HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

OT - Hip bursitis?

Support Forums
>
Ulcerative Colitis
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 5/31/2015 10:16 PM (GMT 0)
In January I fell down the stairs and sprained my right knee and severely bruised it. I had a cortisone injection and P/T. It hasn't been getting better and my primary thinks I may have torn my meniscus so referred me to an ortho (I see him in a few weeks).

But about a month ago, I started getting this horrendous sharp searing pain in my right hip when getting up from sitting and sometimes when I lie on it. I looked up the symptoms and it seems I might have hip bursitis, probably either from the fall or my altered gait from my knee. I've been reading patient stories and it's not too encouraging. Has anyone been diagnosed with hip bursitis and if so, what was done for it and does it go away?

All I know is I'm tired of hurting and walking is a nightmare at the moment!
Posted 6/1/2015 1:59 AM (GMT 0)
It's possible it could be from inflammation of the muscles or tendons around the hip or pressure on some of the nerves rather than bursitis.
I can relate to the searing pain in the hip after sitting...it's in the front part of my hip but in the flexors area. I also get pain if I lay on it too long. Not all the time, however.

The only way would be a scan or other choice of imaging.

It's good you'll be seeing an orthopedic specialist....hope he can be proactive in further diagnosing what's wrong in your hip as well.

yeesh, Sherry....nightmare pretty much sums it up.

Maybe if you call the ortho to see if you can get in earlier due to a cancellation?

h
Posted 6/1/2015 2:47 AM (GMT 0)
I know the feeling, I have the same thing in my right hip when my pouchitis is acting up and the antibiotics aren't working. It feels like a knife in my hip socket when I get up or lay on my side.
Posted 6/1/2015 4:16 AM (GMT 0)
I'm the proud owner of two bum hips. Bursitis, atheritis, tendinitis, labral tear. They might offer you P/T. It didn't help me much, but you might get lucky. Anti inflammatory meds like Mobic can help, but are a Uc no-no. If caused by your fall, it will get better. They told me to stretch, keep weight reasonable, don't exercise on stairs, and gave me cortisone shots. Mine is just from degenerative changes, so not much to look forward to except surgery. Sorry for your pain.
Posted 6/1/2015 11:29 AM (GMT 0)
Heather, do you know the cause of your pain? I was thinking the same thing too about muscle, tendon or nerve (my sciatica AND my sacroiliac joint has been acting up as well). However, with the sciatica and the sacro I get pain 24/7...this pain is similar to yours only when getting up from sitting - once I start walking it goes away.

Keith, yep it's like a dagger. An extremely sharp dagger lol

Katmom, I'm no stranger to bum hips either. This is new tho. Do the cortisone shots help? How often do you get them?
Posted 6/1/2015 12:09 PM (GMT 0)
sorry you're having to deal with this sherry sad

but as i'm reading this, i realize that the torn meniscus in my right (or was it left) knee hasn't bothered in .....forever - 2.5 years ago i was considering surgery - the only connection is it's about the time i gave up rice and corn on top of gluten a year or so earlier - my knee was giving fits (pain) almost every day for years - now, very seldom -

the only point i'm trying to make is that our bodies have an amazing ability to heal themselves -

have you tried any pool therapy ? i know for me, when my flares have hit, i think it's not only the inflammation, but also the resulting inactivity that contributes to the pains -

hope you find some relief soon !
Posted 6/1/2015 1:40 PM (GMT 0)
When I was having trouble with my hip that didn't heal with normal precautions, I saw an orthopedist who specialized in hips. After doing appropriate scans for diagnosis (bursitis), first he tried 6 weeks of PT. When that didn't help he gave me a corticosteroid shot. That was 3+ years ago, and it's been fine ever since. (Whenever I have a twinge, I go back and do the PT exercises for a week or so.)

Hope you have similar great results!
Posted 6/1/2015 1:48 PM (GMT 0)
JS, I was going to look into water aerobics. My daughter and son in law are visiting from TX so I was planning on doing that after they left.

Lynnwood, I'm glad the shots helped you. It's encouraging to hear. I might see if this is an option for me. I tried the shots (had a series of 3) in my SI joint years ago that didn't help much but seeing that this is a different location it just might.
Posted 6/1/2015 1:58 PM (GMT 0)
And all it took was ONE shot! I was actually quite surprised -- it wasn't my first choice so I asked lots of questions. One thing that I believe made a difference -- he was an orthopedist (so knew physical structure better than some of these quacks) and he had been doing an average of 10-20 shots a week for years. So he know EXACTLY where and how much was necessary for my level of inflammation.
Posted 6/1/2015 2:04 PM (GMT 0)
Yep, my shots helped a lot too. They were guided by a scanning machine- pretty cool to watch the needle go in. I have had 3 or 4, and sometimes the relief lasts a whole year. Think most of my pain is soft tissue, I am not bone on bone- so the steroid works pretty well. Had same spots in my wrists, neck etc...lots of arthritis and tendonitis.
Posted 6/1/2015 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Sherry...it's possible that you have bursitis somewhere in your hip as well as muscle issues, etc.
Proper testing would be a must I would think.

For me, I have back issues that do radiate down into the hip, and sometimes specific muscles have been inflamed affecting the nerves as well causing different pain.
The hip flexors are a constant issue, especially on the left. After sitting (let's say in a restaurant) for a while, I must slowly stand to let the muscle relax/stretch before I can even walk because of the pain and control (or I'd fall flat on my face). After that, it's fine and I don't think about it.

edit: actually, that's a lie..lol. I do notice that the weakness and a jolt of pain in that area when I turn corners or pivot in a certain way. I have some hip flexor stretches I should try.

q
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply