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Title: Re: [RC]   Linda's back pain

Yes, it’s sacroiliac pain. It is a burny itchy feeling surrounding the tail bone. Movements and postures don’t affect it, it feels like inflammation. My ankylosing spondylitis may be in remission. I have not lost any flexibility in the years that I have had it. I have had it at least 20 years. However, at the time I was diagnosed, my rheumatologist took X-rays and said he could tell I had it because of the inflammation in the (I think) sacroiliac joint. I can still touch my toes without bending my knees. My rheumatologist has kept checking that. Since this inflammation has flared up recently, I haven’t brought it to his attention yet. But it scares me because of the history I had with it. At the time that meds were causing pain in my back, I know that my stomach was bleeding. That is the main reason I stopped taking the meds and I was surprised to find that I didn’t need them anymore. I taught my horse to gait but his gaiting isn’t fast enough to complete a ride in time so I have figured out how to post his BIG trot. I wonder if the trotting is what is causing the flare up?


On 9/20/05 8:33 PM, "Bruce Weary" <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   Linda--
>  You have some special concerns due to the fibromyalgia combined with 
> the ankylosing spondylitis. Vitamin D may help with the fibro. How old 
> are you? When did the ankylosing spondylitis start?
>   Many people confuse hip pain with sacroiliac pain. Is your pain in the 
> actual ball and socket joints, or around back below your beltline in the 
> tailbone area? Where is your back pain? What movements or postures 
> aggravate the back pain? How advanced is your ankylosing spondylitis?
>   Yes, meds can cause back pain if they irritate the stomach. Certain 
> organs can reflect pain to the spine or skeleton when inflamed--such as 
> the heart, stomach, gall bladder, pancreas, and uterus. (Right ladies?)
>  I need some answers to these questions before I can have anything of 
> value to say. You should consider a gaited horse, as the ankylosing 
> spondylitis will remove 70% or more of your spine's shock absorption 
> capability.   Bruce Weary