Hiya,
don't know if I can help... But I also have similar symptoms for about 3 months.
Most of my hip pain is on the outside of my hip - where the leg tendons meet the hip. I will tell you that I have a form of rheumatory arthritis, but my rheumatologist thinks this is just a sports injury...And not my arthritis.
I had the same gradual on-set, after a major kayak expedition, combined with local pain in my lower spine and also in my knees.
I have similar symptoms - from sitting down to standing up = major pain that I have to walk off; and though it doesn't hurt to exercise, the minute I stop I am in even more pain if I sit down again. Physio did nothing, neither did acupuncture.
I think that I am getting better slowly now, but the things that have helped me ease the pain are:
stretching before I go to bed at night after a hot bath (30 minutes - my lower back, hamstrings, quads, hip flexors, calves, glutes - lots of exercises on the web) and doing the same stretches first thing in the morning.
Also, I heard that a lot of hip injuries are often more related to your lower back... Than your hip...
Two other things that really helped me so far... I got some deep massages done in my legs. The first two killed me, but I think I broke through harmful scar tissue and now i'm much looser. Finally, to get out of a chair, I use my arms to pull myself out of the chair rather than the strength of my hips - this helps a lot!
I"m not a doc so I don't know what's up with your injury, but maybe the pain management techniques I listed above will help you out?