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Don't have the time for my pain - December 26, 2007 10:09:11 AM

Jed1

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Some thoughts / suggestions / ideas would be great.
I have clicking and iliac type pain on my right side, I do feel it is something muscular rather than skeletal as it is quite pronounced with stretchers. Spinal ct scan appears fine, and despite my thinking this would be fine the dr insisted. I am taking pain relief daily with some short acting anti inflams. Upon waking in the morning my whole lower back is stiff and takes some convincing to move enough to get out of bed. Due to my really bad track record of taking medications, I often try to go without any. However I am in strife quite quickly in the mornings as ignoring it only makes it worse until my LEFT (and yes I did say LEFT) calf muscle is burning and going numb. It feels to me that what ever is going on on the rights side, is pulling all the lower back muscles across to that side. ( May not be right, but just what it feels like). After the ct scan the dr sent me to a podiatrist who has given me orthotics as she says I have both my feet falling inwards and I walk with a push off skating action, since having the orthotics, she says the walking has improved significantly and that this condition in me is severe not minor. I am unable to put my feet together when standing and yet when I am in a sitting position I can. I am unable to stand straight against a wall my shoulders tend not to go back that far and yet I lay in a bed??? I do stretches everyday to no avail. As a disability support working, I don't have the time for my pain, and get quite annoyed at it, however what can one do? You've got it have to live with it and move on. Any suggestions though at this point would be great. My next move into the new year is to see a PT for some manual stretching I just cant do myself, maybe that is what it takes, I don't really know.