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Bonnie · 08-06-2008, 05:03 PM

For some reason, I feel I need to explain myself.

I started my NROLW workouts Jan 4 or thereabouts, and did great. I lost 15 lbs.

But by late April I started having a lot of pain in my right hip, which radiated down my leg and around to my lower back. I've had this problem off-and-on all my life. Usually it shows up during intense physical activity, like back when I ran 5 miles a day back in my 20s.

I have some mild scoliosis, which causes one hip to be a little higher than the other. The first time I went to a doctor about it, he said I'd have arthritis in that hip. So I figured maybe since I was getting older, I was getting arthritis, and maybe lighter workouts would make it better.

When they didn't, so I stopped working out completely in May, and worked on stretching. When the pain continued I gave up stretching for total rest in June.

Of course, that didn't work, either. So in July I went to an orthopedic surgeon/sports medicine specialist recommended by all the weight-trainer types in my area even though "he's a little traditional."

"A little traditional" means he doesn't believe in heavy weights. The heavy weights guys I know go to him to fix their injuries, listen to him go on about the dangers of heavy weights, and then they go and do what they want to do anyway.

He put me through a lot of hullabaloo, X-rays, MRI, etc., and concluded I have "tight hips", only 30 degrees mobility in my hips (or legs, or wherever he measures this stuff) when I'm supposed to have at least 110 degrees mobility. No arthritis though, hooray!

So he prescribed physical therapy.

08-06-2008, 05:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bonnie Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 84	Flight of the Noodle Casserole For some reason, I feel I need to explain myself. I started my NROLW workouts Jan 4 or thereabouts, and did great. I lost 15 lbs. But by late April I started having a lot of pain in my right hip, which radiated down my leg and around to my lower back. I've had this problem off-and-on all my life. Usually it shows up during intense physical activity, like back when I ran 5 miles a day back in my 20s. I have some mild scoliosis, which causes one hip to be a little higher than the other. The first time I went to a doctor about it, he said I'd have arthritis in that hip. So I figured maybe since I was getting older, I was getting arthritis, and maybe lighter workouts would make it better. When they didn't, so I stopped working out completely in May, and worked on stretching. When the pain continued I gave up stretching for total rest in June. Of course, that didn't work, either. So in July I went to an orthopedic surgeon/sports medicine specialist recommended by all the weight-trainer types in my area even though "he's a little traditional." "A little traditional" means he doesn't believe in heavy weights. The heavy weights guys I know go to him to fix their injuries, listen to him go on about the dangers of heavy weights, and then they go and do what they want to do anyway. He put me through a lot of hullabaloo, X-rays, MRI, etc., and concluded I have "tight hips", only 30 degrees mobility in my hips (or legs, or wherever he measures this stuff) when I'm supposed to have at least 110 degrees mobility. No arthritis though, hooray! So he prescribed physical therapy.