Harrodsburg - a fairly small town about 25 miles south of Frankfort, which is our state capitol. Mostly, pain medications - I've been through...
Don't give up...It took over 2 yrs for my Dr's to diag. me. I have had mylograms, eng nerve studies, MRIS, you name it and I had it.... Finally I went to a...
Hi, I am on the waiting list for surgery to the Piriformis muscle to relieve the symptoms of sciatica in my leg. I was wondering why all the doctors you saw ...
Hello James, Yes the botox helped relieve the spasms of the PF muscle on the sciatic nerve. I could tell within 2 weeks that it was doing something. My PF...
HI, you mentioned that the Botox helped. How long did one injection help to relieve the symptoms ? What other problems could be created by doing the surgery ?...
Hi James, Teh first botox injection only lasted about 30 days....the second one lasted about 3 mths..... I believe the next one lasted about 5 or 6...I am now...
Hi Sue, thanks for your reply. I think that the injection has to be guided to the right spot by an MRI. Is that correct ? A year of pain relief from ...
Yes James you are correct about the botox being guided. I have mine done as an outpatient in the hospital with guided by CT. I am sedated but not put to sleep...
Hi James... Sorry to get back so late to you on this "living in bed" business. Actually I am only in bed to sit or semi-recline when I am not standing or...
Hi everyone, I still will get that info on pillows out to you all, I haven't forgotten. It's so hard to get motivated. I feel guilty for not posting more...
Hi Catherine, very sorry to hear you have other problems apart from P.S. I am still going ahead with the surgery although no definitive test for P.S has proved...
I just wanted to give a quick update. I finished seeing the 2nd chiropractor, and he recommended that I get a bone scan, whatever that is. But since he isn't...
Saw the orthopedic specialist today. He said, he didn't know what was wrong with me. He said my story doesn't sound like a sciatic nerve problem. Anyway, he...
Hi Jo, It is very frustrating to have a nerve problem that they cannot diagnose. I have had EMG's, MRI's etc etc and still no definite diagnosis for me. The...
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