I had been having leftknee pain and had two meniscus tear surgeries over the past few years. After the last surgery, my left but hurt with walking, aerobics, etc. The doc and the PT staff thought it was IT band syndrome and imbalance in muscles since my left leg is now so much weaker than my right. Finally, a year after all the PT and shots, and sick of knee problems, I asked to have my hip x-rayed per my physical therapist.

As soon as my ortho looks at the X-ray he says I need a hip replacement, and I have osteoarthritis too. I don't reaaly know any diagnosis since he then recommend a hip doctor. I’m 56 and very healthy. He said it looks like it was injury induced about 15 years ago. I never had hip pain before last year? I need to learn but does anyone tried stem cells in the hip area?