Lower back and buttock, hip and groin pain

by Pia
(London, United kingdom )

Lighten up as you cross the femoral artery and nerve.

Lighten up as you cross the femoral artery and nerve.

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I have fibromyalgia but for the last few months I had extreme pain in my lower back and down to the buttock that seems to be different from my normal fibro symptoms.

Symptoms are lower back pain, buttock pain, hip pain, groin pain, front and side thigh pain that now also goes down to my calves and feet. It's an aching dull raw pain combined with shooting nerve pain.

I struggle with everything from sitting down standing up walking up and down stairs and it keeps me up at night.

Please can you give me some advice as I only seem to get tablets from the doctor and they do nothing to ease, but I don't want tablets I want to deal with the root of this problem. Many thanks in advance.





Hello Pia,
You're right in becoming angry; it's a shame that medicine in the UK seems to be descending to just giving analgesics instead of a proper examination, and making a diagnosis; change your doctor.

Firstly about the fibromyalgia. Do some reading about the antiinflammatory foods that you could and should be including in your diet on a daily basis. If you are overweight, get it off; adipose tissue becomes a source of circulating inflammatory substances in the blood.

There are probably different things happening in your back and leg. Let's start with that hip, groin, front and side of thigh pain; it points to the hip joint. Lie on your back and pull the knee to the chest, to the opposite shoulder and then drop it down into the lotus position; compare with the other leg. Let me know what you feel.

Then, taking a little oil on your thumb, run it down from the ASIS, through the groin and down the inner thigh. Is it inordinately tender?

I would demand an x-ray of your pelvis if this throws up anything unusual.

Having come up with a tentative diagnosis for the groin and hip pain, we'll take the lower back issues further. Meantime start with doing our lower back exercises which you'll find in the navigation bar at Chiropractic Help every morning before getting out of bed.

Let me know what you find.

Dr Barrie Lewis




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Oct 28, 2017
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by: Jill Anthony

I have had the same pains as you for 8 years. He is spot on with the hip joint. After xrays standing up I was diagnosed with congenital hip dysplasia and because of it, osteoarthritis, torn and frayed labrum and femoral nerve impingement.

I have since had a total right hip replacement and it took a good 3 months to heal and feel most of the pain leave. Will be having lumbar MRI done. Hip dysplasia had my hips so spasmed that it pulled my lower back in, tilting my pelvis forward. I have never heard anyone so perfectly describe my symptoms as you just did. My legs felt heavy and achey, especially my calves. Bottom of feet super sensitive. I think they to to diagnose all our symptoms under one diagnoses when there is more that one thing going on. My sed rate, blood test for inflammation, would go up, but nobody seemed to care. So lucky I found it as they are stopping pain meds for most all people here now, in the USA. My prayers are with you!





Keep exercising your lower back Jill, every morning before getting out of bed.

Before going for lower back surgery, consider a consultation with a local experienced chiropractor to see if they could possibly make a contribution. Hip surgery is remarkably successful. Failed back surgery is common.

Dr Barrie Lewis
Mar 18, 2017
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by: Anonymous

I don't have, and have never had fibromyalgia. However, after having a triple injury to my sacrum many years ago, I have for the last year or so, suffered with the same pains as you have.
After seeing someone on TV doing Yoga and using a couple of their moves, I found it was just VERY tight muscles. One move that I used began the healing process almost immediately, that day.
So using one or two of their stretching moves (that's all Yoga is), and a couple of my own that I came up with, for hip and leg muscles, my pains has almost been totally eliminated after a number of months of using those stretching 'moves'.
I looked on youtube for hints and tips in the area of 'hips' and 'legs', and that's how I came up with the moves I do. Be sure you do stretches for the upper portion of your body in conjunction with the lower part, as there is or will be a 'ripple' affect.

Be sure to consult with your doctor or chiropractor before beginning any stretching exercises.





Thanks for your contribution; exercising and stretching in one way or another helps virtually every chronic condition.Dr Barrie Lewis

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