Re: Pain in the groin area??...anon
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon May 15 14:49:42 2006
I was a really active kid, climbed everything vertical, etc. then while
I was a teen had an accident which resulted in a chip in my hip bone and
since that time I have fairly constant aching in that same area. I have
developed bone-spurs and arthritis since and the only thing that I have
found that helps is a fairly steady dose of mild activity and ibuprofen
and heat (hot soaks in the tub and heating pad) when it's really acting
up. I usually get a sensation that someone opened me up and filled my
entire hip joing area with ice. It's a cold burning sort of pain with a
dull ache underneath it.
It has never been related to endo since the injury and pain predates my
diagnosis and even the onset of symptoms but it would seem to me that
inflammation in one area can be influenced by inflammation in another.
If you're cramping and such you tend to hold yourself differently, walk
differently, stand and sit differently which could maybe put more strain
on one side of your body thus aggravating something that was already
there.
It's hard to do but if I can catch myself at it and correct my posture
it does help prevent my hip from jumping into the act full force. I
also have to remind myself to get up and move around a bit more
frequently on busy days (I'm an office worker who sits way too much) and
that helps keep the aching stiffness at bay.
Basically you just have to pay attention to what you're doing/not doing
and make adjustments. Hope that helps.
At Mon, 15 May 2006, Katie wrote:
>
>Hi!
>I am a 29 year old and have been a runner for years, up until a few
>months ago when I had to stop because of severe hip pain...went to
>physio - they could do nothing for me. I asked my OB at my last visit
>if it had anything to do with Endo and she said "Definetly". It is an
>awful feeling, like arthritis - "dull ache" fits the feeling of my pain
>exactly...
>Katie
>
>At Mon, 15 May 2006, JoCee27 wrote:
>>
>>Boy Anon... LOL!! I think you and I are the only 2 active on the site
>>right now. :) I am reading a lot of posts, too.
>>
>>I understand where you are coming from with the hip pain. Girl, do I
>>know how you feel!! The pain I get in my hip is like a dull achey pain
>>that I cannot touch. I've tried massaging it out, putting Icy Hot on
>>the area, or using my husband's heat massager, and none of it touches
>>it. It's like it's so deep into the bone or muscle that I can't get to
>>it.
>>
>>I've talked with my doctor about this on different ocassions wondering
>>if it could be the onset of arthritis in my hip. I have it in my elbows
>>and knees already. He said...and this is coming from him now, not me...
>>He said that women for some reason seem to lose calcium in their hip
>>joints first and faster than in any other joint in their body. He said
>>it goes in this sequence: Hip, Hands, Spine. He said this is the reason
>>why we see a lot of women in their 50's and 60's with broken hips and
>>men usually deal with this problem in their late 70's and early 80's. I
>>asked him if Endo had anything to do with it and he said QUOTE: "When I
>>find that article from the AMA about Endo I am going to copy it off and
>>give it to you to take home and read. This article says that Endo soaks
>>up the calcium in the body which affects women in the area of Arthritis
>>and Osteoporosis. This is not saying Endo causes it; it just says that
>>a study has found this to be the case in women with Endo, such as you.
>>This is why women deal with shoulder pain, knee pain, hip pain, and foot
>>problems."
>>
>>I can't wait to get the article from him so I can post what it says in
>>more detail. When he named off the areas that women with Endo
>>experience pain, I now know what is going on with me. I have pain in my
>>knees sometimes that is so bad I cannot walk without a limp. I have
>>support brace that I wear just for those times. I've already been told
>>that my knees are in bad shape and I'm only 29. My ortho-doc said that
>>my left knee needs surgery ASAP and that my right knee could afford to
>>wait until we got the left one straightened out. My right one is the
>>one that bothers me the most! He said if I didn't get my knees
>>straightened out now, that I'd end up having a total knee replacement by
>>the time I was 40. --- JOCEE
>>
>>At Mon, 15 May 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>>
>>>Yes actually right now I feel the pain and a burning sensation in my hip
>>>area. What the heck is it?
>>>
>>>At Mon, 15 May 2006, JoCee27 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I've experienced a pain in the same area. Sometimes it feels like a
>>>>pulled muscle and other times it will spasm like it's a nerve being
>>>>aggravated. It can be a pain in the wazoo to put up with. When I was
>>>>working 3rd shift I would get these all the time. Sometimes they would
>>>>come on when I was taking a break. I was afraid if I stood up and tried
>>>>to take a step with that leg that I'd be flat of my face on the floor.
>>>>Have you ever felt the same pain anywhere else? I've also had this
>>>>shooting pain in my hip area, also.
>>>>
>>>>JoCee
>>>>
>>>>At Mon, 15 May 2006, Sammy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Ive been having pain in my groin area.. Ummm the area is on the inside
>>>>>of leg at the very top where the leg and the vagina meet! Its
>>>>>uncomfortable when I walk and sometimes a sharp shooting pain goes down
>>>>>the front of my leg. Does anyone else have pain in this area?
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>ENDOANGEL JOCEE
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>--
>>ENDOANGEL JOCEE
>>
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>>
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>>
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