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Carissa[:

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Ok, here it goes.

I haven't had any problems with my hip since this spring (track season). While I was running a race (1600m) I fell during the second lap in very bad pains in my hip. Ever since then the sports trainer has told me that I had a hip flexture? Never heard of that. But whatever it is, they are not fun. I let it go for a while and it eventually healed by itself after many weeks of ice and a cold as hell whirlpool in the field house.

Everything has been great until today.

First day of cross country practice and I am feeling great as I am running. We finish the run and the pain doesn't set in until we are all cooling down and ready to leave. This time it hurts so much worse than the other time. I hope that this is going to be something I can just use ice to heal it up again.

Now I can't even sit at this damn computer without scringing in pain. I told my parents to get me in to see a doctor as soon as they can. The funny thing is that it is just on the left of my hip, not the whole thing.

Anyone have an idea of what it could be? I don't think it has anything to do with the muscles because the pain is mostly focused around the bones in that area. Should I get X-Rays? Or should I just keep ice on it as much as I can.
 
It could be a full on broken bone. I know it sounds weird, but my aunt broke something she thought she just sprained. After a few weeks in a hand brace it was "all better". About two weeks after that, the pain came back with a vengeance. She went to the doctor after much goading and harassment from freinds and family (its funny how much easier it is to tell someone to go instead of yourself) and found out she had a broken bone. It had partially healed, but not in the way it was supposed to, so they rebroke it and set it in place.

I hope this isn't the case for you as she said it was most uncomfortable during healing.
 
I hope to God it's not broken. But if it was, would I still be able to walk on it? Its weird, it hurts like a bitch when I walk on it, but if I lean towards the left, it doesn't hurt as bad.

I don't know, I'll get my mom to ride me to the doctors tomorrow to get X-Rays.

How long did it take to heal? I mean, I don't want to miss this season. Hopefully it dosen't take as long as I think its going to be.

And what would they do to it, like crutches or something? I can walk on my right leg perfectly, but when I put weight on my left leg/hip, it really starts to hurt then.
 
I know, that didn't make much sense. What I mean to say, when I stand up completely straight it hurts. (Thats what I mean about putting weight on it).

When I lean towards the left just a little bit, it dosen't hurt as much as if I am standing straight up. Sometimes if I lean forwards or backwards just a bit, it sometimes helps too.
 
Dude I know exactly what your going through. I currently hav six pins and a metal plate in my hip and it still hurts after 10 years with it. Take some advil or motrin and see the doctor immediately. Thats what i didnt do and thats why i have a metal plate.
 
Yea, I'm going to go tomorrow I think to have it checked out. The pain has gotten a little better, only because I have not been on it since I got home from running. I took something like 600mg Ibeprophen (sp?), but it didn't do much. Like I said, I hope its not broke or fractured, that will probably put me out yet another damn season.
 
Wow. Strange.. you were fine ridin your bike today. Maybe is just the strain from running? But wouldnt the bike do the same thing?

And if its broke/fractured, Dont worry about this season. Worry about the next 3 seasons you ARNT going to have.
 
I seem to be prone to rolling my right ankle, but now I've sprained it so many times that it doesn't really hurt anymore. I don't know if thats a good thing :happysad:.
 
I know, it seems to only happen when I am running long distances. I am coming to think that it may just be my shoes. I don't think that there is any type of break oor fracture.


EDIT: I think that I have come to the conclusion that it is the pair of shoes I am running in. I bought 2 pairs a long time ago for track and cross country. Well, one of the two always either hurt my knees , so I switched to the other pair. I was fine and ran districts in them which caused them to get all muddy. Our team doesn't believe in cleaning off our shoes after races, we just leave them they way they are coming off the course.

What I think happened, when both shoes were mud covered from races, I switched them up on accident and that could be what is causing this. The ones that didn't give me any injuries feel so much softer and better than the ones I have always been running in. Lets just hope that this is the problem and not anything else worried about in the above posts.
 
It still can be muscles since muscles attach to bones. If they pull on the bones, they are actually pulling on the skin surrounding the bones and that can hurt the same as a fracture. You may also have fractures. It's worth it to get x-rays but if they dont' see anything wrong, it's definitely muscles. Muscles don't show up on x-rays are are often ignored by doctors. Some doctors do actually understand the concept, if you don't see it, it doesn't mean it's not there.

If it's muscles related, you may concider other possibilities. You may be ordered to try physical therapy, but with that treatment, you should also try sports massage or just medical massage therapy. Spa massages don't focus on injury. medical and sometimes sports do. You'd have to look it up. Acupuncture can help as well, but I find the massages are a lot more comforting. You can look into other methods of massages as well. There's a lot of different types of massages that may be helpful to you. And it's not all relaxation and candles.

Most massages in the medical field are vey tough and can sometimes be uncomfortable during treatment if your injury is painful. Good massage therapists will use stretching and a good strong pressure in the areas of need and that can be a but hard on you. But, you definitely heal faster than just using ice and doing physical therapy alone.
 
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