Thanks for that reply. I am only still fairly new to the physio world and your replies have outlined a few things that i hadn't thought of.

When I mentioned the pain refferal to the hip, I didn't mean speciafically the hip joint, just around that area. Thinking about it more it probably links with TFL tightness due to protective spasm.

It will be intersting to see what the reply to this is i thought you said any hip movement was painful yet you say that lying on your back lifting up one leg straight was not painful...please explain... as it could be a positive active SLR. Lucas, any answer on this yet?