I'm writing this in desperation, as most do when they write here.
I've been to the doctor. Just had four weeks of physio, and the physio who seemed at a loss as I didn't fit inside a text-book or respond in pain to text-book moves. But she ruled out hip structural problems, arthiritis, etc. I'm 30 yrs old so thankful for that.
Physio put it down to some kind of "overuse" in a tendon which i already suspected. But her treatment has always been the same "hip tests" and not actually treated anything because I suspected textbook tests showed up nothing definitively.
I've had this going on a year now and tried to treat it myself, i cut back from cycling, but I'm not sure if that actually agrevated it, but walking certainly does so I'm walking less, doing less. Certain movements/lifting things brings it on, so I cut back from everything and ended up putting weight on.
I finally admitted I needed proffessional help when I couldn't do one of my yearly walks which is traditional.
Not because I couldn't do it but because I feared the ache that would come after the walk would be worse than it is after a five six, seven mile walk.
The trips to the physio were pointless and a waste of time.
My issue is an ache that comes on with exercise in my hip.
I'm a massive walker. I've done distance walks at 32miles in a day previously And now I can't walk more than three miles without an "ache" not a "pain". I'm at a massive loss and its all getting me down.
The ache doesn't stop me from walking, cycling etc. It's just I know I'll pay for it with an annoying ache afterwards. And sometimes it'll fade with rest within the same day and its always gone the next morning overnight rest .
When when I described this to people it never seems like such a big deal, but it is. It's certainly not normal.
There's no "ouch that hurts" feeling. It's all afterwards.
The ache is somewhere along outside hip, illiac crest height. So high hip.
I can trigger the pain in certain movements but the physio told me "they do use those movements to access pain". (which was odd because googling those movements do come up in connection with things).
Anybody had anything similar?
My options are to wait and go back to the doctor and the physio said Dr would probably refer me again but quite frankly I'd ask him not to because it was pointless.
First week terrorised my calf because that's the only area where "pain" was found on pressing. Second week the same. Third week my It band and despite doing the same tests the two prior visits told me I had one leg shorter than the other (which I'm not completely convinced about) same for the 4th. Now I'm dismissed back to the doctor.
I really am tempted just to build back up to my walking, cycling and just deal with the ache and if it gets really bad it may be easier to diagnose. But that doesnt seem sensible at all.
I don't mean to be over critical of the physio, I knew myself this would be hard to fix, but I was expecting a little more.
I foam roll. When it was at its worse last year I foam rolled my IT Band, but more my quads and I reduced the ache from "constant" to exercise only induced. But I can't shift it.
I think I've ranted enough but this has really gotten me down.
I've been to the doctor. Just had four weeks of physio, and the physio who seemed at a loss as I didn't fit inside a text-book or respond in pain to text-book moves. But she ruled out hip structural problems, arthiritis, etc. I'm 30 yrs old so thankful for that.
Physio put it down to some kind of "overuse" in a tendon which i already suspected. But her treatment has always been the same "hip tests" and not actually treated anything because I suspected textbook tests showed up nothing definitively.
I've had this going on a year now and tried to treat it myself, i cut back from cycling, but I'm not sure if that actually agrevated it, but walking certainly does so I'm walking less, doing less. Certain movements/lifting things brings it on, so I cut back from everything and ended up putting weight on.
I finally admitted I needed proffessional help when I couldn't do one of my yearly walks which is traditional.
Not because I couldn't do it but because I feared the ache that would come after the walk would be worse than it is after a five six, seven mile walk.
The trips to the physio were pointless and a waste of time.
My issue is an ache that comes on with exercise in my hip.
I'm a massive walker. I've done distance walks at 32miles in a day previously And now I can't walk more than three miles without an "ache" not a "pain". I'm at a massive loss and its all getting me down.
The ache doesn't stop me from walking, cycling etc. It's just I know I'll pay for it with an annoying ache afterwards. And sometimes it'll fade with rest within the same day and its always gone the next morning overnight rest .
When when I described this to people it never seems like such a big deal, but it is. It's certainly not normal.
There's no "ouch that hurts" feeling. It's all afterwards.
The ache is somewhere along outside hip, illiac crest height. So high hip.
I can trigger the pain in certain movements but the physio told me "they do use those movements to access pain". (which was odd because googling those movements do come up in connection with things).
Anybody had anything similar?
My options are to wait and go back to the doctor and the physio said Dr would probably refer me again but quite frankly I'd ask him not to because it was pointless.
First week terrorised my calf because that's the only area where "pain" was found on pressing. Second week the same. Third week my It band and despite doing the same tests the two prior visits told me I had one leg shorter than the other (which I'm not completely convinced about) same for the 4th. Now I'm dismissed back to the doctor.
I really am tempted just to build back up to my walking, cycling and just deal with the ache and if it gets really bad it may be easier to diagnose. But that doesnt seem sensible at all.
I don't mean to be over critical of the physio, I knew myself this would be hard to fix, but I was expecting a little more.
I foam roll. When it was at its worse last year I foam rolled my IT Band, but more my quads and I reduced the ache from "constant" to exercise only induced. But I can't shift it.
I think I've ranted enough but this has really gotten me down.
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