Is this hip bursitis?!
Question:
Is this hip bursitis?
In February I was diagnosed as having sciatica (lower back ache, tingly feeling in my leg, also like a numbness, cold foot and a strange stabbing sensation in my right groin). The doctor prescribed me with a NSAID and Cocodamel, but they didn't seem to do much good. However, the ache changed and moved more to my hip area, this was an ache and still the stabbing pain (the ache is constant but not the stabbing pain). He sent me to see a physio and on the second session the physio pressed his fingers into the side of my hip and it felt really sore, he said that I had an inflamed bursa and gave me some exersises to do. These helped but I still have this constant ache, and the occasional stabbing pain in my right groin area. The physio has been away and I don't know when my next appointment will be. But the whole thing is getting me down as I am worried it is something more sinister. Today I started my period, and I am sure it is a week early!
I have had an x-ray, and this was OK.
3 weeks ago
If it is hip bursitis I can't understand the following:-
Why is the pain constant, even when I am not moving?
Why do I have a sore/throbbing ache in my upper right groin area?
(I am really scared that it is cancer - I am going to see my doctor next week. But he may just say the same old same old, that will pacify me in the short term, then I will start panicking again)
Answers:
Normally this is something that a doctor would have diagnosed by now. Other things to look for should it be bursitis is an overall burning pain in the hip region. Also does the stiffness worsen after you are on your hip? If so then bursitis is a possibility but let a doctor diagnose this.