I made it home from my Texas trip. I seemed to do okay with the traveling. I used the wheelchair assist going to Texas and at the Austin airport on the way home. When I landed, I had the wheelchair gal roll me up the jetway and to the nearest restroom. I figured i could manage from there and I did. It was freezing and I had to stand out in the cold for probably 20 minutes waiting for the shuttle. The stand is across the street from the terminal on an island and it wasn't possible to wait inside. I'd have never been able to get across the street with my bag in time to wave the driver down. I don't know if that impacted my hip or not, but two days ago it started hurting.
The pain increased each day and rotated between the upper groin area and the top of my leg where it bends I believe it's a problem with the illiopsoas muscle. It's been tight anyway for a long time and I'm thinking maybe I strained it. The pain started two nights ago in bed as it hurt to lie on either side and have my knees touch. I had to resort to little wedge pillow between my legs to be comfortable. After the second night of that plus some difficulty walking without my cane during the day, I decided to take an Aleve to see if it helped. It did, thankfully. Yesterday and today I've been walking much better without the cane with no real pain. I'm going to try sleeping without the pillow tonight and see what happens.
I see my GP tomorrow for a regular checkup and will discuss it with him. I'm thinking maybe some PT would be helpful. When I had my shoulder replaced the therapist I hooked up with did these great muscle massages to help release and extend the muscles that were shortened and tight. I'm thinking maybe I need that in my hip area from all the years of having things out of alignment there. At any rate, the one Aleve made things noticeably better and I'm taking it easy for now.
The pain increased each day and rotated between the upper groin area and the top of my leg where it bends I believe it's a problem with the illiopsoas muscle. It's been tight anyway for a long time and I'm thinking maybe I strained it. The pain started two nights ago in bed as it hurt to lie on either side and have my knees touch. I had to resort to little wedge pillow between my legs to be comfortable. After the second night of that plus some difficulty walking without my cane during the day, I decided to take an Aleve to see if it helped. It did, thankfully. Yesterday and today I've been walking much better without the cane with no real pain. I'm going to try sleeping without the pillow tonight and see what happens.
I see my GP tomorrow for a regular checkup and will discuss it with him. I'm thinking maybe some PT would be helpful. When I had my shoulder replaced the therapist I hooked up with did these great muscle massages to help release and extend the muscles that were shortened and tight. I'm thinking maybe I need that in my hip area from all the years of having things out of alignment there. At any rate, the one Aleve made things noticeably better and I'm taking it easy for now.