Burning Hip Pain

Why are you opposed to seeing a chiro? I love mine, but I know she isn't available where you are....
As long as you can find a good one, with strong ethics & a caring manner, I would suggest trying that before anything invasive.
Either way, good luck!

I get that whenever I have had Sciatic.. Have the docs mentioned that this could be the case? check out the symptoms online..

I do a lot of stretching for it.. In Particular my legs because when your hamstrings are tight (which since you sit for long periods) they can be.. then the tightening of the legs tends to pull at the lower back and in turn the hips..
Oh and try the pose TADASANA (if you haven't done yoga) check out the pose online. One of the ideas behind the pose is to help a person align their hips (as oppose to them jutting outward) ever notice how pregnant women do that , especially late in term. it also happens from a lot of sitting.. and when your hips turn out too much, that can impinge a nerve in the hips which can then shoot pain down into the legs and feet..

good luck

I think you could ask your primary care physician for a referral to a reliable chiropractor who accepts your insurance. One question to ask is whether the chiro uses applied kinesiology or similar technique which does NOT involve any strong yanking or popping. You could also try some therapeutic massage therapy or even acupuncture. Again, your physician can make a referral to someone with a good reputation.

Stretching it when you don't know what's wrong or what you are doing is probably not helping at all, and could make it worse. If PT made it worse, then there is some inflammation or something else that needs to be resolved rather than aggravated by too much movement.

I think you are beyond treating it yourself. Get another opinion if you aren't sure about the MRI or other tests, but if you have an injury in there and various things are making it worse, you're probably creating additional damage.

I can't answer directly, but I will say that I have done a LOT of reading lately about burning pain of the foot. I have recently (this past year) become a runner. And out of the blue, I started having burning on the ball of my left foot. Everything seems to indicate neuroma (but my primary care doc said there is not "knot" which is the calloused tissue that actually makes your foot feel like you are walking on a pebble, which is a more advanced condition). Everything I have read indicates that absent diabetes, burning pain is nerve related. As in, nerve damage or irritation.

I am very strongly considering seeing a chiropractor who specializes in sports medicine/injuries to let them see if I have something out of whack in my foot, pinching a nerve through my metatarsils. I tried the prednisone routine with my primary care doc, and it hasn't done anything to change it at all.

It does sound like it could be bursitis so have them check you for that. That pain does come and go but it is worse when sitting for a long time or laying down on that hip.

I have battled hip pain for 8 years, possibly the result of 16 years of ballet, followed by obsessive over - aerobicizing and running in my single young adult years. Your description sounds familiar - pain that evolves - sometimes burning, sometimes sharp, other time like an ice pick being pounded in there. I went to a sports medicine ortho after x rays showed nothing. I had the MRI with the dye - I don't really recall the injection so I don't think it was bad. The MRI turned up "labral tears" which are basically small tears to a tendon-like hood over the hip joint. They told me that there really is nothing to be done for this, as the tears do not repair themselves, and surgery does not typically produce good results. They also recommended PT. I can do some exercises, while others cause the pain to worsen. Pain continues to come and go; some days are good, others, others are so bad I feel like I could chew off my own leg. (just kidding but not). I was very interested to see this post, and the responses, as I've felt so discouraged by this pain. At this point I'm ready to try anything to get relief as the pain seems to be moving and expanding to my lower back. I'm going to see a chiropractor and will check back in and share anything I learn. My advice would be not to ignore it. I've already taken more Advil than is good for my liver I'm sure. Good luck and let us know what you learn from your appointment.

I'm so sorry for your pain. I recommend laying of the walking and taking up yoga and/or swimming. I'm sorry to see you are resistant to a chiropractor, because I think it may really help you. I never used to go when I was younger, and still don't, but only because of time and budget, however I WILL be going soon for some alignment and pain issues. Many of my close friends have had miraculous improvements to various pains by going. My husband was helped IMMENSELY by going (we're both over 40 and were never fans before). I just feel that the bad "settings" of my joints from sitting too much (computer, and car) and lots of aerobics and walking over the years (AND I MEAN LOTS of walking) will be helped.

