Pelvic MRI

[ARoomSomewhere]

I have been referred for an MRI of my pelvis.
I've been on crutches for years with incredibly sore hips and finally someone has now said: 'trochanteric bursitis', maybe?
But i also have a very sore 'tail bone' that hurts so much to sit down on that it makes me cry.
My joints hurt more when it is cold but they hurt all the time.
I had v severe SPD with both pgs. X rays show it as 'resolved' but i still have pain if i abduct my legs etc.

Will an MRI pick any of this up as i am lying down? can they do a standing one?

i might ask for this to be moved to general health?

Are you hypermobile?

I would also suggest being hypermobility. The only thing that will show on an MRI is inflammation. Xrays show naff all. You need a physio assessment. Private would be better if you can afford it.

Ive never been told i am hypermobile.
I was pretty bendy when young? My son is, diagnosed.
There is a new consultant and he just wants to discharge me i think.
But I can barely walk. I've taken on a new role which involves f/t sitting on an office chair. Now i can hardly sit down. My skeleton feels like its coming apart.
I saw the physio dept at the hospital and i have done core exercises. Ive had steroids into my hips before. I'm on strong pain meds but i can barely walk and ill have to give up the job only 3 weeks in as, culmulatively, i am wrecked.

i think the MRI is just so the Ortho dept can discharge me.
But im struggling to walk or sit down.
that has to be more than poor core strength surely?

I would say that MRI is the gold standard imaging modality when looking for soft tissue injury, so please try not to see this as being fobbed off - it just gives very different information than x-ray imaging, and it may be that they find something which could explain the pain you've been experiencing.

I hope the scan goes well and that you don't have to put up with this pain and discomfort for too much longer

sorry if that sounded whiney Pom

Ive already had an ultrasound where they said they couldnt see evidence of bursitis but my hips were very painful upon touch so they said they'd do the MRI.

Just feel down that all the treatments for bursitis have already been tried anyway to no effect.

Like everyone else im being tipped off DLA as it ends yet i cant walk or even do a sedentary office job on my crutches as i can sit down for long without a lot of pain. I am at my wits end tbh but i do appreciate your kind words as i feel very hopeless about it.

Definitely look further into hypermobility syndrome. It is more than just being bendy and yes, exercises do help, but they are more than just core exercises. My hips are ridiculously painful if I do not keep up with glut exercises. My neck is the second if I do exercise my shoulder blades. My feet are flat when I stand on them and this bends my knees inwards if I don't wear supportive footwear, this in turn makes my sacroiliac joints stick and knees hurt. Everything is connected but you really do need a full physio examination. NHS physios don't really have the time to fully diagnose which is why I recommend a private one. The condition is hereditary,so if you son has it there's a 50/50 chance it's come from you.

The MRI will show a great deal. I was also diagnosed with trochanteric bursitis and the MRI showed it to be a badly torn muscle.

ARoom I can only imagine how frustrated and hopeless it must feel to have something wrong which is affecting your mobility so badly, without a definitive diagnosis yet. I really hope that's just because the right type of imaging or test hasn't been done yet. For example, ultrasound would be great to look for bursitis but once that is excluded there is limited scope for looking at other causes with that particular type of scan.

I'm sorry to hear about the DLA stress you're having as well - that can't help matters at all.

Please let us know how you get on!