Insane hip pain that runs down to my foot??? Serious advice please?

I have had hip problems since I was 16. I am now 20 and it's at its worst. Today, I went to the chiropractor because I could barely walk. Afterwards, i'm still in severe pain and the chiropractor was really concerned and said he was going to call and check on me in the morning. I'm just really scared and nervous about this.

Here's some problems:
I can't put any pressure on my right leg without almost falling over or stopping.
I can't sit and drive. My sister had to drive me earlier because I can't even maintain a sitting position because of the pain.
The pain runs from the hip, down my buttocks to my foot. It even hurts to sneeze.
From some research I have done, I think it's possibly a laberal tear. Does anyone think it may be a laberal tear in the hip?

Also, how can I get some pain management for this? (moderator edit); I tried ibroprofen, I can't take this much longer. If I ever mention painkillers, i get looked at like a drug addict. I just could really use something to help where I can at least move around in bed so i'm not stuck in one position. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Per forum rules, I had to remove a sentence from your thread... Thanks --Tina

Post Edited By Moderator (Blessedx8) : 7/16/2013 10:03:11 PM (GMT-6)

Hi TTM28,

Your story sounds familiar to what I was going through . Sounds like you are having sciatic pain . There could be different reasons for the cause . Have you gone to Urgent Care ?

I know they pain can be so intense , When the pain was at it worse it would make me cry . I had gone to an Urgent care first and they check me out and told me that I had strained my back so they prescribed muscle relaxers and tramadol pain killer . which helped for a while in till the pain went to my right leg and i couldn't walk . Had to get an MRI and it showed I had a herniated disc .

ttm28,

Welcome to the CP forum of HealingWell. I'm sorry about the pain you are dealing with.

As Sherrie above mentioned -- your college may have a clinic/doctor on campus. At the very least - they should be able to point you to a low income/free clinic. Or, again as she mentioned, are you still covered under your parents' health care?

Is the pain running down the back of your butt and down the back of your leg? If so, that could be sciatic nerve pain. I've had it be so intense that it caused all the symptoms that you listed out.

Beyond that - it could be numerous other things. From something minor to something major. No way to tell w/out being looked at.

I know being in pain day to day can be very frustrating and depressing. But there are ways to control it.... the starting point, though, is figuring out what is going on.

Hope you can get this pain diagnosed - and soon. --Tina

I'll have to get an mri then. My dad is self employed and doesn't have insurance. My mom has some sort of insurance so maybe i'd be able to go under her. It's my groin area too. My hip, groin, butt, back of leg, calf muscle, and foot all hurt. I literally can't put a bit of pressure on the right side of my body. I can't even put anything in my right pocket without having pain. It literally almost feels like my hip is broke or something. Can anyone direct to some info how my insurance would work under my mom? I'm actually not on campus in the summer. I come home in the summer, so going to my campus doctor is out of the question.

Thanks for the info so far everyone. Best info on any site that I got after posting.

Yep, the new health care law states that children can be under their parent's health care plan all the way until age 26 no matter whether they are in school or graduated, married or not, living at home or not.

It was the old law that used to cut off at age 19 and then cover "if" that person was a full time student. Now, it's until 26 regardless of being in school.

So, I would definitely check that out asap!!

Hey everyone, I have an update. I went back to my chiropractor today. I was there yesterday and got my hip and butt back in place as well as making my hamstring alive again. Well today, they were all out again along with no support in my hamstring. He said this was very unusual. I'd rather just go to ER and get an mri or x-rays done, but my dad is pretty old school. I know after what the chiro told my dad that he's getting concerned. Anyways, i just got back from the chiro and don't feel any better. It hurts to walk, sneeze, burp, anything draws pain to my lower right area. I'd say i'll get taken to the doctors tomorrow if still like this. The chiro told me to take 4 ibroprofens a day 4 times a day since I have no other medication. My tolerance to pills is a lot though. I know ibroprofen won't do a thing.

I fell to my knees after getting out of the car after the chiro, which shot tons of pain. I'm still in pain as I type this minutes later. You guys are my best source for info right now. I'm scheduled to back to the chiro tom. However, he got 50$ from me in the last 2 days and don't want to give him another 25$ tomorrow if it's no better. Let me know what you guys think it may be or should do. Do you guys think ibropfofen will actually help the pain?

ttm28 just use extreme caution when going to a chiropractor because if it is your lower spine, or your hip causing your pain, chiropractic manipulation can cause further damage and actually make things worse! Most normal xrays don't show this type of damage, and can only be accurately visualized by MRI. I know this from first hand experience, so be super careful with using chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation. They can cause further damage! My suggestion would be to go to your local hospital ER if the pain is that bad, and find out what is really causing it, before you get permanent damage!

Good Luck to You and please keep us informed on your progress

White Beard

How bad is a labral tear? I think i'm getting an MRI monday. Or is this serious enough to go to ER?
I went to the chiropractor 3 days in a row last week with no new improvements. I've been to a chiro over 30 times probably. I still can't walk right without any painkillers. One of my friends gave me some after his surgery. They are ok and at least help me sleep at night; however, i still can barely put any pressure on the right side of my body from the hip down.

ttm28 you need to find out first if it is your hip or your lumbar spine that is causing your pain. As it could very well be sciatica pain that your having, or possibly something entirely different???? Only a real doctor (not a chiropractor) can diagnose you and find out for sure what is going on. But the sooner you get it diagnosed and treated the better off you will be!

Good luck!!

White Beard

You need to go to a sports medicine doctor, get confirmed what the problem is whether it's a tear or not. Some labral tears will hurt like h*ll...It sounds like that what it could be, but I'm no doctor, and as far as I know neither is anyone here.

The bottom line is you a accurate diagnosis, they might be able to do that without an MRI or maybe not. I needed and MRI on both hips to confirm.

It's nothing to get upset or depressed about. If it's torn, you will *probably* need a hip scope, in which you'll need to take it easy for several weeks for recovery. But in any case you to find out if it's torn or what is causing the issue.

I also suggest not go back to the chiropractor, this isn't their expertise. It was a chiropractor that caused tears in my hips. You need to be seen my a sports medicine doctor.

I asked you location in case you need a reference to a surgeon if you end up needing surgery....Keep me updated, it's not anything to get depressed about. Tears and other hip issues can be fixed via scopes now.

When my hips got torn, I felt something was majorly wrong too.

You might need to get x-rays first before they let you go in for an MRI, and that's only if their clinical tests aren't conclusive, at least that's how it was for me.

Ironically my sports doctor had a hip tear and had scope surgery, but didn't think my hips were torn until the MRI showed otherwise. He also said his hip hurt him much more than mine did, but everyone is different.

Keep me posted.

Ttm don't get discouraged just yet. MRIs are very expensive and without insurance it will have to be worked out. It takes many of us years to get answers and proper diagnosis and you have to fight to make every one understand this is real.

Im going to take a look at some resources for you and will come back to this but in the meantime try to avoid the Chiropractors.