yes, yes and yes.....Piriformis muscle hurt like heck

I have lower back and side pain, but I know the cause: I have degenerative disk disease in my lumbar region and had herniated disc about a year and a half ago in that same area. The injury took a long time to heal and I suffered sciatica down to my left ankle for a long while. Because I get stiff so easily thanks to both age and the fibromyalgia, my back acts up a lot and I will get rather bad pain on either side. And the fact that I have irritable bowel syndrome so frequently that my whole abdomen hurts horribly just adds to the experience of having a belt of pain. I didn't sign up for this, but it's what I have. I just try to work around all of it the best I can, just like everyone else here. God bless you. 🕊🕊

Hey there! Thank you both for responding! I have degenerative disc disease as well, and have had one back operation. I never thought about the pain being due to that, because it feels a little different than what I’m used to. Usually its sharp severe pain, or a tired feeling when I am down in my back, but this feels more like its in the muscle. Left side. I guess its a possibility though that its a disc. I also have IBS too. How odd?!
Seems like many of us are suffering with the same things along with fibro. Im beginning to wonder if its all tied together?

Yes yes yes. It is debilitating. The only thing that fixes it is my heating pad and Percocet. I must always be aware of my sick back after I get the pain fixed. But I was always a "doer". Such is life !!

I do too along with the low back pain that goes from hip to hip and sometimes makes it hard to stand up straight. i hate this disease@!!!!!!!