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Hello @kaydall, I don't remember having much back pain with my two flare ups with PMR...
, I don't remember having much back ... pain with my two flare ups with PMR ... the many discussions and comments on PMR ... and back pain while you wait for members ... search=PMR+and+back+pain.
Discussion: Back pain
Posted: Nov 4, 2024
Now I'm interested in Tart Cherry capsules. I have residual (non-PMR) lower back pain but I'm...
I have residual (non-PMR) lower back ... pain but I'm told that I need a ... is able to consider other causes of pain ... was "contributing to my residual pain
Posted: Oct 13, 2024
@sassysaveur, my symptoms progressed and when I began having scalp pain and headaches, as well as...
progressed and when I began having scalp pain ... For now, my PMR is in remission and ... getting my stamina and flexibility back ... Fortunately, PMR does seem to burn itself ... out and let you get back to your own
Posted: May 25 10:10am
So have you had your cortisol tested? Since steroids mess with it, it might be worth...
Have you tried going back to 3-5mg steroids ... be confused with PMR pain so that may ... are struggling with - which leads back ... consistent with PMR pain, jic you did ... If your doctors are doubtful about PMR
Posted: May 26 9:18pm
I have osteo arthritis in both knees. Before PMR it would flare during weather change or...
Before PMR it would flare during weather ... started taking prednisone my knee pain ... #039;s going to take time to adjust back ... to the knee pain but I'll take ... it over the PMR pain any day.
Posted: May 27 9:55am
@britton62 Sorry to hear you go through this. Several people on these chats have given really...
understood quite recently was that PMR ... Back in gym, felt like super woman. ... Once down to 1.25MG PMR was back, it ... the fatigue yes, as well as shoulder pain
@bkearbey1 I want to hug you when I read "I am all over the place here...
the ins and outs of my journey with PMR ... too had a bike mishap a few years back ... symptoms, because it was more like pain ... symptoms of PMR at night and slow but ... I'm presently trying to get back
@pmrnew What everyone needs to keep in mind when tapering is that prednisone, unlike an antibiotic,...
pain. ... pain. ... Prednisone is not a treatment; it is pain ... pain without the prednisone side effects ... in because my first Rheumy stepped back
Posted: May 24 7:09am
@barjohnson62 Thanks for your reply Barry. I'm sorry you've had to go through similar issues. At...
headaches at times but more skull bone pain ... eyes, the bottom of my skull at the back ... Either PMR or prednisone could be interfering
Posted: May 21 9:45am
My first experience with PMR was my left hand could not close even the slightest into...
My first experience with PMR was my ... , thighs, lower back, scalp, etc. ... down the swelling and relieved the pain ... By the time I got to 8mg the pain did ... The Dr. has put me back to 10mg and
Posted: May 30 9:49am
Hi everyone. I thought I was a pretty healthy and active person. Hospital nurse for 25...
So I had bloodwork for PMR but my markers ... bursitis, fluid etc he diagnosed me with PMR ... Some shoulder discomfort came back right ... shoulder because I can't sleep on my back ... think my family really understands how PMR
Has anyone been put on methotrexate for their PMR? I was diagnosed with PMR in November...
been put on methotrexate for their PMR ... I was diagnosed with PMR in November ... Currently at 6mg but constantly feeling pain ... I want to go away and never come back ... but sometimes I feel so much pain.
I’ve had pmr since 03/2022, initially affecting upper arm’s & shoulders. Started on prednisone, tapered slowly...
I’ve had pmr since 03/2022, initially ... also got severe wrist & finger pain ... without finger triggers, which are painful ... Trying physio to help get grip back, ... trying to avoid hand surgery, the pain
Posted: Jun 9 6:05pm
@johnbishop and all... I don't know for sure. The PMR and GCA first raised their nasty...
The PMR and GCA first raised their nasty ... , I had enormous hips and shoulder pain ... It was my 1st PMR and GCA. ... began the same, and pelvic area lower back ... Lots of pain.
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Posted: Jun 11 1:49pm
I do acupuncture. Honestly don't know how much it really helps, as a lot of my...
much it really helps, as a lot of my pain ... Also think it helps with some non-PMR ... pain from shoulder and back injuries
Posted: May 22 9:33am
Reading you posts is sort of comforting, I guess. I was diagnosed with PMR in March...
I was diagnosed with PMR in March 2025 ... Also I have started feeling it in my back ... I don't know whether to go back ... flare up or just still have the basic PMR ... checked, however that was years before PMR
@abd I feel the pain in the thumbs were the result of injuries. Right index finger...
@abd I feel the pain in the thumbs ... About 6 months ago, I had neck and back ... pain due to overdoing things in the ... However, the pain in the shoulders, ... have had the problem diagnosed as PMR
Posted: Jun 1 7:49pm
@stonewheel Hello! Four years ago, my ON started with a sudden onset headache, which I didn’t...
was a headache, as it was a searing pain ... at the crown of the back of my head ... diagnosed, and I had been put on various pain ... killers for the pain….my Polymayalgia ... below 4mg, without being in extreme pain
Posted: Jun 2 10:35am
@rebeccaheard This sounds like me! I love to walk with my small dogs. 2-3 miles depending...
When slowly noticed more and more pain ... The pain was horrible that I would sit ... Brushing my teeth my joint popped out and back ... in‼️painful and I couldn’t open my ... 17‼️ Maybe I will gain insight on PMR