I've got a problem that started as SPD when I was last pregnant four and a half years ago, but physios since have said it looks like that might have triggered or made worse or been made worse by having one leg longer than the other, or possibly just a wonky spine/pelvis, or possibly just awful core strength, or possibly worsened by meds that I take for something else. I've seen five NHS physios, one while I was pregnant who just gave me crutches, a belt and painkillers, two straight after the baby who both tried to pull my legs out, and two recently, who have added their own theories. The fourth has apparently just had her team of women's health physio shut down because of cuts so I am now on the waiting list for general physio.
In the meantime I'm now dosed up on coedine, using a walking stick and a grabber stick and still in a lot of pain. This is just a flare up, it should go back to mostly a dull ache with the odd stab soon - I even manage to dance as a hobby (it hurts but not much, and the type if dancing doesn't usually strain that area much)
I'm sick and tired of it. My principles in general are against private healthcare unless it's an exceptional circumstance, but four years of pain, even if it is mostly low level, with the odd week or so of awful dehabilitating pain and stiffness, is too much. I'm skint (single mum disabled (severe MH)and on benefits), but they seem to be in the £30 to £40 a treatment range, which I can manage if I'm careful
I googled physiotherapst and my area (Preston, Lancashire) but there are loads and a lot of them seem to offer homeopathy etc too so I'm doubtful if they can do anything real. Or is that irrelevant?