I am a 42yr old female. I am having lots of trouble with my left Hip/groin area. When i sit in bed reading, if i bend my knees i cannot move/swing my left leg towards the right. If i try to bend my left leg to the right it is absolute agony.
You know when your in bed and you want to turn onto your right hand side, you shift you top half of your body then lift your left leg over towards the right hand side, well i just cannot do this as it hurts my groin area so badly. If i try to cross my legs, with the left leg going over the right one it is agony, and yesterday i got out of the car, (right hand drive) and put my right leg out first, this meant it had to cross over the right leg, and it made me scream. I can swing this leg back and forth no problem, and turn it to the left no problem, but when it comes to doing something that means turning inwards, or towards the right it is agony. I have had xrays on the left hip area and am waiting the results, but someone said to me that if it is Arthritis an xray will not show it up!!! When i saw my Dr she said ' lets hope its not Arthritis!! but she will not send me for any body scans to check as they are not available on our health service. Any ideas anyone, could this be arthritis.

willowthewisp my wife has had close to what you have posted here on the web site. She went to see a Chriopractor and he done all these things to her. But I don't know if this is relevant to you but he told her it was down to child birth. It had moved her hips out of alignment and that is what was causing the pain. She was shown some exercises to do and hasn't felt better in ages. She is getting around like she was a spring chicken again. And when she feels it come back she just intensify's her exercises and low and behold she gets rid of the pain quickly. Now I'm not one to ring the bells of chiro's as they have never helped me but they have helped my wife. I hope this has help you a little. The Tattman

willowthewisp,
I have hip arthritis and yes you sound like you do to. Arthritis will show on an x-ray. Sometimes very early on they will not find anything but you sound like you are not in the early stages. I have osteoarthritis. The space between the head of the femur (ball) and the acetabulum (sockett) narrows and then bone will be rubbing on bone. The pain from this is in the groin.
There also could be another problem and that would be Avascular necrosis or if the pain is on the side and not just in the groin it could be bursitis. All this should be answered by the x-rays.
Good luck to you.
Newfie11

Thank you tattman and newfie. I am praying the results of my xrays come in today. If it is Arthritis then at least i know where to go from here. If it is not then i will try the chiropractor ( depends how expensive they are). I know something is definantly wrong, i have had 2 children but both by ceasarean.!!
I am getting pains all up the bone in the left leg, also around the ankle/bottom of the leg area. I sort of get shin pains, hard to explain but i get real bad pains just shoot up the bone of my shin. I have a vein under the skin and i wonder if it is pain coming from this, but sometimes if i knock that part of the leg, my legs hurts so much that i fall down as the leg just sort of collapses. I do wonder though, if it is arthritis surely i would not be able to swing my leg in other directions. I just dont know what to think, i just know it really is causing a lot of painful problems. Lets hope i get my results today.

willowthewisp
The tattman here again I don't think that it matters one bit at all if you had your kids by ceasarean, as its while they are in the womb and pushing down that throws your hip out of place. as my wife had our 1st your way and the other by forsepts (spelt wrong sorry). It cost my wife $70.00 Australian for her 1st visit to the chiro but on her return visits it is now half that. But even if it is a little costly it worth it just for your pain levels. Especially if they can get them down low where you can function a little better. Well thats what I think anyway. Your kids need you so spend the money if you have to. But lets hope the xrays show you exactlly what is going on with you. I will check the site for a progress report. With all my regards to you the Tattman.:wave:

I am having EXACTLY the same symptoms as you and have been having problems especially with groin pain for a couple of years. I was referred initially for physiotherapy which certainly did not help matters. In the last six months things have been getting progressively worse and I was eventually sent for Xray. The results came back - Advanced Osteo Arthritis left hip. I have since been referred to the hospital and will need a replacement .

Well i rang yesterday and again today and still no results have come back!!!! I do get cheesed off with all this waiting around, i just want to know what is going on. The Dr's reception said that if it is taking this long for the results to come back it normally mean there is nothing wrong, apparently they send them back quick if anything shows up on the xray. So it looks like it mught not be Arthritis??? I sat in bed last night and made my leg move in all different positions, just to check it out like, and i cannot move it one inch to the right, it is absolute agony, so there is certainly something wrong there. Again i have noticed if i am standing up, for example cooking dinner, if i turn to the right and use my left leg first to turn to the right it makes me shout with pain. Thank you jcee for your input, but can you move your leg ok to the left and backwards and forwards. This is what is puzzling me, if it was Arthritis in the hip, would i be able to move the the leg to the left and backwards and forwards.
Well at least i am seeing the physio therapist and my local hospital this coming Monday, it is my first appointment for an assessment, so they surely will know straight away what is causing this loss of movement and pain. jcee let me know how you are coping, and thank you tattman for you reply. Once i have the result i will post, but i have a feeling nothing will show up.
willow

Hello Willow
I have found my problem very confusing. Like you I cannot move my leg to the right and there is no way I would be able to sit with my left leg crossed over the right. Also if I am lying down I can bend my right leg and bring it right up to my chest. The left leg gets stuck at 90 degrees - it physically will not bend any further. My left side is the most comfortable to sleep. If I lay on my right side sometimes in the night my left leg falls forward across the right and I wake myself up yelling in agony. I have difficulty putting my left leg into my underwear and cutting my toenails on the left foot.
Getting up from a sitting position is also painful as is getting in and out of the car.
Moving my left leg backwards and forwards is not too much of a problem although trying to lift it out to the left is painful.
I am in the UK and the waiting time for an operation for replacement is about 6 months. I have been assured that an op will make all the difference so although I am reluctant - I really don't have much choice. I am 62 years old so I would like to be active for a few more years!
My main concern is that I have had problems for a few years with groin pain and no one has ever been able to pinpoint the problem - I have always been referred for Physiotherapy. I have recently moved house and so have had to change my Dr. The new one sent me immeadiately for Xrays and it showed up straight away. I was beginning to despair as I was getting nowhere with it all before that.
I hope you get your results soon. Let me know how you get on. Jan

