Nearly 1 year of trying to fix my injury. Time to just give up?

Have you tried acupuncture/dry needling? I was a skeptic but it was practically life changing for my injury (which, admittedly, wasn't in the buttocks)

Also, try going to a specialist - even if it means travel. Hell go to John Ball and make a vacation out of it.

Greg retired earlier today (though that thread has now disappeared). Perhaps the both of you could do a joint press conference.

So, if it hurts the next day, but not so much during the run, is that something you could live with? Does it effect your running?

Tried a rehab trainer? Like a regular, formal and ongoing plan?

I thought it was getting better (?)

The Seahawks are embarrassing today

oh, no. I thought i saw that SF was favored. But 0 - 20?

Ouch!

Is it proximal/high hamstring tendinitis? If so, I had it last year. Took about 5 months but it healed eventually. The main thing that helped was to stop stretching and not sit as much. The stretching was aggravating it. I also put a pillow under my butt at night since the dip in the mattress was stretching the hammy while I was sleeping.

Try prolotherapy injections. If that doesn't work, try PRP injections. I'm going through PRP right now for a hip injury.

Have you been accurately diagnosed? If not, start there.

Ignore the pain in your behind. But also, when you go for a first run in a month, don't blast 8 miles at sub-7:00 pace. Ease back into it slowly. Maybe a two mile run. Don't put it on Strava if you are worried about losing street cred.

Ten minutes every morning, or as often as possible, of the double poling cross country skiing exercise, aka wood choppers. This rotates the hips up and down, which exercises and frees the hip muscles up from the constant sitting and pressure.