With me, buttock pain is spondylitis. It is inflammation in the joint space between the hip and lower back. It can be especially difficult getting up from a sitting position.

Mere

Very hard, if not impossible, for me to get up. So I use knee pads (knees hurt otherwise) and I use two "very small" pillows stacked on top of each other in front of my recliner and get up via the recliner arms. (I crawl over to the recliner where the little pillows are stacked). Works out fine.

For the laying down, I use a chair that my husband pushes up to me and I get my legs on that. Otherwise, I can't do the couch thing or any other chair, etc. to lay my lower legs on. The chair has to be pushed up to me. Hope this makes sense

Hi,

Others have already mentioned sciatica, but am going to mention it too. I have had episodes of it for years, along with narrowing of the lumbar disc spaces that cause sciatic nerve impingement.

Should you decide to get checked out by an orthopedist, good luck with finding out what exactly is wrong.

Cheers,

Sheltiemom

Everytime I mention butt pain to a friend of mine she laughs. I tell her the butt paid is no laughing matter! I always end up with a sore butt even though I don't exercise. That's ok. Try Lidoderm patches they really seem to help if you put them right on the area where the pain is. I wish us all the best! Good luck to all of us that suffer with posterior pain!

--compression of the pudendal nerve, common in cyclists and people who sit for long periods at desk jobs.

Take a look at:

http://www.pudendal.info/

http://www.pudendalhelp.com/home.html

Well I have buttock pain too but it doesn't sound like anyone else's so far. The pain is wherever the pressure is and gets worse the longer I sit. Started about 4 yrs after my feet got bad. It's sort of an aching pain, not burning, feels like it's just under the skin. It doesn't completely go away when I get up but gets better the longer I'm not sitting. Since I have to sit about 10 hrs per day (1 hr in car, 9 hrs at work), this is quite annoying. Thankfully it's usually not so bad that I can't concentrate on my work. I find it's better if I can lie down for a few minutes at lunch-time, car is really the best choice (difficult when it's 100°F outside), just hoping nobody sees me. I usually listen to a guided imagery mp3 (Dr. Martin Rossman) for relaxation.

It's hard to find normal things to do that don't involve sitting or standing, isn't it!!! Where is the cure?
Electron

I get tingling and light burning that runs up my buttocks and continues up my back, when I sit. This is fairly new for me so I have been questioning if I was imagining it. When I mentioned it to my neurologist she just looked confused by my symptoms. She just referred me to the Johns Hopkins Pain Treatment Center. I have diffused large fiber neuropathic pain. They only know that because the skin biopsy was negative for SFN. I'll post any information I get there although the first available is not until the end of Sept.

IF I get down? I know I mite need a forklift to get up? Or more drastic measures...
I am, for now, wholly completely and absolutely grateful? That, I can get UP OTTA BED, MERELY USEING A CANE! W/o too many creaks, gronches [some of you know about these] and or sprains/strains.
Every day I get up? IS a good DAY because I HAVE gotten UP!
IF You can seek out on the web help or ask a physical therapist about the better 'ways' YOU can/should get outta bed.
Long ago posts by 'Silverlady' hinted at this issue, best to heed it and be cautious.
Hugs and hope to all! - j

There are specific exercises for butt pain and they do work..I find them very helpful. Not all are on the floor, they can be done from chairs. The muscle needs stretched.

Hi,

I'm hoping someone can give me some suggestions and/or help with the following.

I had surgery to remove my 1st rib June 2010. I was in hospital for 6 days, in a L position in the concrete like bed. A few days after my surgery, my left butt was going extremely numb, this got worse and worse to the point that I was standing next to my bed for most of the time and could hardly sleep. There was/is no visible pressure sore, etc.

Almost 4months later and I still have this numbness, its not as bad, but I cannot sit for any period of time without having this numbness come back. As I even type this now I'm squatting at my desk at work!! This is almost worse than the condition with my arm!

It sounds like piriformis syndrome and I've been doing the common stretches for it, but other than feeling the stretch, the issue has not gone away.

Im currently awaiting Xray results and then Im sure I'll be sent for CT once they come back normal.

Is this something that can be fixed? Its really annoying and limiting.

Thanks