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Posted 8/1/2023 5:05 PM (GMT -5)
My girlfriends lyme seems to trigger from physical activities like walking especially up hills or on uneven surfaces, driving or sitting for long periods of time. Were not going to sit in a movie theater for more than two hours.

I know everyone is different but her pain is mostly in her lower back and now migrated to her hips, sometimes it radiates down her legs. Pain is always better in the morning. She recently started and then had to give up tai chi.

If anyone has had any similar symptoms do you have any tips?

Shes currently doing pelvic floor therapy and they seem to think they can help her
Posted 8/1/2023 5:52 PM (GMT -5)
Hi,

Yes, I have the lower back pain/stiffness. Please take this with a big grain of salt but for some reason taking methyl-folate helps me with this.

I have no idea why and I can't find much on why it would work for that either. It's just one of those things that seem to work for me.

Side-note: I also had terrible back-spasms on Dapsone, which is a medication that can deplete Folate. So who knows what's going on here.
Posted 8/3/2023 8:59 AM (GMT -5)
Does she have any structural issues going on that might make the nerves in her lower back especially reactive, in addition to the tick-borne infections? Maybe scoliosis, kyphosis, a slipped disc, etc.?

Pelvic floor physical therapy and physical therapy in general might be really helpful, and possibly also acupuncture and craniosacral therapy.
Posted 8/3/2023 10:28 AM (GMT -5)
Lyme can magnify previous body structure issues, past injuries ect.

What you thought went away can resurface.

I tried every type of muscle and fascia therapy there was with exception of injection prolotherapy and basic acupuncture. Recently after lyme treatment, I tried acupuncture and it was great. First appointment did nothing though.

The nervous system can get the tissues stuck thinking that is the new normal. Active release technique and chiropractic and trigger point release all help some extent, but acupuncture erases the nervous system memory and starts over from scratch. I didn’t believe it till I tried it.
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