Hi All,
I've posted here recently about my meralgia paresthetica which is now being treated with cortisone shots. But that's a whole other story.

My main concern for the past 8 years has been constant PN in both legs and buttocks. In April 2002, I sustained a rock climbing injury when my safety harness was worn too low on my pelvis and was bearing my whole weight as I would ascend and descend the rock for about 5 hours during that particular day. The harness was tight and might have constricted blood flow during my descents. Ever since then I've had skin crawling sensations over both legs, including the front thigh, side thigh, rear thigh, some in my calf, and in the left foot. Also, 8 months afterwards I developed muscles twitching which has been with me ever since. Immediately I sought an explanation for what I did to myself. I had multiple EMGs, spine, pelvis, and brain MRIs, and blood workups, which were all normal. I've seen 3 neurologists and they say there is no nerve damage and nothing is wrong. However, I feel something is wrong and have pursued relief through massage, acupuncture, hot yoga, weight lifting, and qigong massage, but nothing works. I don't even get a slight reduction in symptoms. I feel great when I wake up but the sensations build up over the course of the day and are at their worst at night. My guess is that the harness crushed or stretched the sacral/lumbar nerves and their proper operation was compromised. But then again, the neuros all say that even the slightest malfunction of the nerves would show up in the EMGs, but so far nothing has shown up. So I don't know what to do. It's not painful just annoying and detracts from enjoyment of life.

I'm wondering if someone has had a similar experience or whether you folks could offer me some guidance. I'm sure there's a solution out there. I'm currently 36 years old and don't think I can live with this for the rest of my life so I'm willing to try anything.

Thanks for the help,
Joe