What helps to relieve pain in my butt?

I have had many spinal injections they last maybe a month or so.

Thanks. If it would only last about a month I probably would not do it. I’m concerned about further bone loss in my spine from the injection.

Why do they always show YOUNG people doing these types of exercises? All periodicals do this. Where is the gray haired 60 something doing this type of exercise?

I know, right? 😂 It’s always younger people demonstrating the exercises!

Aside from not having to hear the groans and creaks from an older lady awkwardly struggling to get down on a yoga mat, showing us how to go through the motions or, some old dude making us feel bad because “that guy is 80 and he can still get up off the floor? Why can’t I do that??!!”, I’m sure there’s a marketing ploy to give us a ‘positive body image’ in our heads so that we feel younger and aspire to look youthful!

Ok, case in point…while I’m walking on the beach, the 60’s song “Girl from Ipanema goes walking…” is playing in my head. I feel like her!! Hahaha and then, in reality, I’m a 68 year old leukemia/bone marrow transplant survivor with wrinkles, bulges in weird places, battle scars, saggy skin, veins making roadmaps on my legs …well, you get the picture. So that mental imagine is a valuable tool in helping promote a virtual reality in my head. 😅

What are some of your favorite exercises and whom would you like to see have demonstrating these from a 60+ ?? ☺️

By the way, welcome to Connect! I see you’ve had some spinal surgery and it sounds pretty painful. Are you doing better today and getting the help you need?
Will you have any special exercises with a physical therapist?

Wow!! I could have written your message. You have the exact same problems that I have…and as of yet, no one has figured out what is causing my symptoms. (I had a Cervical Corpectomy last March because I had a vertebrae in my neck that was pushing on my spinal column… Some of my symptoms went away after surgery…but now I’m STILL HAVING A VERY HARD TIME WALKING. Please Let me know if you get answers to your problem. I am so tired of being this way. Thank-You. Connie ~

Connie, I am so sorry you are dealing with this, also. I will update after my appointment. By any chance were you on Prolia? I was for four years and then came off.

Are you doing stretches for the piraformis muscles? That could help if done every morning.

I did them for a period of time during PT and afterwards but slacked off. I never got full relief but maybe should start again with them.

That would be a good idea….. massage therapy on those muscles would also help, but it can be “uncomfortable “ if they are really tight but will feel oh so good when done.

I had a cervical corpectomy (ACCF - anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion) where surgeons used a synthetic cage to replace one of my vertebra. The device failed. I sued the surgeons and university and device mfr. Over litigation, we learned the cage was labeled "contraindicated for cervical implantation" also that the surgeons were paid over $150M by the device mfr. Many of these devices are labeled as "non-cervical systems" for use in the back, but the actual physical size and shape match those only found in the neck. The FDA botched the approval of these devices, allowing many of the mfrs to label them for bogus uses in the back when they are only sold and used in the neck. Why? To avoid having to subject them to clinical testing since FDA's own documents (now deleted) show they have never approved such a device thru validated clinical data. So I encourage you all to find out what the devices used are actually labeled for and to ask your doctor if the labeling actually matches the design rationale. Big sham.