Hips update

I am getting really aggravated with my hips. Hips muscles I didn't even know I HAD are tight, spasmy and prickly-feeling. Yoga helps, heat helps, stretching helps, but gosh darn it, the muscles spasm right up again :(

My cranio-sacral therapist is able to get rid of some of the tight spots which relieves the spasms, but it is only temporary. Today at work I have my TENS unit on my lower back/upper hip area AND a rice heating pack on my lower back. I am trying to be as discreet about it as I can; I don't like the questions and the looks of pity. I don't want to tell them "Everything in my body hurts, everyday! So I have a rice pack on my butt!!" That's the truth but people don't know what to say. It leads to some awkward moments.

Another section of my brain is trying to figure out - is the hip mess caused by the Chiari, or EDS? Or both? It seems when the cranio-sacral lady works on the base of my skull, my legs and hips release. If so, does that mean the hips and legs will constantly get worse with time? Me no like this.