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The lowest effective dose, how is it defined?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (141)Comment receiving replies
@urusvati and @jeff97 , I've been doing both of your suggested exercises each day for over a month now and haven't had any awful shooting pain down my leg for several weeks. None at all, even after bending down to weed in the garden which had always made it much worse. I read recently that 80-90% of sciatic pain can be resolved with targeted exercises, and that proved to be the case with me. So thank you both so much for making life a bit easier.
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I'm glad you're feeling so much better. That's great.
I've had an interesting experience lately that shows how much benefit you can get from targeted exercises and proper footwear. I was having significant pain on the inside of my left knee. It happened mainly when I was walking or running, and it would stiffen up when I was sitting for an extended period of time. I went to an orthopedic doctor to get it examined. He just looked at the xray of the knee and said that it was arthritis. He said I could take NSAIDs if I wanted, but that was pretty much all I could do. I wasn't sure if he was correct. I thought maybe my foot was turning out a little or else my arch was flattening out too much when I walked or ran. I started using some orthotics I got several years ago but never used. I thought the orthotics would provide better arch support than the insoles I was using. I also started doing several exercises I found on YouTube, mainly to build the quad and glute muscles. I did them every day for a week, and then switched to every other day. Within 2 or 3 weeks the pain was completely gone. I've had other experiences with orthopedic doctors where they only seem interested in surgery.