Read 2 books. First, "The MindBody Prescription" then "The Divided Mind" both by Dr. John E. Sarno. I cured myself twice with his approach: in 2000 for back pain and in 2009 for pelvic pain after a hysterectomy. Both times I had gone to several Dr.s and they could not pinpoint my problem. I was also prescribed Neurontin which I flushed down the toilet. I'm 95% better. These pain syndromes often start with a loud pop or crack, then the take hold and try to ruin your life. This is a stress issue like migraines are. You just have to accept the diagnosis first...you have nothing to lose.
Burning pain is nerve pain, gabapentin hardly ever works. There are many antidepressants that attack nerve pain, and they're prescribed for that, such as amytriptiline and cymbalta.I have heard of women who injure during birth and it's typically the sciatic nerve. But I suggest you get a pelvic MRI. Insist on it.
The burning you describe is indicative of a nerve (usually your sciatica) being pinched, I have lived with this daily for the past 10 years, I have aching, shap shooting pains in ny back with burning, tingling and numbness down my entire left leg, When it gets to my foot, it's cold as ice. Like you I cannot sleep on either side very long and sometimes just resting on my flat back, flat on a cold surface, such as a tile floor is the only way I've found relief,
I've been through the spinal injections for th epain, have been on pain meds for the last 4 years and have finally decided that enough is enough.I quit the meds and am starting to become clear headed agaiin but it's been hell, a living hell. You don't know what pain is until you try to stop meds on top of having that pain so please don't add meds to your problem if you don't have to.
When you feel the pain and burning, try laying flat on your back on a tile floor or cool surface, see if that gives any relief, I have also gone through physical therapy to gain strength in my back but found after working at a fabric store for a year that the physical therapy must not have been long enough to produce effective results because after beiing in a phyiscal job for a year my back is stronger and the pain less.
Good luck!
I don't know if this information will help you or not but I will pass it on. My daughter had a lot of pain after her child was born. She only had 1 child. It went on for years the child is now 15. She went through exploratory surgery, you name it. Finally, they gave her a total histerectomy (in her early 30's). She still had the pain, it had started to affecting her back. They had not done an MRI on her the whole time, I guess they thought it was with soft tissue not bone. After the MRI they found it was the pelvic bone. I never knew this and I am 58 and had 3 children, but the pelvic bone actually spreads open for the birth. Hers did not go back into place properly and that was what caused the whole thing. She had a total historectomy for nothing. She had been to many, many drs. She had progressed to back problems before they found it and now has discs that are messed up in the surrounding area. I think since the bones were out of line for so many years it caused the discs problem. Go to a dr that deals with the skeleton or a pain management dr and take your xrays (pain management normally is a last resort when the drs can help you with your pain). The MRI does not show everything with the discs, but the pain management dr I go to can feel your bones, etc and tell if something is out of line. Mine is amazing. He knew there were problems, but the disc problem did not show up. He did a disco gram, which is dye injected into the discs. He fills it to make pressure and then you grade the pain. He kepts track of the pain locations then you go get another type of xray (I forget what it is called) and he can see everything. It was painful because of the pressure on hurting discs. It was a lot more than I thought. Then he injected medication at a later date, and I can tell you it was well worth the pain. Hope some of this info helps you. I never had hot areas and neither did my daughter, so I don't know if it could be infection or what. I would get another opinion before I let them do any cutting or removing parts. Wish you the best.