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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / December 2005Help please
Hi all I have had lower back stiffness and an ache at the base of my back on the right side over my hip bone, it feels bruised to the touch and lately at night my whole right hip aches so bad it wakes me up. I cannot get in a comfortable position. This could last about an hour and then just totally subside and I finally sleep a little. I saw a massage therapist who says my right hip is not lined up right but would that cause all this pain...once I'm up I seem okay and although it aches a bit it's tollerable. I feel like my appendix is going bad or something some days but Dr says that's been too long and it would have burst by now. I've had Pelvic ultrasounds on ovareis but they say they look good except a very small cyst on right side that should not cause this pain. He wants me to try the massage therapy before scans and MRI's as I have had a few of those in the past for herniated disks in C5&6 and T11-12....could this pain be from the T zone herniations even though small? It's not affecting my leg at all but up the right side of my back I'm getting achy as well, possibly becaues my muscles are tense from worry and I'm not sleeping well and I could be favoirng that side Any ideas what could be going on with me? I'm scared to death. Maybe an x ray by an orthopedic surgeon might just give a clue as to what may be happening before you go to the expense of the Scans and MRI's of your hip. You may be losing cartilage in your hip and it would give you pain similar to what you describe. In my last hip x rays in 2000 I had 10% erosion of cartilage and I am having it checked again this next month since the pain level has increased steadily since the last ones. Don Whitely > Hi all > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Any ideas what could be going on with me? I'm scared to death. > Hi all > > I have had lower back stiffness and an ache at the base of my back on > the right side over my hip bone, Which hip bone are you referring to? The iliac crest? The proximal femur? The sacro-iliac joint? > it feels bruised to the touch and > lately at night my whole right hip aches so bad it wakes me up. I > cannot get in a comfortable position. This could last about an hour and > then just totally subside and I finally sleep a little. I know that feeling :-( > I saw a massage therapist who says my right hip is not lined up right > but would that cause all this pain It's hard to say, considering 'not lined up right' could mean a variety of things. >...once I'm up I seem okay and > although it aches a bit it's tollerable. I feel like my appendix is > going bad or something some days but Dr says that's been too long and > it would have burst by now. Some people can get repeated lower level infections in the appendix, but there should be some abnormality seen on ultrasound or in the bloodwork if this were the case. > I've had Pelvic ultrasounds on ovareis but > they say they look good except a very small cyst on right side that > should not cause this pain. Is the pain in the front at all, or only in the back of the pelvis? Cheers, Ari  Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ I believe it's the iliac crest, it's the base of spine and wraps around the side. Feels like a toothache kind of pain that starts and gets really bad over time and then just as quickly subsides. The pain does radiate to the front but mainly stays in the hip bone in the back on on my side. I do however feel like I am uncomfortable in the front at times almost menstrual when I'm done already. > I believe it's the iliac crest, it's the base of spine and wraps around > the side. Feels like a toothache kind of pain that starts and gets [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the back on on my side. I do however feel like I am uncomfortable in > the front at times almost menstrual when I'm done already. The pain you're describing does not sound like a tendon injury/inflamation, so my guess would be either something internal (which you're already working on getting checked out) or what I think you said previously: perhaps it's referred pain from the cervical and thoracic damage? Ari Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ Karen, first of all, if you aren't doing it already, a small pillow between your knees all night long will take some pressure off the lower back and hips. I also get massage therapy and chiropractic treatments. Both seem to help, but unfortunately don't take the pain away entirely. Hope you won't have to spend a hunk of money for tests and can get relief through massage therapy, pain medication, and a heating pad is nice too. Nanny > Hi all > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Any ideas what could be going on with me? I'm scared to death. |
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