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Hello all.

If anyone has any ideas about what is going on with my hip, right or wrong, I

would love to hear them. I

am at my wits-end with this pain, and I have been sleeping all propped

up like I am in a lounge chair. I want to lie down and get comfortable, but any

lying down just causes the pain to start.

I have been to my primary doctor, another family practitioner, 2 physical

medicine doctors, and my pain management doctor. I am now doing physical

therapy. I have tried, stretching, massage, muscle creams and lotions, trigger

point injections, muscle relaxants, steriod injections, exercising, TENS unit,

icing, and

heat and nothing helps or seems to make any difference.

None of the doctors I have seen have been able to diagnose my hip pain. All the

experts on the subject are baffled by it, and I was wondering if anyone here

could give their two cents. I know that you may not be a medical expert or have

any medical training, but I just need something to google, or research to see if

I can figure anything out. I haven't been able to get help, and I haven't been

able to get any information.

This pain started in November, 2009 and has continued ever since. There was no

injury or incident, or cause for the pain that I can think of. It just kinda

started one day.

Here is the issue I am having.

Only while standing or lying down I have a pain in my hip joint. It is not the

bursas which have been poked and prodded at each turn, and it does not seem to

be sciatica.

The pain is only deep into the joint, way inside of the piriformis, and gluteas

muscles. Perhaps near the quadratus femoris or the obturators. The xrays are

normal, the bone scan showed no abnormalities, and no inflammation.

The pain feels like someone is taking a pair of pliers and pinching as hard as

they can, right where my femur meets my pelvis, or right where my thigh connects

to my hip. The level of the pain is if you can imagine someone pinching the

tender inside of your forearm with pliers. It really hurts.

It doesn't hurt when I sit. It doesn't hurt when I move. Neither stairs, nor

jogging, nor squatting causes any pain. It only hurts when standing or lying

down. And, the pain starts almost immediately when standing or lying. A few

moments after walking or sitting, the pain subsides most of the times.

The problem is the standing, well, and the sleeping. Since I'm in pain when I

stand it seems like I stand everywhere; the elevator, the grocery line, the post

office, just everywhere. And, I can't sleep properly so I don't feel like I get

a good solid night's rest.

If anyone has any ideas, right or wrong, I would love to hear them. I am at my

wits-end with this pain, and I have been sleeping all propped up like I am in a

lounge chair. I want to lie down and get comfortable, but any lying down just

causes the pain to start.

Once the pain starts, it just lasts and lasts until it is done.

I am open to anything I can google to try to figure this thing out.

Thank you in advance.

Jade