Hi daisygirl: Thank you for your reply. Interesting information but there is no pain when I push on the side of my hips. I only get the pain in the back of my thighs when I'm sitting in a chair. If I get up or lay down, or move to my recliner where I can raise and cross my legs in front of me, it goes away. Basically it's only when there's the pressure of the chair pressing against the back of my legs.

If you have no problems with steroids you might consider that 3rd injection next year. My husband has had two for pain down his leg from spinal issues. The first one worked better than the 2nd. One of our neighbors had a 2nd injection though with great results. If your doctor thinks you should have a 3rd shot and you didn't have any ill effects from the 2nd one other than it didn't work as well as the first, try it.

I would be very hesitant to have steroid shots as I have chronic glaucoma in my left eye. In layman's terms, it's a blind, dead eye just there for cosmetic purposes. I take drops every day to keep the pressure under control. I've had all the procedures there are to have to keep the eye. Now the doctor says there is nothing else they can do. It's atrophied a little but my family and friends are used to the way it looks. As long as the pain in that eye is tolerable, I can keep it. If it becomes too painful, it has to come out. I'm not anxious to go through that at my age. They started to remove the eye 30 years ago but a new surgical procedure popped up that my doctor wanted to try first. He did. It worked and I've been able to keep the blind eye for all these years. Now I wish I'd removed it way back then. Bottom line...massive doses of steroids for too long of a period of time started this glaucoma mess 45 years ago as a treatment for RA so steroids scare the heck out of me now. I don't want to do anything that would push this eye over the edge. That might be totally medically unreasonable but it's the way i feel. No steroids.

I had this in my left hip!  Extremely painful.  Shots didn't help me, either.  I was walking with a cane!  Then I went to physical therapy twice a week for two months.  It is so much better.  I urge you to try.  I certainly didn't think it would help since it was so painful, but it did!  Good luck!

Thank you Blindeyepug. I don't know if you noticed but I mentioned that I only have pain when I sit with the seat pressing against the back of my thighs. The pain is relieved by standing up or getting into a position where there is nothing pressing against the back of my thighs. I have no hip pain. I appreciate the suggestion though.

Hi daisy girl, I also have Bursitis in my left hip with referred pain in my left knee. Very painful. Receive injection in my hip, but only lasted for four weeks. Next thing to do is physical therapy, I don't know if that is going to help.<br><br>

When my butt and back of my thigh hurts, I sometimes put a tennis ball under my "cheek". It sometimes relieves the pain but it might just swap the pain. <br>Sorry you are having such pain. <br>GrannyJ <br><br>

Thank you Granny. I just put a tennis ball on my desk. I'll try it next time.

Just tried the tennis ball to see how it would feel. Sorreeeeeeeee...it's not for me. There must be nerves in your butt because I got pinched nerve pain from my shoulder to my elbow. Get that a lot but the tennis ball pressed the wrong stuff...lol. Thanks anyway.

So sorry. It is an inexpensive think to try.