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Muscles in high hip and across buttocks freeze when I walk

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Mar 30, 2023 | Replies (25)
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@kmintx

Muscles in high hip and across buttocks freeze up when I walk very far - maybe half a block then I cannot go any further. Have to wait about 1 minute then can go again but not quite a half-block. Wait again - distance gets shorter each time. What might be causing this? I have read up on intermittent claudication which symptoms seem to most closely fit.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 30, 2016

@kmintx, I see that you posted your query again in a quest for answers. I moved your second post to the original thread to keep the conversation in one place and attract more input from members who may have experienced something similar.

Thank you @irvkay312 and @glenloig for helping to troubleshoot. @glenloig I love that the solution to your pain turned out to be a simple one discovered almost by accident with your podiatrist. What a relief it must have been to resolve the issue without medication. Welcome to Connect.

Back to @kmintx - here's some info about claudication http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/claudication/basics/definition/con-20033581 If your doctors don't believe it is claudication and is not peripheral artery disease or a bone issue either, what explanation do they offer? Clearly the sensation of freezing up and associated pain and immobility is real, and limits your quality of life. What tests or next steps do they offer? Do you see a physical therapist?

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