Ray (@ray666)

Do you have pain anywhere other than where you mentioned … like pain in lower back or pain in inner thigh or in your leg?

I took care of my mom for awhile and her gait & balance was off. She would walk using her walker and it looked like her knees just buckled and went in a sit-down position that turned into a fall down. It is an unusual way to fall. It turned out to be her sacral joint. She was in her early 90s and just nothing they could do.

Then a couple of years later and I catch myself about to fall in the same manner. I have back pain from a previous surgery.. L-S joint ... the hardware seems to be rubbing me wrong. I started hurting a bit lower than my L-S joint and had some pain in my inner thigh. I went to my pain specialist and he said it was my sacral joint. He did a SI joint fusion and things got better. .. no sit-down incidences since. When the sacral joint causes problems the symptoms can be vague or pronounced. It can cause bladder and bowel problems… and can exist along side of pelvic disorders. I had bladder prolapse happening the same time.

It seems I never have just one physical problem to try to get a handle on. I have had neuroma surgery and another neuroma in my right foot and broke my little toe of my left foot right at the joint. I was diagnosed awhile back with bone on bone arthritis in my right foot across the pad.. effecting all toes and ball of foot. I suspect my left foot not far behind. I have a bum right knee .. many years ago the kneecap tilted off to the side and I had to have a release. I still do exercises for my knee. .. but still hurts. Even though I try not to I limp… I limp. Sometimes I feel like I waddle like my bowlegged grandma did. It does not seem like it takes much for the balance and gait to go off kilter.

Hopefully you will find the answer to your gait problem soon.
ZeeGee