Hards
26-01-2006, 10:46 AM
Sorry for the length of post - nearly 6 years of stuff to cover here :eek:
Grew up playing every sport imaginable, mostly footy, cricket and basketball.
Mid-2000 I was having a lot of pain in my right knee, so I had it checked out by a doctor, who put me on to an orthopedic surgeon, who did some scans and diagnosed me with a back problem that was giving me referred pain down my right leg. In the previous year I'd had groin and ankle injuries, so this made sense. After consultation with another surgeon, I was told to rest for 6 months.
This only made the problem worse, as I was getting worse back and hip pain as well. 2001 a different surgeon put me onto a physio, who started treating me with ultrasound, heat and stretches. Unfortunately this didn't present a long term solution, and even between weekly treatments the injury would degenerate into severe back pain.
I put up with this through year 12 (2003) with physio treatment, just to get VCE out of the way. 2004 I saw Bruce Reid, the Essendon footy club doctor, who put me on cortisone tablets. They worked well, but once off them all the pain in my hip and back returned.
To cut a long story short, I then went on a saw a number of back and hip surgeons, as well as a couple more physios, none of which could provide a diagnosis, let alone a long term treatment. In recent times I've had local anesthetic trigger point injections into my back, as well as a nasty sacro-ill joint injection, which didn't work.
I've now seen 18 people about this, with a 19th to come next week. I'm hoping someone has had something similar and has some ideas. The closest to a diagnosis has been piraformis, which would explain the pains down my right leg, as it is hitting the siatic nerve.
In summary:
-sharp lower back pain
-sharp pain higher up, between the shoulder blades
-hip tightness (r)
-sharp pain around buttock, just above hamstring (r)
-pain in groin (r)
-When running - ok for first few minutes, then back/hamstring/hip all kick in, become a lot worse after cooling down, no matter how much stretching/heat/ice/anti-inflam gel used
-Can't sit for long periods (ie studying for exams results in a painful few weeks)
Scans have all come back negative, so issue is muscular. Bone structure is all fine. I've had this since I was 15, I'll be 21 this year, it's shit me for long enough. I've had days where I've sneezed and felt a pull in my back.
Any ideas at all?
Grew up playing every sport imaginable, mostly footy, cricket and basketball.
Mid-2000 I was having a lot of pain in my right knee, so I had it checked out by a doctor, who put me on to an orthopedic surgeon, who did some scans and diagnosed me with a back problem that was giving me referred pain down my right leg. In the previous year I'd had groin and ankle injuries, so this made sense. After consultation with another surgeon, I was told to rest for 6 months.
This only made the problem worse, as I was getting worse back and hip pain as well. 2001 a different surgeon put me onto a physio, who started treating me with ultrasound, heat and stretches. Unfortunately this didn't present a long term solution, and even between weekly treatments the injury would degenerate into severe back pain.
I put up with this through year 12 (2003) with physio treatment, just to get VCE out of the way. 2004 I saw Bruce Reid, the Essendon footy club doctor, who put me on cortisone tablets. They worked well, but once off them all the pain in my hip and back returned.
To cut a long story short, I then went on a saw a number of back and hip surgeons, as well as a couple more physios, none of which could provide a diagnosis, let alone a long term treatment. In recent times I've had local anesthetic trigger point injections into my back, as well as a nasty sacro-ill joint injection, which didn't work.
I've now seen 18 people about this, with a 19th to come next week. I'm hoping someone has had something similar and has some ideas. The closest to a diagnosis has been piraformis, which would explain the pains down my right leg, as it is hitting the siatic nerve.
In summary:
-sharp lower back pain
-sharp pain higher up, between the shoulder blades
-hip tightness (r)
-sharp pain around buttock, just above hamstring (r)
-pain in groin (r)
-When running - ok for first few minutes, then back/hamstring/hip all kick in, become a lot worse after cooling down, no matter how much stretching/heat/ice/anti-inflam gel used
-Can't sit for long periods (ie studying for exams results in a painful few weeks)
Scans have all come back negative, so issue is muscular. Bone structure is all fine. I've had this since I was 15, I'll be 21 this year, it's shit me for long enough. I've had days where I've sneezed and felt a pull in my back.
Any ideas at all?