Undiagnosable Hip Pain For Over Year and a half ! Posted: 07-24-07 13:50pm
I am 32 years old and started having right
hip pain after a ski weekend. The pain got
worse so my Dr put me on anti
inflammatories. Those didn't help so I
went to an Ortho and he gave me a
cortisone injection. That didn't help
either. In the course of the next few
months I had another injection, went to a
rhumetologist who did blood work that came
back normal, had an MRI and did PT. The
pain persisted. I was finally referred to
a Dr at Stanford Hospital who had me get
another cortisone injection guided by
ultrasound to make sure it was in the
right spot. He thought I had IT band
friction syndrome. The Dr who did the
injection said she saw nothing to indicate
it was IT band friction syndrome. Needless
to say, that injection did nothing. I had
another MRI done but this was of my lower
back and an xray of my hip, both were
normal. Next the Dr had me get another
cortisone injection in the hip joint
guided by Xray and do PT again for another
6 weeks. Neither thing has helped at all.
The pain is so bad I have not been able to
exercise at all, I have a hard time
sleeping and playing with my two young
children. It is totally affecting all
areas of my life!
I have had to switch to UCLA due to
insurance issues. The Dr there had me get
an MRI arthrogram because he thought I had
a labral tear. That came back normal also
and now he wants to send me to a
neurologist for pain management!
I am only 32 and the last thing I want to
do is to be resolved to a lifetime of pain
management
Any suggestions? Thanks!!!
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activechick
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Oregon
Please Consider Astym Posted: 07-24-07 15:49pm
Hi there,
It sounds like you're in a lot of pain.
Please consider looking into something
called ASTYM therapy. Go online to the
Web site and see if there is a provider
near you. Either trochanteric bursitis or
IT band syndrome can be helped
dramatically, if not totally cured, by
ASTYM.
If your doctor doesn't know about it,
refer her or him to information you get
online. Insurance does cover it, with a
perscription.
GOOD LUCK.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 07-24-07 16:19pm
The only thing I would add is that you
could try an osteopathic physician. they
look at teh body as a functioning whole,
not just the sum of its parts. maybe you
have a foot problem that is keeping
off-kilter. Maybe your sacrum is
misaligned. An osteopath could help you
with this. Another option is to consult a
physiatrist who can do nerve conduction
tests and see if your pain is caused by
soemthing neurological. Pain management
is not as bad as it sounds, really. I got
involved in pain management for a bile
duct disorder. I too considered myself
way too young for that, but I am able to
live a completely whole life. I am able
to eat, sleep, and exercise-things I was
not able to do previously. That is a very
frustrating problem, I wish I could
pinpoint exactly what is going on for you.
We have had many patients with a similar
picture as yours and they eventually got
better. I hope this will be the case for
you as well.
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