I'm so sorry your having such pain. I hope you feel better soon as in now. I do think you should head to a doctor.

100% agree with Mamapinky.

I hope you are able to see a medical doctor soon! No one should have to suffer that much.

It could be kidney or gall stones. I have had both and they are some of the worse pains ever. You need to see a doctor. Hope you find out what is wrong.

Kidney stones, are what I thought, when I first read this. I had a bout of them, last year, that lasted feb through march. The most horrible pain, I have ever had, exactly like the pain described above. After 3 bouts of medicine (10 days each), all was ok. This year, in January, it started all over again, and this time, I went to the doctor immediately. It still took 2 does of medicine, but, finally no more pain. This lasted from end of January through most of February. I am sure there are still stones in there, but, they have moved, so are now not causing any pain. Some did disolve. Oh, and doctor said water with lemon juice added and heated, several times a day, helps them disolve.

If you had a pet in such distress, wouldn't you take it to a vet?

Yes, it could be a kidney stone. If so, you may have passed it, since the pain ceased. I've had them. The 'treatment' is pain meds unless the stone is causing more damage to your kidney or ureter -- then they may try to break it up.

I've also had a 'staghorn' calculus (invades many branches within the kidney and looks like antlers on an x-ray). That had to be surgically removed. Oddly, I never felt that, and it was only discovered during tests for something else. (Never a good sign when a technician starts calling colleagues in to see your 'pictures'.)

Please don't go back to the chiro. The aim of treating someone in such acute pain should be first and foremost to provide relief, not aggravate the living heck out of it.

I may be wrong but I think Jewel is referring to pain in the Gluteus muscle. I doubt kidney stones would have an effect in butt muscles. ☺ I do agree with the advice of seeking a medical doctor's diagnosis.

Please take advice if others and go to a medical doctor! Two years ago, I had a terrible pain in my back and thigh area....a friend of mine convinced me to go to her chiropractor and I went because I had so much pain, I was willing to go to anyone!...wrong decision !!

He "assured" me that he could take care of the problem...wrong again! Long story short...I had to have an emergency back surgery because my stenosis had shut off the nerves in my hip/thigh. Chiropractors are good for some things, but for other things, they might to terrible further damage.

I had a similar excruciating pain in my hip/top of buttock and it was a weekend so went to a walk in clinic. I got a shot (cortisone?) and muscle relaxer pills. It took a few days but it did the trick.

Go to a regular doctor and skip the chiro for this. I think you would feel kidney stones more in your back on the side. Hope you feel better!

Many years ago I went to a chiropractor for very bad back pain. She felt she had taken care of the problem, but I barely made it home (driving requires h that you sit up!), and had a miserable miserable night. High fever, everything. Went to my regular doctor the next day; it was a kidney infection. As someone said above, chiropractors are very good for certain things, but not for everything. Please go to your doctor.

"chiropractors are very good for certain things"

Please name a few examples.

Does it concern you that when patients report complaints that they know nothing about, and certainly can't treat, they frequently will not refer them to a medical doctor?

I was having an ache in my lower back and when I walk downstairs my left ankle would give out on me. I finally realized it was the medicine I was taking. My doctor put me on lexipro a few months ago for anxiety. I've quit taking them over a week ago and my back and ankle are back to normal. I also tried to wean myself off nexium, but last night I just couldn't take the gas buildup in my stomach. I took a nexium and feel much better today. Now if I could just figure out to wean myself off metoprola. I have my appointment at the end of March and I'm going to ask him how to get off the metoprola. My heart still races every now and then.

Elmer Fudd, I'm just curious how you know they don't refer out if you've never been to one...I won't get drawn into a heated argument, but....you're wrong. lol

Personally I think Chiorpractors are the wrong place to make your first stop. They are not trained to diagnose or treat medical conditions outside of tight muscles. Am I wrong? What's this stuff I hear about them putting peoples neck and back... back in alignment? Ahh if they are out of alignment you've got some fairly serious problems that requires a medical specialist, like a Nuro surgeon.

Not trained? Um, they go to 4 years of college and then at a minimum of 3 years of Chiropractic school. They are qualified to treat a lot more than "tight muscles". Ever have an ear infection? The fluid pools and causes an infection. Get your upper spine adjusted and the fluid flows, no infection. Colicky babies, sciatica, lower back pain, digestive issues, skins disorders, head aches, nerve conditions, you name it, chiropractic can help. EVERYTHING in our bodies is connected to the spine after all. When it is in alignment, everything functions better! :) I have worked for one for 14 years and have seen many many people get phenomenal positive health results. For MOST of these issues, I would sure like to try an approach other than pain pills and surgery!!!

Jewels_ks, I hope that you feel better!

I love my chiropractor, realigning does hurt worse at first but the pain relief is real. It's not a drug, there is no quick relief. You trust them or you don't, it's as simple as that and if you don't trust them you should not see them. Our chiro has certainly referred us to a medical doctor (he noticed a melanoma on hubby's back) and refused to adjust when the symptoms were not (in his opinion) cause by a subluxation (my kidney infection). A fever would not even be in the realm of something a chiro could treat. I would choose a week or three of chiro visits for relief over months of drugs and physical therapy and I've done both. They both work, but sometimes I just want to get on with my life and not be out of work for the weeks that bed rest, drugs and physical therapy require. It really depends on the injury.

Julie, you've honestly been misled. I hope you and your family members are seen by a medical doctor when injured or unwell. Best wishes

honestly and mislead are opposites...and quite frankly, I don't believe chiropractic and mislead belong together. you are either uneducated in the field, or your career has been in medicine. To each their own.

I agree with Julie. Just one example, many years ago my friend had severe back pain and went to a medical doctor. He gave her pain pills and sent her home. She was a single, working mother with responsibilities. The pain pills made her sleep and she was unable to work. I sent her to a chiropractor who got her functioning again with no drugs. I go once a month whether I need it or not so I don't get too far out of alignment. Elmer Fudd why do you think you know everything? Just in case no one has ever told you, you don't.

I have some mild piriformis issues (nothing causing excruciating pain), due to running. It's nothing I can't manage with stretches (before and after running) and an OTC (Aleve) now and then.

I belong to a huge, supportive running community, and there are several physical therapists, chiropractors, and MDs who routinely treat runners in this city. Many runners go to some specific PTs or chiropractors for running-related injuries or minor issues before going to an MD. It's quite common and the ones who are noted in this city for being 'good' are just that - very good. And they know when it's more that needs medical treatment, such as a stress fracture, and send to an MD.

With any profession, you have your good and not-so-good practitioners. It helps to have several referrals, and I have no doubt Julie's example and others are good ones.

Thank you everyone for your responses. Wednesday was a pretty good day for me, but I stayed home from work. Thursday I woke up to alot of pain, but after I was up and around it lessened. I went to my chiro appt and we talked about it all. He said I might end up needing a steroid shot, but we went ahead and did my treatment. I felt pretty good all evening. I woke up this morning to excruciating pain, but i knew if I could get over the hump, it would be better. My sweet dh had to put on my socks and my jeans. I called my family physician and saw him at 2:00. I went all over the story and he decided to put me on Prednisone and Gabapentin (a med for nerves) and to continue to see my chiro. He was insistent that it had nothing to do with my kidneys. I have had two doses of Prednisone and I will have one dose of Gabapentin before I go to bed. If I wake up in the morning with pain I am suppose to take 1/2 of a pill. He said if I am not better in 2 weeks that we will then do something else. I'll keep you posted.