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P Jones wrote: > My wife, 66/3, suffers from back pain. It is located between her shoulder > blades. Seems to come on whenever she starts to do anything at the counter > top eg. cooking, washing dishes, ironing. She can't take any of the aspirin > type painkillers, because they are too hard on her stomach. Any of the > Tylenol types don't help. > Our neurologist says he doesn't think it has anything to do with PD. I have experienced similar pain, in similar circumstances, for years. It may not be directly the result of PD but it is most certainly the result of the postural problems which ARE caused by PD. Shortly after my pallidotomy last year I was assessed by the physiotherapist at the Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute. She observed that when standing and working at a counter, my hips swivelled downwards and backwards, throwing my shoulders forward. This of course puts a lot of strain on the shoulder muscles, hence the pain. We found that if I consciously swivelled my hips forward and upward, the natural curvature of the spine was restored and my shoulder pain was/is much reduced. I would love to tell you that shoulder pain is now a thing of the past but unfortunately knowing what to do and doing it are not the same thing. I tend to stand badly until the pain becomes unbearable, and then "remember" what to do. I am reasonably sure that this pain would be history if I were to discipline myself to stand correctly at all times. I hope this is some help. Dennis. ************************************************** Dennis Greene 48/11 [log in to unmask] http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ **************************************************