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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, have you considered that this could be inflammatory and not mechanical back pain?

A few questions:

How long has this been going on?  More than three months? [b]Yes. [/b]

Are you under 40? [b]Yes[/b]

Are you stiff for a half hour or so in the morning and feel better as the day goes on (not including night time)? [b]Painful in am and eases with meds. [/b]

In general does it feel better with movement? [b]Sometimes walking for 30 minutes helps. [/b]

You mention buttocks pain--does it tend to alternate between the left and right side?[b] Seems even to me. Alternates when sitting. [/b]

Yes answers to these questions would point to inflammatory back pain caused by spinal arthritis.

Other symptoms that can appear:  pain from time to time in your ribs; pain in your heel, shoulder, neck; plantar fascitis; occasional unexplained low fevers. [b]I have had costcochondritis and shoulder pain. Fevers? I dunno. I run warm. [/b]

You would see a rheumatologist for this.  But, a note of caution.  Some of them haven't kept up in this field and mistakenly believe this is not a women's disorder and that you must test positive on a certain genetic test.  Many, many women with this get a wrong diagnosis of fibromyalgia.

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To answer your questions, see above. Hmm... Can you recommend a doctor by name?[/quote]

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