you mentioned ART. i went and watched it a little on youtube.
i looked up local ART practicioners in my area. they were all in chiropractic offices. its the one thing i haven't tried. it reminded me a bit of some of the work i've had done, like strain counterstrain, but different enough that it could be another avenue.

like you, i know some of my problems are tight muscles.

do you take a muscle relaxant at bedtime?

i found that once i started on the zanaflex each night, a lot of my tendonitises got a lot better.

it still doesn't prevent the "injuries" and the SI laxness and overrotation,
but it defintely helps with the other stuff. its like i felt my muscles were pulling on my tendons and the muscle relaxant helped lessen that.

my trigger points are the ultimate in muscle scar tissue and ultrasound and trigger point injections help those a lot.

but i'll have to ask my physiatrist about the ART. she's very receptive to alternative treatments. she's helped me a lot in that respect.

its also very interesting that your doctors talked a bit about the perimenopause and tendon issues. i keep trying to bring this up with my doctors, as i've noticed the relationship for myself. but if that is true,
then what is the connection? how do the changes in hormones affect the body that way. obviously there is a scientific explanation, even if we don't know it yet. and if so, why doesn't hormonal replacement revert it? and if its not about the hormones, then what is it about?

another question: if it isn't inflammatory in nature, then why do antiinflammatories (NSAIDS) work to some degree?

the way it looks to me is that the doctor did in effect say, we don't know, but there's still a lot out there that's still not known. it just looks like your journey for answers isn't over quite yet. just because they don't know yet doesn't mean that they won't at some point.

sue