hi jobbo86,

Good post and interesting info.

It is quite possible that every you believe is there is actually there. I trust (usually) what my patients tell me because they can feel things in their body that I can't...

...you very well may have a "twisted pelvis" - a rotation of L5 on S1 (or S1 under L5).

The main thing is to find someone who can...
1. Test if it is your disc once and for all - the thing about discs are that it is the chemicals that make discs irritate nerves, not the compression itself. it is like a sunburn. Nerves are pulled and pinched all the time without any problems in your body. It is when they are chemically irritated that they become a problem. So in sunburn, even a whiff of wind can be painful because your nerve endings are raw...and if you live here, your friends will slap you lots on the back as well!

2. Test if it is your hip, Wikipedia reference-linkSIJ, L/S or thorax that is the main problem driving the other problems. Failed load transfer occurs in the "primary" joint and then the cascade effects then affect other joints. you want to find the joint that fails first during those movements. This is not something taught to physios at uni...

3. Test if your nerves and motor control are a problem. Nerve problems can be from shortened, scarred, irritated, compressed, stretched, pinched, etc nerves. They can coordination problems, all sorts of things.

4. Test if any joints are stuck, sprained, controlled etc

5. TEst any muscles that are weak, short, long, etc

Good luck.

BTW, you speak with more vocab than the ordinary patient...what is your background or training?