Sacrum: the Sacro Wedgy

If your hips are wonked (one side is rotated or higher), try out the Sacro Wedgy - sacrowedgy.com. I do this before P.T. daily.

The woman you will call to order it from is Cynthia, the founder's daughter. She is passionate and wants to "make it work" for you. I ordered the pink woman's wedgy only to return it for free and get the man's blue wedgy because I am tall. I use two foam lifts under the wedgy to raise me up. 

Picking Shoes

I knew high heels were bad. Bad! But I didn't know that some regular shoes were better than others. Now I evaluate potential shoes mo' better.

I want:

• A wide toe-box.
• A flexible sole (see my video on youtube.com describing this in more detail.)
• Solid lateral support as I will wear the shoe almost all day, everyday; I don't buy shoes for "pronation" or "high arches" even though I have both. I would rather allow my foot to move through its natural gait. I need my natural correction to (at least eventually) come through my body.
• a shoe with a removable insole so that I can fit a lift in. On a side note, I have had numerous pairs of orthotics of all different types. I am much happier using my home-made lift that I can adjust up or down as needed rather than any of the 5 types of orthotics I've had. That's not to say don't get them, it's just my experience so far.
• a shoe that holds my foot in such as sneakers or Teva-type sandals.

But what about dress up? This is where I have a few options. None are great:

• Dansko clogs (their "professional" style) kind of have a bare foot feeling;
• Flat boots with a flexible sole; and
• Ballerina shoes with a strap (try the Naot brand for super comfy and cute).

And I recently found a store here called "Sole Desire"that links to a website that I will find and post. The shoes are neat and you might see brands you like.

Been a bridesmaid wearing Converse? Yes.

Pudendal Nerve Entrapment Synopsis

Here are good synopses of the mechanics of SI pain. Yes, he talks very fast:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaePO6wQBtk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwmcCw4bAw doctor mechanical explanation and review of treatments

Explanations of Sacrum Instability

Here are good synopses of the mechanics of SI pain. Yes, he talks very fast:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaePO6wQBtk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwmcCw4bAw doctor mechanical explanation and review of treatments

Yipee. Four Months (Almost) No Pain!

I went from distraught and doing really poorly to having an extended period of little pain in my sacrum and down my right leg (yes, still can't have sex). I felt like I really was healing finally. What helped? A few possibilities:

1. It coincided with me going up on my anti-depressant; or
2. I got new sacrum stabilization exercises from my physical therapist; or
3. I saw my rheumatologist who commented that I had trochanter bursitis and gave me some suggestions for self-treating. I looked it up and you can have a number of bursa located throughout your pelvic area due to poor mechanics in your pelvis or hip attachments. She stuck her finger into the area of a bursitis and, wow, it hurt for a few days thereafter.

Next post: self-treating bursitis