OT-Sacroiliac pain

Those of us with AI diseases are unfortunaty open to many issues

Some with UC develop back pain, some like me, developed pelvic floor pain and increased back pain. It sounds like you may have pinched a nerve and have some sciatica; since we ucers cannot take NSAIDs use ice first 20 mins every hr for the first few days then heat, gentle stretching after heat is helpful. A medrol dose pack may be very helpful to calm down the acute inflammation so it does not become chronic; it will also help any other inflammation you might have, just check with your md to make certain there are no rx conflicts.

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I also have a long history of lower back issues, about 10 years ago, I thought i was having a bout of stiff lower back pain. Always felt like I just needed to walk it off or stretch it out.. but that didn't really help. Turned out to be a herniated disk. When it did finally protrude and pinch that sciatic nerve... pain shot down the leg. Keeping that particular leg/knee bent relieved some of the pain. This was pre-UC for me so I took some pretty good strong meds at the time. The only thing that really help was complete rest for about 2 weeks. I relapse a few months later and we tried a cortisone shot directly to the nerve root which also helped numb the effects of the pinched nerve while the disk healed.

I hope this is not what you are going through but I though some more info might help you in your search for answers. Slipped disks, herniated disks, and pinched nerves are very common, occasionally hard to diagnose, and always extremely aggravating to those who experience them. I suggest you see your reg. doc. to see if it is something of this category and not related to the colitis at all. Good luck and hope you feel better soon.

I should also mention that when I feel the spot where it hurts its bulging out more than the right (normal) side.

bbc--my brother just had one in my neck because it was causing migraines and he had a LOT of problems with it.

You might also want to look into going to a chiropractor. I had something similar, and although it took several visits, he really straightened me out (no pun intended). However, make sure you go to a reputable one who knows what he's doing!

Yes, its between my tailbone and hip on the left side. When I saw a dr because of the pain in the chest (acid reflux) I randomly asked him about the SI joint and he pushed to show me where it was and that's where it hurt. I'm going to make an appt with my PCP on Friday to talk about it. I'm hoping its just from sleeping on a crappy college bed and from having a job where I'm on my feet all the time. We'll see...

I'd definitely want to learn some stretches when I go in. It feel so tight. I think the bulge on that side is probably from tight muscles but I don't know how to work them.

Lu, it might be that a nerve is irritated which can cause a sharp shooting pain. Sometimes I will have that too but my leg will actually give out on me. It normally coincides when my SI joint is acting along with the sciatica.

Red_34....sounds exactly the same thing with the leg giving out on me.  It does seem like nerve pain as it's so sudden and sharp....kind of when you get that feeling in your mouth but it's down my bottom.  And it's so sharp that my leg cannot hold my weight.

kazbern, thank you so much for both your responses.  Gonna look up prioformis syndrome.  Is this something that physio therapy could help?  I'm so scared of doing stuff as to irritate things more.