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Good morning,
Two years ago I was in much pain, back/butt/leg pain. I had difficulty standing and walking for any length of time. I had x-rays, MRI, months of PT, injections,.. to no avail. Some to the PT aggravated my issues. I went in to address knee pain and ended up with months of back issues. The x-rays and MRI showed many issues. A surgeon said I would need two fusions and the issue would just move up my back. Geez. I was not interested in jumping into that at the moment.

I went online to see if I could find any additional help and found, Dr Charlie Johnson, DPT on You Tube and was fascinated by what he was sharing. I enrolled in his “Glute Accelerator Program” and learned about Dr Sarno, Alan Gordon and TMS, and Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Within 2 weeks of working this program many of may symptoms disappeared. In my day to day, my walking improved but never could seem to get my walking pain totally addressed. I have since still had pain when going for a walk, walking on streets in town,…

This winter I had three flare ups of intense pain in glutes, leg and foot numbness. I saw my DO who did two OMT sessions that helped. I told her my intention is to jump back into my PRT work but I wanted to rule out any structural change so I am scheduled for MRI.

I am here because I think this is what I need to do to heal. And, finally get to feeling safe with “taking a walk”. And move past these big flare ups.

 

Hi! Yep you’re in the right place. And it’s great you’re doing the SEP. It will teach you all about what it will take to get better. Also stick with this forum. You will learn so much. It’s quite the journey. Healing is possible.

 

I just wanted to ask, do you mean that you had x-rays and MRIs that were clear initially, then you saw a PT and that's what caused you to have many issues on the next x-rays or MRIs? I'm a bit confused as to how you went from clean scans to many issues (significant enough for someone to suggest a fusion) just through PT.