Sorry for the long post, but I thought I should explain everything.

When I was 13 I got up suddenly one morning and my right Hip clicked (painfully). I was taken to hospital where I was x-rayed but was then told I just had growing pains and the click was normal.

A year later I was getting regular pains in both of my hips, went to the Doctor who told me it was growing pains.

Turned 16 and demanded that something get done about the pain, as it was getting worse and flaring up approximately once a week. I was x-rayed again but no problems showed up on them.

I was x-rayed again at 17 because the pain was frequent enough for me not to be able to walk/stand long for long periods of time. I was also having a burning pain that would shoot accross my pelvis whenever I sat down.

At 18 my Doctor finally sent me to a wonderful physio, who showed me some basic strengthening excersises, but these exercises would often leave me with a tremendous pain in both my hips. She sent me on to an Orthopaedic who said I should continue with excersises and if I continue to have flair ups, steroid injections or surgery. Turns out my muscles are too short/stiff/generally non stretchy at the front of my hips and around the inside of my thigh and front of my thigh (something that the physio described as a silverside layer of skin?) and right roud my buttock (where I also got burning pain).

I am now 19. I don't want steroids, I want to know what this is. The pain is now every single day and it isn't just in my hips. It travels down both of my legs and into my ankles on the worst days, aching in all of my joints and muscles. Usually, both hips DO NOT hurt at the same time. The right side is definately worse. Bad flair ups are approximately once a fortnight and leave me in bed for up to 2 days. I take Ibuprofen 400 (prescribed), but these no longer get rid of the pain.

Please, if anyone has any idea why I get this and what this is, I would really appreciate knowing what else (appart from steroids/surgery) would help. It is even effecting my relationship and work.

Kindest regards
Eleanor

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