I have severe pain in my left hip-back area and downleft leg to knee.
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Can this be PMR if it is only on left side? I've dosed down to 5 mg of prednisone. I had a left hip replacement 6 yrs ago also. I'm seeing a new rheumatologist in 3 wks . Thanks for any help!!
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Anhaga Fortyniner
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I always suspect back issues, causing referred pain, when people post these sorts of pains as that is apparently what caused me years of sciatica. I thought I'd need a hip replacement but it turns out my hips are about my only body parts which don't have any sign of OA! Various physiotherapy treatments and exercises I do at home have sorted this out for me. Pred did make the pain go away when I was at my initial highest dose, but it came back as I was reducing. But now I have none, or only very rarely and there's usually a reason.
Michdonn Fortyniner
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MarLou Fortyniner
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My pain is always worse on one side than the other and I do know others with PMR who say it is that way for them also. Everyone is different, we all experience it in our own way. But of course there's always a possibility of other problems occurring at the same time as the PMR.
EileenH Fortyniner
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Much more likely to be myofascial pain syndrome or something else rather than "just" PMR. Piriformis syndrome is also a possibility. Both can pinch the sciatic nerve and cause sciatica.
jan21306 Fortyniner
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