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Capper, that was my experience completely. I putzed around with thinking I had a strain or was just plain being a baby or crazy. When I contacted my primary MD about it, he suggested a rheumatology referral to sort it out. Sure enough, by the time I saw the rheumy, I was feeling pretty decent. But the difference was in the complete history she took from me and the physical exam. Never before had anyone actually measured how much my vertebrae separated when I bent over. She ran a bunch of screening tests (which were negative), and a lumbosacral MRI (also negative).

Still, based on my symptoms and medical history she was able to diagnose enteropathic arthritis with enthesitis (inflammation of the tendon insertions to the bone). Enthesitis does not show up on x-rays, but is quite painful. She immediately prescribed biologics.

Jan

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