Hey Hoovered one.

I am sorry I know I promised you an email but now I have slacked.

you are out of whack! Ha! Karacking myself up here (wait that's a pretty good imitation who am I????)

Ok lets go over the stretches because some where you are short (I know you are tall) but some muscles are short and its putting extra pressure somewhere

1. Stretch the hamstrings...leg up on chari bed bend over and stretch those puppies. COuld be these are really tight esp if pulling on the piriformis as the hams shorten up. And chair sitting (office work) is notorious for shrotening the hammies.

3. Quad stretch....do in conjunction with ham stretch its the opposite stretcha and sometimes doing one after the other helps. Try bend leg behind you grab at ankle and pull up towards butt

2. Hip flexor stretch lunge position front leg bent back leg straight lean foward.

4. Psoas stretch - lay on back legs out straight grab one leg behind the knee and pull towards chest. Or lay on back and cross one leg over the other and grab behind the knee of the lower leg and pull towards chest. There is also a stretch for the iliopsoas muscle. I'll try to find.

5. Do some Bridges - lay flat and Lift hips to the air and hold for 3 sec and rollback down. Should help realign the pelvis but dont squeeze the butt too hard it could aggravate the piriformis muscle

Another thing is I have often found that when neck and t-spine feel better the lower back is the worst and locked up. It all connected and when one area is loosened up the other area tightens to maintain posture.

6. So based on the above your lats are one of the longest muscles in your back and maybe because you loosened the upper lats the lower lats (connect to lower back) have tightened up to hold you upright.


Try to concentrate on your core and how you are holding your pelvis. Is it jutting back and you are arching back? If so try to bring it back to a netral position.

PT guys needs to work the muscle groups in opposites. If they only work one half of the equation they other half will tighten up.

They could also maybe try some ultrasound on your lower back to help.


Ok these are just my first thoughts I will send you some more stuff in a PM.

Have they given you any steroids at all to reduce inflammation in the muscles? I forget cause I can't remember my flippin' name anymore. When my hubby hurt his back, they gave him a Medrol pack and that helped more than pain relievers. Even if it is nerve related, the steroids could help.

I also agree with Cherie that the TENS woudl be a good thing to try. Also, when I hurt my shoulder, the PT used some kind of ultrasound heat that helped.

I hope this goes away and they figure it all out soon. Sorry you are dealing with this. You have my number if you want to vent!

Thanks gals. I'm at work so will respond later when I can talk freely!

This is where the sciatic nerve (and branches) follow:



It was the gludious medius, gludious minimus, and pudendal nerve branch areas that caused me the worst problems.

Cherie

ah, Gaz, my heart aches for you!

it's a &%$# being in pain, makes it hard to relate calmly to your loved ones, and hard to get through the day without SCREAMING.



wish I had some helpful suggestions...

well, maybe I do...

have you tried visiting a chiropractor yet?

when I had pain in that "area" it turned out that I had been TRYING too hard at PT, and had partially dislocated my hip joint.

the ball end had popped back into the socket, but the surrounding cartilage, tendons and muscles were swollen, sore and tender from the overuse and overextension.

ice packs, first day, then nuked wet dishtowels the next few days, alleviated substantial amounts of my pain.



to cheer you up, check out this HAIRY CHICKEN:

a poultry breeder in Hyderabad successfully crossed a Polish chicken with a Naked Neck, and the results are hysterically funny-looking!

http://syedakbarindia.blogspot.com/2...reeds-new.html



hope you feel better soon, dearie-oh!

Gaz!