My doctor is stumped. In March I started having severe lower back pain and they could feel what they called fluid filled cysts near my hip bone on my lower back. They gave me flexerall and exercises. The pain went away in about 2 weeks. Then about June the pain returned, not as severe but it wouldn't go away even with treatment, message & PT. It is now worse than it was in March and the exercises and meds no longer seem to help much. It is does not appear to be sciatic. But the pain wakes me at night, I am experiencing short stabbing pain occasionally when walking and have difficulty bending especially in certain positions such as trying to put on pants. If I get on the floor or get out of bed, rolling over to get to a position to stand is extremely painful. Exercising & stretching are painful during the process, but the pain seems to lessen a little for an hour or two afterwards. I also now have mild-moderate pain in the lower abdomen on the sides close to the hip bones. Nothing seems to be helping and the pain seems to be increasing daily. Two years ago I injured the deltoid ligament, no tear, which wouldn't heal. CT showed that the inside ankle bone had not grown together and ankle stability could be repaired but my ankle and arch pain are minimal so not deemed critical to repair at this time. My ortho surg does not seem to think they are related, but is not 100% sure. He is waiting to see if there is another cause. On a scale of 1-10, pain is between 7-8. Any suggestions? Specialists I should see? Thank you!