Also, I'm going to start getting regular (as budget allows) deep tissue massages for similar reasons. Things set wrongly and stress builds up gradually over the years. I recommend chiropractor, massage, yoga (even some of the standing postures you can do during the day can relieve sciatica) and anti-inflammatory joint friendly diet...start googling tips...good luck I hope you find relief!

Sounds like you need to find a chiropractor. But most primary care drs will not give you referals to them because they don't like them. Sounds like it's your siatic nerve. I have issues with mine.

If there's a burning pain, a tendon or ligament in your hip is probably inflamed due to aggravation. I think it could very well be bursitis. Bursitis pain can come and go like you described, which is why some days you can walk and some days you can't. It also can be very painful at night when lying down.

I had hip pain for years and finally went to an orthopedic surgeon after being put through PT, which did nothing for me. I was given an MRI, it came back healthy...an injury won't always show up however on an MRI. I was given a cortisone shot which helped a lot. I now do exercises to strengthen the area, my hip has been so much better.

Don't turn down a cortisone shot, the hip area responds well to these. I'd also take the muscle relaxer, it'll help you sleep and could even relax the muscles well enough to allow some healing to happen.

I have had burning hip pain for years now. It started with my first pregnancy and has gotten worse ever since. It burns if I do lots of walking or running. It burns if I sit for long periods, or lie down on my side. If I have been sitting for a long time I can hardly walk when I stand up. I have to limp around for a while before I can walk normally. At first the doctor thought it was bursitis. X-Rays showed arthritis in my lower back and the doctor prescribed Naproxin. The physiotherapist and the chiropractor both think that the arthritis causes me to put more strain on one side of my body, and that the hip pain is in my iliotibial band (the pain actually runs from my hip down to my knee). I'm not really sure what it is, but they all seem to agree it isn't sciatica. The physiotherapist uses the TENS machine on me, and that helps, as does chiropractic adjustments. I alternate chiro and physio every other week or so. I only take the muscle relaxer when it won't let me sleep.

I had hip pain as if a knife was being stabbed into the ball joint area of my right hip, but only when I was at rest. I could walk 45 minutes with the kids in a double stroller, I could do all sorts of stuff, but when I would lay in bed at night it would hurt, this nagging continuous pain no matter how I stretched or laid down.
After an hour long (!) very impressive Physical Therapy analysis the diagnosis was that my left leg is about 1/4 " shorter than my right. The long term solution was to buy insoles and only wear them in my left shoes. But to get rid of the immediate pain I received twice a week/ 8 weeks therapy consisting of massage with a gun-like looking thing where the end of the barrel was a ball that got warm, also some kind of electrical stimulation (made the muscles twitch between the pads they put on) in the lower back and hip area, plus transdermal ibuprofin pads to put pain killer right into the hip. Then at home I had to do step-class type exercises: facing up the stairs stepping onto the first thread of the stairs with only one foot, straighten that knee, then bend it again so your other foot taps the floor, 10x. Switching feet, 10 steps up and down again. Then facing down the stairs and starting from the first tread and stepping down, etc. Probably easier to see than describe. That was 8 years ago. ALL my shoes have that left insert, so I cannot wear flip flops or shoes that cannot have an insert (or in clogs I glue the heal pad in with rubber cement).
But if you had PT the therapist should have done this kind of analysis - she contorted me and asked me to push back with my legs on her hands from all kinds of weird angles, she watched me walk, she made me bend over and straighten and pushed and pulled and asked if things hurt, and laid me over big balls and pushed on vertibrae and all kinds of stuff. But nothing was really damaged or wrong, just a mechanical imbalance.

I had burning in my hips for almost 6 months before. I had an x-ray and an MRI that showed both showed nothing. I didn't have anything injected into my hip though (sounds like a big ouch!). I figured out it was partly positional (I slept with my on my stomache with my knee out to the side and pulled up to my chest. I made a conscious effort to stop sleeping like that and it eventually went away. However, it seems to be coming back now (three years later) so I'm not sure what it is.

I was going to say it might be from overuse from the walking, but you said you stopped walking and it's still hurting. Do you sit weird? Do you sleep weird? I used to drive with my left foot up on the seat, and always sit crisscross applesauce (I'm such a mom) on the sofa which probably didn't help either........Maybe you're putting it in positions that are irritating it?

Could it be this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacroiliac_joint_dysfunction