Guys need honest opinion about my hip pain

pjrun wrote:

So I've been having this annoying pain in my hip for some 4 weeks now, and it just doesn't go away. It was really bad for a week, so I was limping in pain, and sometimes walking. It got much better in a week or so, but there's still this annoying, lingering pain right there around the hip bone. It doesn't bother me that much on most days, but after a hard run, it doesn't feel very healthy the next day.

I hate this sort of pain, because it's not bad enough to make me stop, but it doesn't go away either. How long is long enough??

I'm now running 80 mpw. Should I just keep at it, or drop some miles considerably? I stopped doing all supplementary work, because I feel it just aggravated the hip issues.

Could be IT band syndrome.

Might need to ice your hips, get ibuprofen.

See a physician if you can. Consider taking time off. I took nearly two months off recently (well I did 1 run in those two months) because of plantar fascitis. Now doing better, no pain.

Greg wrote:

Could be IT band syndrome.

Might need to ice your hips, get ibuprofen.

See a physician if you can. Consider taking time off.

IT band (TFL) is definitely part of this, but the whole left side is a mess right now. It's sometimes really hard to pinpoint any specific problem.

I actually decided this morning start icing, taking ibuprofen and running only easy runs for a week.

Time off is not an option, because I feel like it's giving up, and giving up for me means giving up running completely. So I'd rather just cut back, take it easy, but not stop running.

I've started to think this is at least partially mental, because the hip was REALLY painful for a week. Took it easy, and it cleared up pretty good, but never completely. And now it sits there and prevents me from doing really hard training. Any fast running or really long runs aggravate the hip pain. Easy days keep it in bay. But 4 weeks is a long time.... Just wondering how many weeks it will go like this.

I don't know, but if you keep running and their is pain, how does that make you feel?

Probably not so great.

Try the stationary bike or swim. Take time off until you are pain free. You can come out of the pool or off the bike and still be quite fit.

Lots of athletes have done it.

if you find a sore spot that hurts, id try a tennis ball massage

franz wrote:

if you find a sore spot that hurts, id try a tennis ball massage

Lots of sore spots, but strangely they as sore, or even more so, on the other leg!

I don't want to think about this any more. I think this is getting really mental. I'll just dope myself with ibuprofen, stop strengthening and stretching the sore areas, hit the roads with easy miles and ice it after runs.

If I get totally broken, so be it.

hey man,

currently have pretty similar symptoms. I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, but i did see both an ortho and a PT. the ortho just took and X ray and took my hip through the FADIR and FABER tests which were not symptomatic of anything grave. the PT was doing some active release in my deep abdominal wall and hit the iliacus and i was like oh that is the origin of this weird anterior hip pain i have been having. although the PT didn't actually diagnose me with anything and wasn't surprised by the fact that it was super active, but told me to try to work with it.

upon further research of my personal symptoms it seemed most consistent with overuse injuries of the iliopsoas which are known to compensate for a dearth of hip stability. there have been scientific studies on the effect of strengthening the hip rotator muscles (both internal and external hip rotation as well as something that combines hip abduction and external rotation (resisted clam shells for example)) as a means to successfully treat the somewhat rare condition of iliopsoas syndrome.

i have been practicing the exercises noted in this study:

https://www.jospt.org/doi/pdf/10.2519/jospt.1999.29.4.218

i have noticed a global improvement in my symtpoms although i am still experience tenderness in the groin region, i think because of the fact that i have not totally strengthened all of the relevant muscle yet (it takes 6 weeks for hypertrophy to occur), and i have been only doing about 3 works of the rehab program described above.

good luck and hope you resolve it or if not consult a professional to help!

What makes you believe you will get it correctly diagnosed (or treated) on this message board? Do you also believe in Santa?

Talk to a REAL physician (specialist even better) for your own sake!

doctorj wrote:

What makes you believe you will get it correctly diagnosed (or treated) on this message board? Do you also believe in Santa?

I'm not looking for diagnosis or treatments. Of course I know all that stuff. Rest, ice, strengthen, bla bla.

I don't even know what I was after. Maybe some peer support, or something. Even "just run baby" would be nice.

Well, whatever. My running is quite difficult now, but I have to believe it will get better.

All the best for you as well. Honestly!

I had a similar issue recently. Eventually saw a sports ortho and was diagnosed with "osteosis pubis" which is some sort of irritation of the pubic joint that can cause tightness / alignment issues around your entire leg. One day it was the groin, next the hip flexor, next the butt, next the upper calf. Pain in the ass but am finally getting through it I think.

Moral of the story: get it checked out by somebody who knows more than anybody on this forum

$tuntman wrote:

I had a similar issue recently. Eventually saw a sports ortho and was diagnosed with "osteosis pubis" which is some sort of irritation of the pubic joint that can cause tightness / alignment issues around your entire leg. One day it was the groin, next the hip flexor, next the butt, next the upper calf. Pain in the ass but am finally getting through it I think.

This is my story as well. The pain travels around the hip and butt.

Good to hear you are feeling better! How long did it take?

doctorj wrote:

What makes you believe you will get it correctly diagnosed (or treated) on this message board? Do you also believe in Santa?

Talk to a REAL physician (specialist even better) for your own sake!

A family doctor would likely tell him, “running is bad for your knees,” and bill him $800. Terrible advice.

Greg wrote:

I don't know, but if you keep running and their is pain, how does that make you feel?

Probably not so great.

Try the stationary bike or swim. Take time off until you are pain free. You can come out of the pool or off the bike and still be quite fit.

Lots of athletes have done it.

I once took two months off from running and did nothing but swim and sauna. Lost zero running fitness and had the best running times of my life the next twelve months.