.....magnesium????

Yes, the epsom salts are loaded with that! That is why it is a good muscle relaxant- magnesium has that effect. I supplement with magnesium as well, because it's supposed to help with the spasms some.

Hi
i do hope the exercises work ... hate it but they do help and the epson salts are wonderful. i have used them in foot baths and regular baths. i have the lavender ones which are so relaxing.
hope you feel better! joan

As I have said in my previous post I am not sure I have RSD but I have low back/hip pain. The one thing my MT is having me do is use an exercise ball and sitting on it for periods of time during the day - she says this will strengthen the ab muscles and therefore help alleviate some of the pain in my back. I love sittin g on the ball and rolling back and forth, etc...it hardly feels like exercise!

I love the ball. You can do your crunches on it! JOAN

The one time I was seriously considered for it in PT, it sort of got nixed from the program, something about the rather explicit theme of my reps.

Mike

I am unable to sleep tonight because of increasing (over the last couple of months) pain in my left hip and gluteous (sp) muscles....
I have lower limb RSD....
There is a muscle below the gluteous muscles called the piriformis and often it contracts and compresses the sicatic nerve which can cause terrible burning pain, tingles, numbness, all the way down to the feet and soles of the feet!
My chiro told me to sit on a tennis ball on the side were it hurts and gently roll on the trigger point of pain to loosen up the muscle....
I had read an abstract from Turkey where a woman had classic RSD symptoms due to this muscle constricting her sciatic nerve....
I have an appt. with my chiro tomorrow to see if he can give some relief...
I hope you find some relief too, through epsom soaks, massage, and moist heat..
Hope4thebest

Have you had an MRI of your lumbar spine?

I had a ruptured disc at L5-S1 that needed to be fused in 2004. (Years before I had RSD.) And those were my symptoms. A neurosurgeon diagnosed my problem and did the surgery. I was better and returned to work within about 6 weeks or so.

Because you are limping from the RSD in your legs, perhaps you have strained your back. Don't assume everything is RSD.

The best of luck to you. And I am so sorry that you suffering with yet another painful problem. Sciatic nerve pain is truly awful. Please take care and try to get a referral to a neurosurgeon as quickly as possible.

Love, Sandy

Hi everyone!

I have Piriformis Syndrome, on top of everything else. NOT FUN!!! Cannot sit, cannot stand, agony to just walk. It's like an ice pick being jabbed into my bone marrow. Almost impossible to treat, as the piriformis surrounds the sciatic nerve and runs through the hip socket. I stretch. All day. If you PM me I will explain the stretches to you. Sorry for your pain.

Kim

Hi Kim,

what stretches are you doing. do you have links to visit to see pictures. i have to stretch daily also cuz of IT Band syndrome, illeosoais(sp)problems and piriformas problems. pretty much anything in the low back,hip,butt area is hurting 24 hours a day.

thanks in advance,