Anyone up for more complaining and wild speculation?

[zoidberg]

Ok. If you remember, at my last ortho appt he told me that he has ruled out all of the other things aside from a labral tear (although I had a negative MRI, but there is a high false negative rate). He wants me to do one more thing, a lumbar spine MRI to rule out disc problems, and then he wants to talk surgery.

My acupuncturist believes that most of my pain is myofascial (sp?) and therefore unlikely to be from a torn labrum. She said I very well might have one, but that is not the whole problem.

I definitely have some muscle pain, and every muscle she tells me is going to be a problem really is. So she is right about that much at the very least.

Interestingly, she said that she thinks it is much more likely to be my spine (degenerative discs or something) causing all of this. I guess depending on what is getting pushed on it can cause muscles to spasm and referred pain.

I would not be the slightest bit surprised to learn that I have disc issues. I have had minor issues with my lower back for like 20 years. Whether or not that is what is causing all of this hip pain, I have no clue.

More imaging!

[So_Fetch]

Ugh. I hope you are able to get some more definitive answers.

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[sassystace]

I wouldn't be in any hurry to take the surgery route, especially since everything is so unsure. Hope you get some answers with your next MRI...

[kams]

I hope the spine MRI shows something. Your acupuncturist seems to have had a really good grasp on your pain, so I hope she & your doc can find some answers soon to give you some relief.

Gosh dangit, Zoid! I'm so sorry.

[libbygrl109]

I hope the MRI shows something. I would believe theory of your back throwing everything else out of whack. I learned the hard way that having tightness and/or weakness in one area can throw my entire leg off.

[thom]

I'm so sorry. Back issues can be some of the most frustrating. I hope between your doc & acupuncture you can learn more & heal up. Hugs!

[hannahb]

Hope you get some answers! Hip and back issues can overlap so much in symptoms. It's frustrating

[zoidberg]

Well, I'll tell you this - the more my acupuncturist gets those muscles around my hip to loosen up, the more my back is bothering me. It almost always hurts a little bit and has for years, but it is either becoming more noticeable because of the absence of this long-lasting hip pain or the loosening of those muscles is shifting more of the strain back into my back.

I am dying to see what the MRI says.

[coconutbug]

I'm so sorry you're continuing to have these issues. I hope the MRI gives you some good answers!

[Deleted]

So sorry you're going through this. Since having my son almost 4yrs ago, my left hip likes to shift up and forward. I know when it's shifting out of place again because of tripping, knee pain, calf pain, and lower back pain, in addition to my hips feeling extremely tight; I see an ortho for adjustments as needed. I believe that it's possible that if the alignement is off, the other muscles/alignment are sore from compensating and then sorer after an adjustment because they are not used to being aligned properly again. For me, I can see in my own expereince how it really is all inter-connected. I hope you get some answers soon!

[Nonny]

zoidberg, I was diagnosed with a labral tear in my right hip (one MRI, two opinions, lots of PT).  I ended up having surgery for it, and my advice is be patient and do everything you can do avoid the surgery.  When they got in there my MRI was wrong and there was no tear.    I did have a lot of inflamed tissue though, and a weird yellow spot they removed, but it seemed like a big part of my problem was that I apparently have shallow hip sockets.

My recovery was awful, and from talking to a lady who'd had a hip replacement, hips are really bad pain wise in general.  It's by far the most painful procedure I've ever had (including having had a lateral release on my knee, which was no picnic).  The PT was also extra time consuming too, because I had to do pool therapy and land therapy. 

I think if I would have had pool therapy before the surgery and been more mindful of adequately resting and letting myself heal, I might have been able to avoid a surgery all together.

Also, it's been about 6 years since my surgery and my hip still doesn't bend 100% the same.  It's a minor thing, but every time I go to trim my toe nails on that foot I'm reminded that my hip isn't "ok."  I still occasionally have a problem with it kind of catching or getting sore if I do a lot of activity.

Anyway, hip issues suck.  They suck even more when your back and other parts of you hurt, and I really hope you can get your pain solved!

[zoidberg]

Yeah, I'm really not planning to do any surgery. That is why I started seeking alternative treatments like acupuncture.

[zoidberg]

Sorry yours turned out so shittily, though.

My acupuncturist told me that she sees a lot of people who had the surgery and still have pain (which is why they end up seeing her).

At this point I'm starting to think that it was never even my hip to begin with, but actually my back.