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@MrVelocity 

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MrVelocity

Tendinitis in Leg/Hip

I saw my Doctor and my MS nurse about a very painful hip. I was told it's not my MS but I would argue otherwise! I have symptoms of tendinitis down the outside of my thigh and inner groin but when I walk it feels like a trapped nerve in my hip socket. Pain killer sort of help until I catch it and I'm hit with a painful sharp pain in my hip. I was wondering if anyone else has had anything similar and managed to recover and what you did that helped. I've tried phisio exercises but if I try and walk, I still have the same sharp pain if I catch it. I've had anti emflametry scream to try and help but that does nothing. When I saw the phisio, if I lent over I would feel the pain coming on. Rest helps with the constant pain but when I get moving again it's worse than when I stopped to rest. I'm at my whits end on working out the best way to deal with this as I can't just rest as I have a 2 1/2 week old I need to help out with and 3 other kids to sort out with my partner who is still recovering herself. I need help!
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@Stumbler
@Stumbler
 

I would be inclined to agree with you , @MrVelocity . MS causes weakness in certain limbs/areas of the body and we naturally compensate. By compensating, we can introduce very bad practices, which can lead to the type of problems that you may be experiencing. Now, you mention a physio. Is this a general Physio or a Neuro-physio? The latter is more specialised in looking at the situation holistically and should be able to locate what's not working and is causing the problem. Just out of interest, which hospital are you under where you are? And, congratulations to you and your partner on your new addition.

@cameron
@cameron
 

I've had similar, parallel problems, caused by poor (MS-affected) gait which became acute when I had a fall. I know what you mean - it FEELS like the MS and in my case it certainly made my whole body feel generally under strain. I pestered the GP for X-rays, which came back inconclusive but got me on prescription painkillers and anti-inflammatories. Six months on it was no better, I was getting less mobile and the pain had travelled to the thigh. When I 'caught' it, as you describe, I nearly passed out with the pain. I pestered a second time and got a referral to an orthopaedic surgeon. He MRIed it and found that a tiny piece of one of the lumbar vertebrae was pressing on a nerve. His first idea was an injection into the hip joint. He told me it would either sort it completely or do nothing. It did nothing. The solution was a discectomy - a removal of the protruding bit of the vertebra. Few days in hospital and it was sorted. It didn't remove the back pain, but I later discovered that this had been due to a vitamin D deficiency. Once I was on 5,000iu daily supplementation, the back healed and I've had no trouble since. I think you have to pester to get anywhere. Might be a good idea to get a physio to really nail down what's going on, then relay this to your GP and say you want a consultant referral. Good luck xx