@kathleen1314 Thank you for the insight Kathleen, I appreciate you.

I'm having a difficult time finding a team of doctors to work with: bone doctor, endocrinologist and PT. So I'm trying to do what I can now until I can get appointments. But it doesn't end there. Then there's deciding if that provider is right for me.

I went to a "bone specialist" last week that I'd waited 6 weeks to get into. I am still hurting from his exam. From what I'm learning through my own research, we're not supposed to twist, bend forward or arch back, and he forced all those things.

He did give me a prescription for PT 3x week for 6 weeks, and a list of practitioners, and again, I have to wait 1 month to get in to see the highly recommended one. So I'll be calling a ton more offices tomorrow to see if I can get in sooner.

I wish there was some sort of directory for each area of tried and true practitioners, but as yet, I haven't found that.