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Originally Posted by Gazelle
I'm getting this burning/stabbing pain right in my butt cheeks--sort of in the hip joint. It feels like I'm sitting on tennis balls and it's uncomfortable.
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That sounds like the nerve that goes from the lower back to the butt cheek, down the back of the leg, i.e. sciatica.
I've only had this on one side, but does the pain start about 1/2 down your butt (close to the hip), moving towards the bottom of the cheek on the inside? Maybe it would be easiest to look up sciatica on google, to see what I mean . . .
When I had TENS, they put those electric stimulators on four strategic parts of the back, hip, buttocks, and back of the knee (if I remember quickly), and that's how I know where that nerve runs. Also, if I pressed against it, I could feel the line where the pain went down my cheek, although couldn't tell where in my lower back it was coming from.
Tell the PT-guy, and try TENS, Gazelle. You will know by the end of the session if that is the cause.
Cherie
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