Information and opinions on health from caffey at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/607/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/607/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/607/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/607/15795/fm-ra Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:07:00 -0400 caffey I am new here and I have 2 questions. 1.  I have herniated L4 L5 with neuropathy both feet and for the past 2 months sicatica down the rt. leg. One of the things my pain doctor keeps talking about is inflamation at SI joint which ra pts. get. I am not understanding that as I thought that ra doesn't affect the back. 2. My second question is I don't understand the relationship of ra to fm as I was told I also have fm. ... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/607/15795/fm-ra