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hip pain only with certain movements

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Jan 25, 2024 | Replies (16)

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So your hip socket is a little shallow. Hyperextension of the joint allows the ball of the femur to become slightly displaced. This is putting pressure on some nerves. The rub is causing inflammation of the acetabelum. Surgery might be advantageous at some point if the lining (labrum) of the acetabelum tears. In the image (I don't read x[rays) it looks clear that the ball joint is shallow. It also looks (to my inexperienced eye) as though the sacrum is slightly lower on that side which could distort the image.
You might get relief from a chiropractic adjustment of the SI Joint. It could change the imaging of what appears to be a shallow hip socket.
The ball of the joints functions normally within the socket with most activities.
Aside:
I have a labral tear and experience groin pain in the extension of the joint like you. And the same pain after bending. Sometimes the ball gets slightly displaced and can't reseat itself . (I don't think you have that.) Chiropractors can reseat the ball and always adjust the joint between the sacrum and the ilium. It helps but isn't permanent. If you had an x-ray of your joint with the leg raised in the manner you describe, you'd see the ball edging out instead of moving smoothly within the confines of the socket.

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Thanks for your reply @gently. My hip socket is definitely shallow and I can see that part of the head of the femur is resting outside the area it should fit inside.

The last ortho doc I went to did mention that it's really impossible to dislocate that joint unless there's severe trauma (such as a car accident), so that's a little reassuring I guess lol

I've worked with three chiropractors in the past and know it works, but I don't think that's a route I'll take as any adjustment they make will not help a whole lot simply because of how my hip and femur are (doc said I was born like this).

Both docs wanted me to go on Mobic (meloxicam) for a month. I picked up the prescription but still thinking about it. I told the last doc that the previous doc wanted me on the same med and after reading about all the side effects, I chose not to. His reply was "don't read the box" and "If you read the side effects of Tylenol, you'd never take Tylenol". Probably some truth to that. They both prescribed 15mg, which is the highest dose (the only other dose is 7.5mg). I'm considering quartering the pills and doing roughly 3.75mg a day for a week, then 7.5mg for a week or two and see how I feel. I'm not a fan of drugs but maybe clamping down on the inflammation temporarily would help.