Pain in the butt

I have had almost the same pain sense treatment and they have chalked it up to that. I have been to every specilast their is and I get the same answer, after effects of chemo. Thanks but no thanks! Find out what the heck will help with this pain!!!! It drives me crazy!!! I have seen everyone and now e are starting at 1. I have finally found someone after my PS from Boston gave them hell for what I looked like. So maybe I will get a answer. So keep digging and do not take I can't explain it to yo answer.

Good-Luck!!!!

Sorry for your pain!!!  Im not sure if I can help out or not but coming from the position of actually having sciatica, maybe you can try some of this out...

I was in a bad car accident - I suffered with a spondy, a bulge, a fracture and the lovely sciatica that comes along with it.  This feels like a pain on the right side of the butt cheek which can also sometimes feel like its in the hip.  This also acts up whenever I get emotionally disturbed - ha, so Im a pro now.  I use a hot water bottle on the spot for two to three days and it usually goes away.  Heels make it worse, working out triggers it too.  Ive been to every imaginable doctor, just refused surgery always.  The one thing that helped me tremendously is foot reflexology or acupuncture.  PT did absolutely nothing.  Acupuncture got really expensive so I stopped going but it worked too - not sure of your budget.  If you choose either route, tell them before hand what it is you are suffering from so they pay more attention to the area.

Hi DCMom...is the pain only in the butt or does it radiate either down the back of your leg (hamstring) and/or radiate down the back of the leg and then around to the front of the knee.

I have had sciatica and it generally starts as a pain in the butt area and if not treated can become worse travelling down the hamstring and around to the knee.

Or you could have Piriformis Syndrome.  Check out this article, it has some good info.  In the meantime, you might want to either talk to your family doctor or even better (IMHO) a chiropractor. 

http://ezinearticles.com/?Pain-in-the-Butt:-Piriformis-Syndrome&id=110565

Sorry I can't seem to figure out how to insert a hyperlink.

Carol 

Me again..even though the article talks about "stop running until it clears up", one thing I found was that it can easily occur is you are walking and especially if you have either increased your distance "dramatically", for example, going from say walking 1/2 mile or a mile to walking 3 or more miles without building up gradually.  Or if you have increased your walking speed from say a slower walk to speed walking again without building up.

For me my problem started when I decided that hey I felt fine running for 5 minutes at a time and decided to go out and run 20 minutes.  Felt fine then, so the next run was 20 minutes - ok big mistake.  Patience is definitely not one of my strong suits.

Hope this helps.

Carol 

For me, a treadmill is the culprit. Apparently, I use an unnatural gait when I'm on it.  When I started walking and running on real ground, it improved. 

That, and I sold my very soft sofa.  My husband noticed I would curl up near the arm and sit in a kind of twisted position - and I sat there alot. It was my "place".   

Doing a yoga pose called Cobra helped me heal. It seems counter intuitive to do that, because it almost feels like you are making it worse, but I pushed past that  and it really helped. They say you can tell if Cobra will work for by doing this test:  Do the cobra for a short amount of time. If the location of the pain feels like it moved, you will likely benefit from continuing to do the pose.   

And the foot thing  that PS73 mentioned also helped me alot. I didn't have real "reflexology", only foot massage - but the foot was very much related to the back pain somehow. 

Best to you, DCMom, I know that pain can really put a damper on your daily activities. 

Hey Pill, interesting about Cobra pose I must try it and see if my pain moves.  I have found that doing hip openers helps - things like Pigeon Pose also help.  

Pill..this is to wild..the name of the book sounded so familiar so I Googled it and lo and behold I know I have that book at home.  Bought it years ago for DH.  Must look for it when I get home from work.  Very cool - thanks