If you've been reading this blog you're familiar with my knee problems. I haven't scrolled back to check, and can't remember offhand, if I mentioned that I also developed a problem with my hip. When I make certain movements I feel a really bad pull in my upper groin and a searing pain deep in my hip. It's enough that at times I have collapsed when I've tried to do something like jump onto the bed or chase the wife. I assumed it was a muscle pull and therefore I have treated it as such. It's been about two months and it's not gotten any better. Other people I've spoken to who have dealt with a pulled groin have said that they take forever to heal, so I didn't think about it.
On New Years day I had some time so I did a little research, and based on my symptoms it sounds like I actually have a stress fracture in my hip. Once that thought got in my head, it made perfect sense. First, with my problems with my knee I am sure that sub consciously I changed my running stride. When that happens it almost always leads to an injury somewhere else. Second, when I think about the movements that cause pain and visualize how the muscles would pull on the bones, a fracture seems almost obvious. So I've stopped treating it like a pulled muscle and more like a stress fracture, and within 2 days I have noticed significantly less pain.
Because I'm not a complete moron, I've also made an appointment with my doctor so I can get a referral to an orthopedist and get a real diagnosis. We'll see what ol' Sawbones has to say on the matter.
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