For little over a year now, I've been experiencing pain while sitting. Sometimes it has gotten a bit better, but it has never completely been absent. If I sit, no matter how hard or soft the surface is, for more than 5min, I'll get this burning and throbbing pain in my buttocks and lower back, and the pain also radiates to my legs, all the way to the soles of my feet.
I've consulted/visited several specialists, including a chiropractor and two physical therapists, and also a regular doctor who ordered an x-ray of my lower back and pelvic region. The x-ray showed nothing unusual. The last couple of months or so, the problem has got even worse (even if I've avoided sitting as much as I can), and I'm getting pretty desperate. The burning/throbbing sensation has started to occur also while standing up, which worries me. So far, lying down and sleeping are okay - I don't have pain then. However, there's a lot of muscle twitching that, according to the PT happens when the muscles relax once I've laid down.
I've researched the subject myself, and things like piriformis syndrome, coccyx syndrome, and bulging disc fit the profile. I'm stretching the leg and buttock muscles every day, and I've also started doing yoga again, but nothing seems to help.
This all started before I started taking iodine, so I can't see that this would be related to that. The foremost specialist I saw, who is a PT, suspected that the right side of my pelvis isn't moving as it should be (he checked this by some movements he made me do). He did some manipulation of the lowest part of the spine, plus some other things, and for a short while things felt better. This didn't however last for long.
Since I've had all sorts of muscle and skeletal pain during the last ten years or so, and since I'm having an healthy lifestyle and diet, I've started to think that perhaps I have a "critter problem". The symptom check list for e.g. Lyme disease actually mentions pelvic pain, and a few other things also match. But right now, I'm quite confused about what to do regarding my problem. I wouldn't want to start a long treatment with antibiotics, without being sure if it's needed. Perhaps I'll ramp up the iodine intake and see if it helps in any way.
The pain restricts all my activities right now, and is starting to drag me into a depression. So any suggestions and ideas are welcomed!
I've consulted/visited several specialists, including a chiropractor and two physical therapists, and also a regular doctor who ordered an x-ray of my lower back and pelvic region. The x-ray showed nothing unusual. The last couple of months or so, the problem has got even worse (even if I've avoided sitting as much as I can), and I'm getting pretty desperate. The burning/throbbing sensation has started to occur also while standing up, which worries me. So far, lying down and sleeping are okay - I don't have pain then. However, there's a lot of muscle twitching that, according to the PT happens when the muscles relax once I've laid down.
I've researched the subject myself, and things like piriformis syndrome, coccyx syndrome, and bulging disc fit the profile. I'm stretching the leg and buttock muscles every day, and I've also started doing yoga again, but nothing seems to help.
This all started before I started taking iodine, so I can't see that this would be related to that. The foremost specialist I saw, who is a PT, suspected that the right side of my pelvis isn't moving as it should be (he checked this by some movements he made me do). He did some manipulation of the lowest part of the spine, plus some other things, and for a short while things felt better. This didn't however last for long.
Since I've had all sorts of muscle and skeletal pain during the last ten years or so, and since I'm having an healthy lifestyle and diet, I've started to think that perhaps I have a "critter problem". The symptom check list for e.g. Lyme disease actually mentions pelvic pain, and a few other things also match. But right now, I'm quite confused about what to do regarding my problem. I wouldn't want to start a long treatment with antibiotics, without being sure if it's needed. Perhaps I'll ramp up the iodine intake and see if it helps in any way.
The pain restricts all my activities right now, and is starting to drag me into a depression. So any suggestions and ideas are welcomed!