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Hip pain
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I've had a sharp pain on the side of my hip for the past 4 weeks. If I press right on the side of my hip, just under my gut, on the bone. I get a sharp pain. Feels like a pain you'd get if you banged the spot in a corner of a desk or something.

After a long bike on the trainer, it really hurts the first couple of steps I take off the bike then the pain goes away to a dull ache. After a long run, it still aches but if I lay down for a while or drive in the car, when I get out, I'm limping for 15-20 steps with bolts of pain that eventually fades.

Been trying to stretch and roll it out to no avail. Couple of days after a long run 9-10 miles, it settles into a constant dull ache until I press on it then I get the sharp pain again.

Any thoughts or stretches to help it. Hamstrings, quads, calf doesn't feel any tighter than normal although I'm assuming it something muscle related.
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Re: Hip pain [mattr] [ In reply to ]
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I hate to say it but it sounds like a stress fracture. Look up the fulcrum test and/or see if a PT or Chiro can do it for you.

I have a hip injury too so have been doing my research and ended up having to get it diagnosed. I couldn’t press on a certain spot to get pain like that but it would kind of warm
up, go away for a run, then come back and hurt. Good luck. Don’t keep running on it.

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Re: Hip pain [mattr] [ In reply to ]
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sharp pains are usually bad. you should probably go to a real doctor. The internet is a bad place for medical diagnosis.

that being said, your symptoms sound similar to mine when i ended up with a stress fracture in my femoral neck. it took a hi-res MRI with enhancement (the crap they inject directly into the hip joint) to find it, but it was there.
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Re: Hip pain [tfleeger] [ In reply to ]
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Doesn’t sound promising. Should I go to my primary physician or my PT or chiropractor?
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Re: Hip pain [mattr] [ In reply to ]
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Definitely not your chiropractor.

Depends on how your insurance is set up. Some insurances require a referral from your PCP to see a specialist. If you don't have to see your PCP then find a good sports medicine orthopedic doctor in your area and book an appointment direct. Whenever I see my PCP for a non-obvious sports injury he just looks at me to make sure there is no blood or bones sticking out of my body, then sends me to my specialist, so I just skip him now and save the money.

the good news... as long as your careful pushing off the wall, you'll probably get to do a huge swim block, 5 days a week of swimming will do wonders for your time!
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