Wierd Pains for Almost a Year

Hi, Gigis...This may sound weird but are you over weight? Do you have a firm mattress? I quit sleeping on my mattress because my hip bones hurt so bad. I don't know if it would have continued all the time because now I sleep on the sofa and they don't bother me at all. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Go to your GP. Ask for a referral to a physical thearipist.

Go to your Chiropractor you may need an adjustment and look at massage therapy. You might want to look at taking some bone and joint supplements since you are working out. I.e. Triple Flex, that has glucosimine in it. Also, make sure you are getting enough calcium in your diet. I would start with your family doctor before seeing an orthopedic doctor. Hope you feel better soon. :)

I've had several friends, around your age, with exactly the same kinds of pain. They were diagnosed with muscular issues (yes, age) and have had cortisone shots into their hips which helped them. BUT your issue could be totally different. We aren't doctors on Mamapedia and can't diagnose you.

This has gone on a really long time. Why post here when you could be at the doctor's office instead? Please see a doctor immediately to rule out anything serious first and then to get a diagnosis. If you keep on letting this go and not seeing a doctor, it isn't going to get better, only worse -- that's what you've found so far, right? So please call a doctor today.

You've heard of carpal tunnel and shin splints? (The muscle pulling away from the bone, or the casing getting inflamed). It can happen to ANY muscle/bone connection in the body... and what you're describing sounds like that. I'd be willing to lay money on the table that you ripped your connective tissue from the bone lifting weights, and then further aggravated it with continued lifting and activity.

Been there, done that. (That's how I blew out my knees. Small injury on top of small injury, and never taking the time to fully rest/heal/recuperate. Mine, though, had so many small injuries that I have a whole series of problems, including tears, cysts, fraying, etc. Damage one part, and the rest of them start to fall apart).

There are some serious treatments if you've permanently ripped the connective tissue away from the bone (from blood clot reattachments, to stitching, to shortening the tendons/ligaments, to partial or total joint replacement).

However, IF this is the case; the FIRST line of treatment is to STOP. STOP doing the activities that are making it worse, to let the injuries heal. Once they've healed up all they're gonna, then it's 3-6mo of physical therapy, and the reevaluating.

BUT... while this is the most *probable*/common thing to do, you could actually have done a number on yourself in SEVERAL ways; including not just CT damage, but also/or tearing cartilage (and the resulting pain is *either* from the torn cartilage itself OR from bakers cysts -which form near torn cartilage) in either your hip sockets or the cap of your femur or the cartilage in the front of your pelvis (with pain radiating out to each hip), or your coccyx/lower spine (ditto radiating pain)...tons of possible injuries here that I won't even bother to list, or nerve damage, or torn muscle (not tendons or ligaments), or arthritis, or, or, or.

Which all boils down to seeing your doctor. Because no one can diagnose online.

Go to you GP. From there, they may send you to 1 or more of a few different specialists (orthopedic surgeon, sports med, neurology, rheumatology, etc.). Hands down you'll need xrays (to look for stress fractures / fractures / arthritis / degeneration / partial dislocation / etc). If there's no glowing neon sign saying "Yikes!" in the xrays, it's MRI time to look at the soft tissue (tendons & ligaments), cartilage, muscles, & for any cysts.

It may be your posture. notice, when walking and or even standing, do you face your feet out to either side as oppose to straight in front of you. IF you do, then every time your feet point off to one side (you are also causing your hips to turn outward as well.) Therefore, this can cause misalignment issues and or back pain. IF you have ever done Yoga, there is a position they start you out with before most poses, and it's called Tadasana (standing tree) the idea is that you should be in straight alignment and when you are not, the rest of you falls of alignment. Many women in particular walk and favor one side, esp after pregnancy whereby a woman might carry a child on one specific side. About a year ago, my hip bone was hurting as well (esp after a long walk) I started stretching out much more than ever before, I found that after a workout, my hamstrings and quads were so tight, they pulled on everything else.

I think you can focus more on stretching, this might help. of course, after a year of pain, maybe it's worth seeing a doctor.. but definitely try the stretching and practice that yoga pose if you know it, so that you can really get a sense as to IF you are in proper alignment.

wishing you the best

It sounds like your hips are out of adjustment. This happens to me a lot since I had my daughter and my hips are wider now. I am a side sleeper and from time to time I can notice that I am walking funny. I see a chiropractor twice a month (I have some other muscle issues) and it helps me out so much. I am also 41 and I am not sure it would be age, although our bodies change over time and we start to lose calcium.