hip and other priblems

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have joined to try to get some advice on a problem I'm having that's causing me a lot of grief.

I've had a achey hip for about 3 years now which has been getting slightly worse as times gone on. At the time I noticed the pain I went to the doctor who transferred me to a specialist who suspetected a labral tear and carried out x-ray, mri arthrogram and 2 x scans of the hips and pelvis/lower back but found nothing wrong.

Over the last couple of years it's got a bit worse but seem to be getting worse coordinated in my left leg and pelvis generally and get achey muscles and feet if I do much walking around and an achey back. I also have been getting a sore left shoulder if I use it a lot.

I've been to several private physios and osteopaths, bowen etc but with no improvement. I normally get coordination exercises to do to improve the coordination but I feel as though there is something inhibiting coordination in that leg/side as it never seems to get any better. I have been back to the doc recently who is referring me to a hip specialist consulant but am waiting for that appointment.

Recently I've been getting a more sore left shoulder and have been getting slight pins and needles in left arm and leg and also hot and cold in foot and hand so that sometimes they are different colour to the other side.

I seem to remember that for several years, maybe 10 years that I've had the slight feeling of lack of coordination in the left leg, prior to having the aching hip so wonder if there;s something else causing this such as one of the many heavy skateboarding crashes that I had onto left side.

What should I do? I think I'm going to go back to the doc about the pins and needles as I'm concerned about it. Any thoughts welcome.

Best regards.

hi there sounds an interesting problem, one can assume that by the amount of investigations you have had on hip/loer back and pelvis that it is unlikely but not impossible that the pain is originating from there, especially if you have already seem experienced physios/osteos.

with the neuro symptoms have you seen a neurologist, or had blood tests? maybe rule out any non musculoskleletal cause also has there are some disease processes which can cause your symptoms

goodluck

Changes in coordination could mean many things from nerve and muscular strength issues, to more serious underlying conditions such as MS and such. However, you do sound like you've been in some traumatic crashes so maybe you've got some serious muscles imbalance and trigger point issues. I'd explore all avenues to figure out what's going on. The quick check is the trigger point stuff. A physio or massage therapist well versed in it will be able to tell relatively quickly if that is the issue. If that doesn't pan out (is that just a North American term? Meaning the gold is not in the pan), then investigations into other neurological issues that can cause loss of coordination would be a good idea.