Hip pain

I am 63 y.o.female, not overweight and have right hip pain - in groin, upper thigh and hip. It does not go down my leg. I think I hurt it doing a bicycle exercise on the floor. I am advised not to take anti-inflammatory meds due to past bleeding stomach ulcers. I did take 6 pk of steroids which maybe mildly helped. I have finished the steroids.

Pain is sitting, standing, walking and when asleep at night....not constantly but enough that I want some relief. It is definitely felt everyday; some days being better than others. Achy pain that sometimes feel like a catch. Sitting down helps when standing but the pain remains there. Painful to stand a long time or walk.

X-ray showed "unremarkable" meaning no fracture or break.I didn't think it would be and am thankful, but I think it's some kind of bursitis, arthritis etc.. Doctor has suggested PTherapy or go to orthopedic man. Do these symptoms sound familiar to any of you? What is your suggestion?

Wow scorpio, this sounds exactly like what I've been dealing with the last few months. I've got severe pain on my lateral left hip and feels like in the joint itself (though x-ray shows no joint pathology) - and also deep, deep in my groin. My PM did a botox injection into my piriformis muscle, which relieved some pain and spasm down my leg, but didn't touch the hip pain. I've just seen an ortho who diagnosed gluteus medius tendinopathy and has done a cortisone injection. That was picked up via ultrasound.

If the pain is troubling you so frequently, it wouldn't be a bad idea to see the ortho - at least he is in the position to rule out other hip issues that wouldn't show on x-ray.

best wishes.

Laura

thanks for your suggestions whih are helpful. In answer to one of you, I did have lumbar back surgery in June and have had x-rays every 3 months and will have my next one in March - all look well so far. It occurred to me this might be due to the back surgery - I guess I'd better see an orthro guy.