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Gluteal tendinopathy - endless pain - losing my mind
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jun 5 11:13am | Replies (115)Comment receiving replies
@lkayhoff I have the same questions and I get no answers. I'm in pain most of the time. I've attempted to make an appointment at Mayo and was refused three times. It just keeps getting worse. I gave up my cane and went to a walker about a year ago. Next will be a wheelchair. A week ago I had a PRP injection as a last resort and so far have noticed no improvement. I first had pain after I fell in the army in 1975. They gave me a 0% disability rating. I gave up on trying to get compensation. If you read "The Women" you will understand this better. From the time I fell, my left hip has been higher than the right. I doubt any of this will ever be favorably resolved. Meanwhile, I'll just keep going to physical therapy like I've been told for decades.
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@bunstuffer
It can take weeks (up to 6 or 8) to feel any improvement from PRP. Also, how many cc's of blood were removed? You should have 60cc's removed and doubly - not singly - spun by centrifuge to recover a sufficient number of platelets.
Best to you.
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@bunstuffer Having the hip higher than the other is definitely an issue. Compensating muscles on one side for the other can definitely cause pain. Physical Therapy is only so good when they really know what they are doing. I have been to 3 different ones and some just herd you in like cattle and do the same protocol. So much going on with tightened Piriformis, hip flexors and Ileacus. I even went to a Myofascial Trigger Massage therapist as your fascia over all of your muscles can become tight and form knots. Estrogen decline can cause tendonopathy. There needs to be more research on this. Women are just being "hand patted" from doctors just saying it is just something we have to deal with.