Hip pain - help - any experiences welcome

Tiger balm works well until you can see your HCP.

I got this when I started overstretching it upwards during my workout. It was like a burning pain inside my hip joint when I went from sitting to standing. I didn't initially connect it as the actual stretch didn't hurt. But it stopped when I realised and stopped the movement

hi op did you get to the bottom of this

I get hip pain now and then (am 44). For me the symptoms are closer to bursitis - as well as the pain I can feel from the outside, it is worse when I sit or stand for a while. Arthritis I believe is more often felt as pain when you get up. In April I had one week where I was in pain whatever I did - sitting, standing, lying.

However I believe mine may be due to weak muscles around my hips - I wfh and have to drive kids to school (would be over an hour walk) so can be very sedentary unless I make a real effort to exercise. I am sat in a seated position far too often which creates short muscles (if I remember correctly, something like that). I've been doing more stretches and it's helped me quite a bit.

This sounds similar to how my osteoarthritis started - at age 28!

By 40 I had my first THR and second at 45.

You must get an xray as soon as possible, even if just to rule it out.

If pain is on the outer aspect of hip and if painful to lie on it sounds like bursitis. I have it and taking naproxen.
Osteoarthritis is often groin pain and worse after sitting down for a while.

I was diagnosed with bursitis at the age of 30. I struggled on with it for over a decade and eventually went back and saw a different GP about it. This GP referred me to a physio who said it's actually tendonitis. She gave me some exercises and also told me what to avoid (sitting cross legged and standing with my weight on one leg).
She also recommended sleeping with a memory foam knee pillow between my knees to keep the hips aligned. (I got one for about £9 on ebay). This was the most helpful advice she gave. I rarely struggle with my hip now, and I only get problems if I don't use my knee pillow for a week or more at a time.

similiar symptoms and mine was a bulging disc. mri confirmed

At your age, it's more likely to be muscle weakness/imbalance and posture than osteoarthritis. With a side of possible vitamin D deficiency, as pain is one of the big indicators of that.

I've had autoimmune disease since infancy, was obese for years, on steroids for decades, overdo the exercise and working, had a particularly spectacular accident that resulted in some cartilage damage, and did have severe vitamin d deficiency, but despite all this and being 51, my hips are perfectly healthy and there isn't any sign of arthritis, degeneration or reduced density.

What caused the pain was weakened/uneven musculature due to a shit chair at work and a need to wear orthotics for posture - with high dose vitamin d, a bit of physio and the orthotics (plus a new mattress as mine was 22 years old), it's all back to normal again.

Don't be palmed off with 'it's your age, dear, you'll probably need a hip replacement eventually' - look to immediate and mid term factors that can be resolved first, as they're far more likely than wear and tear when you're so young.

I think hormonal weight gain has impacted mine - your comment really resonated <steps away from the cake>

Hip Bursitis most likely. Grapple with this one on and off - I’m 49 & peri.

Osteo to ease it, physio to fix it.

You’ll need to do strength exercises to manage and prevent reoccurrence. Nip in the bud now before you hit your 40s!

in the meantime, ibuprofen and ice.

Exactly the same as me op! I've diagnosed myself with hip bursitis, as my symptoms seem spot on to the descriptions online. I will of course make a GP appointment too. I'm a little older than you, in my forties. I do a LOT of walking, if that has any impact.

I am being treated for hip pain by a sports Physio who has given me amazing exercises that are making a massive difference.
Everybody said to me "it's arthritis" as if they would know - but X rays showed it wasn't.
If you get offered exercises then do them religiously and precisely - they have made an incredible difference to me.
Osteopathy was good too but this sports Physio is incredible.

I had pgp when I had my dd1 at 29. The hip pain came back at 31. I was referred to physio and alongside loosing weight the exercises I was given made a world of difference. Hopefully physio will help you too. Mine does flare up now and gain (37 now) but the exercises do help and its always a sign for me that I need to watch my weight.

Another recommendation for osteopathy. I've had hip problems for years. Initially went via physio and didn't help. Osteopathy marked improvement within 2 sessions.

By hip bone, do you mean the outer part, sort of below your waist and towards your outer thigh, or more groin area where your thigh bone attaches? If it’s the former it’s more likely to be muscular/tendon related than joint/osteoarthritis related.

Check out YouTube physical therapists . They show you how to do very specific exercises for different kinds of pain. They are very gentle. Often hip pain is because of too much sitting, not enough daily walking , and you need to strengthen your butt muscles ! I'm much older than you and this has stopped all my hip pain problems.

HTH ;)

Sounds like the pain I’ve had and like others here it’s osteoarthritis. I have a less sedentary job now and that really really helps. I sleep with a pillow between my knees which also helps. I have had the cortisone jabs in the past which helped, but not needed one for about three years now.

it could be a lot of things.
For me it was osteoarthritis. It was diagnosed in my knees when I was 32 but actually my knees have stayed about the same. Then at 44 I started getting pain on and off in my right hip. Out of the blue really.
NHS x-rayed and said nothing wrong. Went private for MRI and it confirmed osteoarthritis (and hip dysplasia and a labral tear, and sacroiliitis)
However the only thing that bothered me was my hip. I had it replaced at 48 after a few annual injections that didn't really help.
Edited to add: I did see a physio for a while after NHS didn't help. She was the one who identified that it wasn't a physio thing and suggested I have proper imaging - hence the MRI.

Personally, I would go and see a chiropractor whilst waiting to get a GP appointment.

You may have a misalignment in the spine and pain from this can transfer to other areas of your body. For example, my sacroiliac joint (pelvic area) keeps misaligning and this means I experience pain that runs from the joint itself, the side of my hip to the front groin area and down my thigh (prior to seeing the chiropractor, I thought I had bursitis). Worth a try OP but hope it's nothing too serious.

Could be hip flexor tendonitis. I have it, it’s aggravated by sitting and it feels like bone because of the way it wraps round from the lower back right through to the groin. Hips are big bits of kit and when they hurt, they hurt! I saw a physio for mine, I genuinely thought my bones were crumbling away but no, it was HFT and some gentle stretches and also strengthening of the weak hamstrings, quads, and calf stretching has improved it significantly.

How weird, I have exactly the same and have been debating whether to go to the GP or somewhere else (or just continue to ignore it). I'm 42 and suspect mine is burstitis - it seems to fit all the symptoms and I'm surely too young for advanced osteoarthritis when I've had no hip pain before the last few months.

Getting out of the car is the worst. It's right on the hip bone, on the outside, and doesn't radiate. Somewhere between a dull ache and a sharp stabbing pain when I set my foot down or stand up. It hurts to press on it.

Mine is massively improved by ibuprofen - I usually take some once a day in the morning and that really helps. I suppose I should go to the GP. I'm also quite overweight, so I'm sure losing weight would help. Sigh.

It sounds like osteoarthritis, which I have been diagnosed with in the past, but my last appointment with a specialist said it was an unstable joint. I have some exercises which really help but losing weight has been my main reason for the hip pain.

Just recently though my hip has been in pain again. The best thing to help with the pain this time was falling over and landing heavily on my hip. I'd not recommend this though.