hip problem , faciliation at the L4/5 , pelvic rotation ??? Posted: 07-01-07 13:22pm
Hi my name's Jo. I'm a 22yr old female.
I have had pain in my right hip for over 4
years but it has been getting a lot worse
lately.
I went to see my doctors back in February
2006 with this problem, but my hip was
very clicky and it sometimes hurt a
little. The locum doctor there couldn't
say there was anything wrong, but it could
be a connective tissue disorder as the
muscles around my right hip were very
tight. He said for me to get some
exercise, but I'm practically on my feet
most of the time at work, for around 6-7
hours if I miss out the breaks and times
when I do sit down, and I'm petite and
very slim for my age, so it can't be
that.
Anyway, I carried on with things, but in
February this year, I was on holiday with
my partner in London, and we were walking
around. I suddenly felt a sharp stabbing
pain in my right abdominal area and right
hip area, right over the crest. I just
thought it was a normal stitch, but it was
making me feel stiff when I was walking
and so I had to stop.
This happened around the 27th/28th of
February. I took note of this, and through
all of the 4 months the pain around my hip
and tummy area HAS come back and has been
hassling me a lot.
I was starting to wonder if it could be my
menstrual cycle as I start around the
4th-8th. But I didn't want to jump to any
conclusions so I just let it be.
One morning in May this year, my right hip
had been hurting a lot more, and the pain
was so severe it woke me up an hour before
I had to get up. I got up because I was in
so much pain, went to stand, and my right
leg couldn't even support my weight, and
it actually gave way underneath me. I was
also feeling very stiff. I made an
appointment that day to see a doctor, who
was a locum doctor also, and he made no
diagnosis as he seemed to think everything
was ok. Even though he said everything
seemed normal, he referred me to an
osteopath, but because they weren't on the
NHS, I had to pay to go private.
I was in so much pain and I just wanted it
sorted out, so I went with a practise
which was just up the road from where I
lived.
I saw an osteopath that day, which was
quite good, and he became immediately
aware that my spine had been extended. I
wasn't sure what he meant, but he carried
on to say that I was hypermobile and
because of my slim build, was very bendy.
He did a range of palpation techniques on
me and suggested I take up Pilates to help
strengthen my back.
For 2 months I took up Pilates privately
and I saw the osteopath every 2 weeks, but
my hip was still causing me problems.
2 weeks ago I saw a female osteopath and
she had a feel around where I said the
pain was felt. She told me that my pelvis
was quite twisted.
That was when I started to panic, but she
simply said she can only treat me so much
for it, but if I'm in any more pain and if
she seems to think it isn't
musculoskeletal at all, then I should go
back to my doctor.
She sent a letter to my doctors and sent a
copy to me. I just wondered if what I have
is anything specific because there are so
many big words in it!
She writes that " a general hypermobility
was noted with faciliation at the L4/5
level seen. A pelvic rotation (anterior on
the right) was observed with hypertonia
through the right psoas muscle palpated."
Does anyone know what this means and is it
anything I should be really worried about?
I'm very confused by what she wrote and I
want to know if anyone out there has any
idea what it is. Please help!!