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Does anyone have gluteal tendinopathy? Any successful treatments?
I have gluteal tendinopathy and am getting to the point that I can hardly walk. I've been to 8 doctors and had injections of several kinds to no benefit. I've been to physical therapy at least 10 times with very little benefit (I must have done 10,000 "clam shells" and "bridges").
The only thing that helps some and gives me a few hours of reduced pain is hydrocodone. I don't know if there's any point in pursuing more treatment.
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@heisenberg34
Have you had an MRI? If so, of what - your lumbar spine?
Where’s your pain currently?
@puffinmum
I would recommend seeing a physiatrist (i.e., physical medicine doc) is you haven’t already. (S)he may may have good recommendations.
You shouldn’t have nerve pain after SI injections unless the doc hit the nerve - which is a “no-no.”
Good luck! 🤞
@kathymrowse
I so hope the shock therapy will help you, Kathy. I didn’t think my three treatments had helped, but finally, after about 6 or 8 weeks post treatment, I had less pain and better mobility.
A few months later, I had another set of 3 and improved (again, after several weeks) so that now I can climb stairs and walk in hills pretty easily.
Let me know how it goes for you. 🤞
@spillihped Thank you for. Yes, many MRIs… lumbar, cervical, etc. I have seen so many docs that I’ve lost track. One of them said that I have the spine of a forty year old. So, what to do? I am so tired of having docs dismissing me and my pain. “It’s neuropathy. There’s nothing else that can be done “. Maybe that’s true. Lower back and buttocks pain radiating down my legs to my feet.
@spillihped good to know. I'll keep you posted
@spillihped I have a horrible feeling this is what has happened as I felt the injection at the time and there was a new pain as I left the hospital. It’s been agony ever since.
Sciatic Nerve Hydrodissection at the Ischial Tuberosity (ultrasound-guided)
What it does:
• Gently separates the sciatic nerve from the hamstring tendon
• Breaks adhesions that formed over years
• Reduces nerve “burning” almost immediately
• Restores sliding of the nerve during walking and sitting
• Often improves car sitting and forward bending the same day or within a few days
Hydrodissection targets:
• Burning (nerve)
• Deep ache (tendon)
• Radiation down thigh (nerve)
• Pain bending forward (nerve tension)
• Pain getting out of car (nerve adhered)
• Localized pain at sit bone (tendon origin)
@spillihped
Hello... I have had the pain (glutes and hips... it radiates down my leg to just above my knee) for years now. It is definitely depressing to have these limitations. I've also had several steroid shots--one helped and the last one was incredibly painful afterwards (I had to use a cane for several days!). I won't do that again. I've done PT multiple times which provides a little help... until it doesn't. I take Mobic daily, which is an arthritis medication. This helps me tolerate the pain, usually, but it's never gone. I have Tramadol for emergency use, like when I am traveling and cannot rest for two days! I'm very interested in the shock therapy treatment you've had. How did you get the treatment (who prescribed this for you)? I am on Medicare and have a Plan G supplement--was your treatment covered? Who actually does the treatment? I appreciate, very much, any additional info. Thank you.
@heisenberg34
I am sorry you have this terrible pain. I have it as well and after an MRI last fall, I have been diagnosed with spinal stenosis.
I found a PT who does dry needling which targets the trigger points of pain in the areas that are affected and it although the day after it is still sore a few days after that I do get some relief until the next session.
Hope this helps.
@jpeach Thanks. I tried dry needling back in 2017 a year after my initial pain started. Unfortunately, it did not help.