Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. The thought of having a life-long pain which hurts just walking around... that's tough. I'm glad she has someone like you to love on her and help her through those tough days.
Yeah, there are a couple massages I'm learning from the PT and Corinne has helped with that a bit also. I'm hopeful I can get past this and not have any chronic issues.
Yeah chronic issues are the worst. For me I always worry about developing carpal tunnel syndrome since I type on a computer all day long at work. Good luck to you, and try to stay optimistic!