@georgewater

What is the nature of your hip pain? Is it a burning sensation like you might have with bursitis or something different? Apparently you don't need a hip replacement which should be an obvious diagnosis by even a mediocre orthopedist. For me I have sharp burning pain near my right trochanter/hip joint. Sounds a lot like bursitis. On the same side at the top of the pelvic bone there is a small area of similar burning pain that feels like something is torn and being stretched. I believe that these 2 are related. Adding insult to injury I often feel a a narrow band of pain across the whole of my lower back above the pelvic bone area. I don't think it has squat to do with the hip pain. Unfortunately nobody seems to have a clue what the cause/s is/are.