existing pain issues prior to pmr diagnosis

pred may have been weakening your muscles.  Are you able to do any strengthening exercises?  I had back problems for a long time and am much better now especially since my physiotherapist has given me some dry needling sessions to release tensed muscles.

You know I have never heard of dry needling until I joined this group. I've never had this done. But I sent my doc an email about all the spasms my back is having and how it affects my life. So her office called me this morning to schedule another appointment to see her. What I think they're going to do is something they did before, they inject lidocaine into my facet joints. If the lidocaine helps to make it feel better then they go back in later on another day and inject botox in those same joints essentially killing off those nerves. It's a more long-term solution to the problem.

I had dry needling done about a year ago.  Since then I've had one or two much less intense sessions, just targeting a specific spot.  I would say the dry needling for me has been very effective and long-lasting and, moreover, injects no chemicals into me.  I, on the other hand, have to do my part by keeping up with my exercises.  I'd have to be in excruciating never-ending pain before agreeing to have my nerves numbed with an anesthetic or botulism.  You are braver than me!

Hi Anhaga

What is dry needling. Are you talking about acupuncture? If so I've started back with acupuncture and it seems to be helping. We are working on my inflammation points.

Mariane

No, the only real similarity is that your skin gets punctured by a needle.  Acupuncture works on balancing energy flow or qi, while dry needling resets the electrical impulses in specific muscles.

Well I'm at the point where I am. Butt I have had the steroid injection in my back take all my pain away all of it. I got off the opiates I was happy as a lark for about 6 months. Then the injection wore off and I was ended up back on the opiates. I've gotten results with other injections but never completely cured the pain. I've never had the botox but I'm looking into that now. As much pain as I'm in, if I could cut my back out I think I would.

Yes, I know your back is a real problem for you.  

I really hope your upcoming treatment helps you a whole lot!  

well have you had an MRI, i did  months ago, when considering  a decompression treatment, turns out , have herniated disk, stenosis of the spine, degenerative disk and something else, put all that on hold few months back, cost $200 a day, and a 6 week regime, never did make that decision, and then boom, this state took over my body, possible pmr, so back problem on back burner, yet, interferes with true diagnosis

Has anybody heard of the Bowen Therapy method which was mentioned somewhere in another forum?  Seemed like some people had some good results with that although I think it's one of those things that maybe helps some but not all.  I'd love to get rid of my back pain too...just another debilitating thing but I am more of a worrier about some medical treatment than I used to be.  But if I were ready to cut my back out, I think I'd go for whatever.  Good luck whatever you decide to do.

I've had many MRI. None recently but i have a long list of things wrong with my back

Some of them are of course DDD, spinal stenosis, bulging disc, arthritis in the facet joint.

Just to name a few. Right now my biggest problem is my facet joints. They are causing

my back to spasm. I tried depression but I could not stand being buckled down. I kept panicking

So we had to stop that treatment. He did decompression by another means but

It probably wasn't as good as the machines are. I also bought one of those inversion tables.

They do the same thing, that didn't work either. I could go on but you know the drill. As far

as you doing decompression, I would try to find a doctor that doesn't have package deals

Just in case you have a problem too. Or ask him to let you try it once before buying the package.

Thank you for asking about me. Have a great night.

Hi,I tried the Bowen Therapy, it's very gentle and a lot of people say it works well : I had to stop because of other issues found. But I will be going back to continue with Bowen for my lower back : Cheers