http://physical-therapists.org a guide to physical therapy on the web Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:56:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://physical-therapists.org/2010/03/16-yo-with-recurring-hip-pain-that-spreads-to-lower-backleg/ http://physical-therapists.org/2010/03/16-yo-with-recurring-hip-pain-that-spreads-to-lower-backleg/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:22:29 +0000 admin http://physical-therapists.org/2010/03/16-yo-with-recurring-hip-pain-that-spreads-to-lower-backleg/ Okay, so I’m only 16 years old but I have a recurring pain in my hip/lower back/leg that absolutely will not go away. When I stand, it will start as a dull ache in my hip, and gradually spreads down my leg to about my calves – only not the muscle – and my lower back, and get sharper after a short time. When I walk a very short distance (as short as from one class to another) I’d only take a few steps and it starts up. I can’t bend over, and lying on my stomach or back hurts, which makes sleeping uncomfortable. I also can’t stand up straight, which gets on my nerves the most.
I have experienced this two or three times before, but this time it’s at it’s worst.
Like I said, I’m only 16. I’m not active in any sports or overweight in the slightest (5′7″ and 120 lbs.)
I’ve had x-rays done, but they’re all normal, and my docs don’t seem inclined to really figure out what’s going on. They just told me that if it keeps up, I’ll have to have physical therapy, but I’m scared that if they don’t know exactly what it is it could just get worse.
So yeah. Any ideas?

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