Hi

I wouldn't normally post here but I've had this problem for months now, it's getting me down, and my physio appointment got cancelled because it was 2 days after lockdown

So basically I've been having pain in my right leg, but if you asked me to point to where specifically, I'd have a hard time choosing between my quad, my groin and my knee because it just generally aches. Things that trigger it are:

  • Moving my right foot towards the left side of my body (adduction, I guess?). The more my knee is bent, the worse this pain is. With an entirely straight leg, there is basically no pain at all. But if I were to do something like take off my right sock by bringing my knee up towards my chest and then my foot up towards myself while standing, that would hurt a lot. I've developed a coping strategy for this which is to support the weight of my leg while doing it so my muscles don't have to, and this stops it from hurting. I can recreate the pain by putting something between my feet and squeezing it.
  • Rolling over in bed - when I move my weight around by pushing my body up off the bed.
  • Occasionally getting up off the floor - e.g. I was playing with my toddler neice on the floor a few weeks back, and when I pushed myself up off the floor with my right leg, the pain spasmed so badly that I shouted out.
  • Occasionally getting on/off a bike - the lifting of my leg over the bike.


I don't get any pain with it while actually riding my bike though, or any other normal activity like walking. I think this all started, ironically, after I went to see a physio about a problem with my other leg. He gave me some exercises to do, including clam shells (with resistance band) on my left side. I think this may be an overuse injury caused by my right leg having to tense up to stop my left leg pulling it up off the ground during the clam shells.

I can't palpate the bit that's sore, but my upper leg seems generally quite tender - parts of my quad, my IT band, all hurt like hell if I foam roll them, but foam rolling brings absolutely no relief. I'm at my wit's end here, can anyone help. Thanks

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