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Gluteal tendinopathy - endless pain - losing my mind
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Embarks—I feel your pain. I am currently going thru the same thing myself. Four months ago started with continual throbbing pain my right buttocks. I thought the pain was associated with a long tern knee issue and the pain was manageable so I let it linger. Went on an easy hiking trip up to the Canadian Rockies in early October and the day after returning woke up with searing pain in my lower back. Thats lasted two days and went away. Then the hip and thighs issues started. Hard to walk, searing pain shooting down the outside of my thigh, etc etc. Been in physical therapy for six weeks with some minor progress. I wake up stiff, do a couple stretches to loosen up and try to hobble thru the morning. The real issues start in the afternoon and worsen into the early evening. Cannot put any weight at all on one leg and have difficult standing straight. Next week I see a hip specialist and later in the week a pain specialist. An MRI will confirm what I am pretty confident of—gluteal tendinopothy. It will get better in time—just need to figure out how to manage it in the meantime without losing my mind. Wish you the best. Keep the faith—it will get better.
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@chrisc58 Hi just wanted to have you check my post. Your situation sounds exactly like mine. Could not stand on one leg, hard to walk, terrible limp. Diagnosed with Gluteal Tendinopathy, which I do think I had, but, injections cleared up, but, the lingering muscle pain deep in the buttock, burning pain, and stabbing pain every time I took at step. I am in complete disbelief and shock, after 8 months, but, I went to Mexico on vacation, had a beach massage, and lucky for me the therapist was truly professionally trained so I opted for the "Deep Tissue". I literally got up off the table, and no longer limp, or have pain. I can stand on one leg. It's bizzarre. I really would like to know what it was that helped? Did I have adhesions, or scar tissue from long chronic pain of Gluteal Tendinopathy? Maybe? To go from intense pain, for 8 months daily, to zero pain from a single beach massage??? Crazy. I had had other massages too, but, just not as painful and truly 'Deep Tissue' apparently. Because whatever she did saved me. I wish you the best.
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Thank you, Chris, and I'm really sorry to hear what you're going through. You nail it exactly - how to manage the pain without losing our minds. I got up a little while ago and it's killing me. And I know what you mean about how things can get worse as the day goes on. I'm not even a good exercise routine at this point because of the pain - just some walking. Hang in there. Everything I read says it takes time, but the continuing pain is just so hard to take.