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!!!