Doctor, Is My Hip Pain from Muscles or Bones?

The doctor is sure your hip pain is caused by your bones. Surgery will fix your hip pain.

#HipPain #HipPainRelief #UprightHealth #SHORTS

[Poakmon]

Code grey, as in the morally grey area of a doctor trying to sell surgery

[richardrosenthal]

There’s a lot of truth to this clip. I’ve had a near identical situation: back pain. The MD wanted to operate. I went to an osteopath, who said it was slight scoliosis. No surgery needed … just stretches and exercises. Don’t want to bash all doctors — but this “short” rang true to my experience.

[twinkletoes]

As a podiatrist specialising in biomechanics this is so very true! 90% of presenting back, hip and knee problems can be helped WITHOUT surgery. In fact those that do have surgery, often end up back in my clinic for re habilitation for either the same problem or the issue has moved to a different location because only a symptom has been addressed and NOT the root cause of the issue. Loving your channel by the way….

[nocomment]

I had a motorcycle accident. I went for a check up for different doctors with my x ray and mri.
Neurologist: different diagnosis/need operation
Orthopedic: different diagnosis/just take meds
Rehab doctor: different diagnosis/just take stretching and rehab
That's when i learned that I am paying doctors to guess my illness. With all the schooling they did, trial and error is still their best remedy. I went home, took a month rest, self dignose myself through youtube, research, and chatgpt. And now I'm back to normal. For the price of $0.00

[lisagreenawalt]

Oh man this is EXACTLY my situation! I’ve had hip pain that has steadily increased over a year. Finally convinced my doc to send me to have an MRI. Tiny labral tear exacerbated by three bone spurs. So the bone spurs are what is causing the pain in the acetabulum. Been taking both 800mg ibuprofen 3-4x day and 500mg Tylenol for about 2 months. I’m scheduled for a full hip replacement 8/30. Did some research on my own on what might address the bone spurs and I’ve been applying Castor oil compresses to the area twice a day for the last 2 weeks. Today is day 6 with no anti-inflammatory or pain meds at all. Not even so much as a limp. Typically it was difficult to walk without holding into furniture or people so I wouldn’t fall on my face.

My husband is still pushing me to have the surgery but I don’t want to if I no longer need it. Thinking about postponing while I get a second opinion.

[ImCarolB]

I described my discomfort to my doctor and he said it sounded like muscles. It means work for me, but I was glad to hear that.

[mbustube]

Three years ago, after sitting too much at a conference, I got drop foot in my left foot. I'd had it before, but never this bad. I went to my GP who sent me to a podiatrist. The podiatrist looked at my foot for less than five minutes (there was a clock on the wall) then handed me a business card. "Call this number and they'll set you up for surgery. We'll cut here and here." The man never once looked me in the eye, which was creepy. I told him I was uncomfortable with the idea of surgery, . I'd had an unsuccessful surgery on that foot already. He sighed and said he supposed I could try physical therapy. I got lucky and went to someone wonderful who was aghast at what the podiatrist had suggested. Long story short, I no longer have drop foot. At all. So disconcerting that someone who has trouble making eye contact and communicates poorly was going to sever tendons in my leg and ankle after barely glancing at my foot. Something is terribly wrong with our healthcare system.

[ookamithefangjoker]

I found this short today, and I am 100% in this situation. My doc told me I have a torn ACL, high grade, and sugeested I get surgery. After what my sister told me about an athlete who had surgery two years ago and is still limping, I said no to the surgery and went the nonsurgo route; just let you know, Grade 2 tear, can walk though. I know I'll be getting PT, but what I want is how do I fix my hips so that my knee problems are behind me. Not only with doctors, but a LOT of videos have these conflicting claims of what stretches and excercises work, don't work, it's doing more harm to me than good.

[gymnasticlife]

Yes! Literal conversation I had today. Nurse said doc wanted to fix spine problem first and then address the other concerns. I refused. That doesn't make logical sense. Address my acute concerns first so they don't become a problem during recovery from spine surgery 🙄

[Stewmade]

I was a radiology technologist for 25 years and this happens all the time. There are lots of hips that look arthritis but are asymptomatic. Hip Flexors, piriformis and labrum tissues don’t show up on X-rays. Ortho docs are quick to suggest surgeries, only because they know you’ll get PT post surgery, which would have solved the problem without the surgery. Hip surgery comes with its own set of complications, and is not a cure-all for pain.

[shirleyweis]

Sounds about right and that's why I rarely go to doctors

[harishhabit]

The ortho doctor said it's osteoarthritis while the xray said no issue. The physiotherapist said it's muscle injury. I trust my physiotherapist

[fortheloveofyoganidra]

That's why I love my chiropractor and a knowledgeable massage therapist. Most Dr's hardly physically touch you, there's a lot to say from that. I'm having hip pain now and will probably just go to a sports physician or therapist.

[BrightElk]

Not really the same problem but I was on birth control for ten years. TEN and I was so insanely depressed and didn’t know why. I mentioned to 7+ doctors I was on birth control and they all said it was impossible that was causing my depression. Later I get off birth control. My depression is cured and I’ve lost ten years of joy and happiness wondering what was wrong with me. I lost weight. I got my energy back and now I’m left with anger, resentment and a huge distrust in the medical community as a whole. What’s worse is that major depression was added as a side effect right as I was figuring this out on my own! 😡🤬😡

[kylewubz]

Whenever I go to the doctor for a problem, it’s always a misdiagnosis. I started going to Physical Therapy only with much better results. Each doctor would tell me something different

[tom]

Brilliant. This describes exactly what I have gone through.

[jimmysorensen]

I want to thank you for giving me the thought that I can fix my hip pain at home for little to no cost. The pain is slowly getting better and I’m glad I found ur videos. Thanks for putting your voice out there

[timbuktu]

How dare you have thoughts about your own body?!

[AliseL]

Spot on and so funny (but in a very sad way).
As you get older you will talk to so many people with a similar story. Sadly, most people really do want a quick fix (surgery) and as this satirically demonstrates - does not always fix the issue. A less invasive route is always my go to before ever considering surgery

[Coffeetime]

This is wonderful patient-centered advice. U r a true professional. Bravo 😊