Thanks for your reply, frankcat. I wonder if a nerve ablation could help if that is the issue. Someone mentioned that in a post. The surgeon did mention the release surgery you had, but I’ve decided against it as I could walk and hike before the recent cortisone injection and I did not want to deal with weakness again. My issue was lifting my leg without pain prior to the injection. It did take lots of effort though, 16+ months of PT and 5-6 months seeing a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulation doctor weekly. I won’t ever have another cortisone injection because I’m back at the beginning again.

Hope you can figure out a way to resolve the pain.