Hi jan, i am also in the uk, and again today they still do NOT have my results back from my xrays. This seems to indicate that nothing is wrong, so if they come back normal i wont know where to go from there as i know something is very wrong with my groin/hip area. I am soo shocked to read what you wrote, as i have exactly the same problems in bed, and it is great to know someone else out there has the same symtoms as me, at least you can sympathise. I have been shopping today and i am in loads of pain, it seems to make it hurt so much more if i walk about too much but not neccessariliy just the groin, the whole leg seems to hurt, including the left side of my butt. And constant shooting pains now up the front of my shin. LOL. I am having my first physio with the hospital Monday so will be very interested to see what they say. I have also had my neck/c.spine xrayed when i had the hip done, i get terrible pains in my neck and upper back area, and they have found i have a curvature of the top of my spine. I have been told to ring Friday now and try to find out the results so will post then.
willow

Willow
I have had chronic back trouble (lower back) for many years so I always thought that my hip problem must be connected to that. They did back Xrays at the same time as my hip Xrays and they have shown up a lumber curvature). I have been told now that the problem with my hip has exascerbated the back problems so that I am in trouble on both accounts. I did have a lot of trouble with shooting pains in my calf but that was sciatica from the back problem.
As for walking - I am ok for 20 minutes or so and then the pain starts to kick in. Walking also causes pain in my buttock and top of the leg as well as the groin. Your problem sounds suspiciously like mine.
I hope for your sake that your Xrays are negative but as you say - there is something wrong and you need to get to the bottom (excuse the pun!) of it. It is no fun being in constant pain and life starts to become restricted.
Good luck. Let me know how you get on. Jan

Rang the Dr's yesterday no results back, rang today - no results. apparently the hospital are VERY behind in getting the results out. Their machine has been broken for 4 days as well. Well i have physio at the hospital monday afternoon so really need the results by then. I will chase again monday morning, fingers crossed.

Well Monday has been and gone and it is now Friday, still no results. the receptionist said this means everything is fine as they would have looked at the xray before asking the secretaries to type up a report. I have been to they hospital physio today and she gave me some good advice. She did say i had a weakness/stiffness down my left side, and with a bit of luck my sore left hip could be just joint/muscle stiffness. Mind you it does make me scream if i move it, all the other stiff joints i have just throb and ache.

Sounds like good news then. I'm surprised that your hospital is so behind with its test results. It doesnt make for much confidence in the NHS does it?
Hope you are feeling better. Jan

Don't go by what the receptionist tells you. You need to know what the report on those x-rays was. I have the very same symptoms in my right hip/groin as you. It is severe hip arthritis. My question is if the x-ray machine is broken then why doesn't the radiologist have time to read the films already taken. I would put more pressure on your doctors office. Why can't your doctor call the radiologist and ask him to look at the films and give him a verbal report to be followed up later by a written one. Does your doctor know you have heard nothing or is everything going through the receptionist. Don't fall through the cracks. Good luck to you.
newfie11

Newfie, can you swing you leg back and forwards, i can, and i can swing it to the left, but turn it inwards and i scream. I find it strange that if i can swing my leg in other directions,how can it be arthritis. It is 5 WEEKS now and i still do not have my results. I went to the hospital and they said the radiologist had looked at them and they were just waiting to be typed up, that is the delay, so again the receptionist said that she knew if anything was wrong they would have done them urgently. Thank you everyone for your replies, it is a great help to me.

Willow - I can swing my leg in other directions and it is still Arthritis. It is certain movements that I get caught out with - same as you!
Hope you hear something -one way or the other - soon. Jan.

Hi Willow,

Hospitals can be very frustrating and sometimes they dont report correctly anyways. While you are waiting though can I suggest that you dont go near a chiropractor till you know the results. They are fine for people without arthritis but they can really damage you further if you have arthritis. I would be putting pressure on your Dr to follow up on this as it is too important to keep letting it just go.
Good luck
Kind regards
Olivia :)

Hi Guys, well i have finally got my results. And they have just confused me even more!! The Dr's reception read the report to me and it said ' no abnormalities found " !!! Well as i have a curvature at the top of my spine and this is obvious to the eye, surely this is an abnormalty, ' isnt it!!!!
Also i still cannot move my leg to the right at all without screaming, i have also noticed that when i lay in bed if i try to flop my leg to the left this is also very painful indeed, i just cant do it. So if no arthritis has shown up, where do i go from here !!!

Hi Willow,

My next place of call would be the Dr's for blood tests. HLAB 27 ESR and CRP I have Ankylosing Spondylitis so xrays didnt show up at the start any abnormalities but blood tests showed inflammation. When my legs are bad it really hurts and you just cant move them. This is radiating out of the hip joint even though it feels more muscular with AS it is a tendon ligament thing too. May be worth just asking for those tests and see how you go.

Good luck
Kind regards
Olivia:)

Just a quick update, hip not so painful now, but still stiff and cannot move it in certain directions. It restricts me in some ways, I.E, putting on trousers and underwear in the morning, its hard to lift the leg up high. also getting out the bath, again having to lift the leg up. But they have said there is nothing wrong, so i have to believe them and get on with life.

I am now waitng to go see a Orthapaedic Specialist, as my Dr has referred me to him/her due to my left ankly lower leg going very stiff indeed. It is painful and sore, he thinks it may be a trapped nerve. But i do wonder if it is related to my hip, which is on the same side.!!!!