Question
dont know if this is your catorgory but any info is helpful.

i am now a 37 year old man. it all started about 16 years ago with an ice hockey accident that had me falling on the side of my hip onto the ice about 5 times in one day. At the time it did not seem so bad. The area on my side of the hip was quite bruised but I was not in tremendous pain. I did go to many chiropractors but the pain remained. What I think has happened was that the strong the ligaments that connect the hip area to the si joint area were severely damaged thus the si joint is not in a totally fixed postion. Also this joint has an irregular surface as apposed to a ball and socket joint (smooth surface) so even a little bit of movement can bring the pain. In addition the si joint in my opinion is located at a very crucial area of the body in terms of joints, thus an incredible number of different muscle, joint problems areas have arisen. Although do to its moving all over the place so to speak I have not had all different pain areas occur at the same time.


The si joint x-ray that I have had taken recently does show the right side joint as a wavy line. Whatever that is worth. have seen an orthaphedic doctors going absolutely no where with them. i am now in thailand and perhaps they are not qualified.

Do you have any suggestions as what to try next? I realize that you may come with the excuse 搘ell I can't possibly diagnose over the internet so lets not give him any possible solutions and leave him hanging in the dark.?But I have tried many different avenues and nothing has helped. So please give any possible suggestions as to what I could do to help the situation? Thanking you in advance.


Answer
Dear Jii

You are correct to assume that I would not give any diagnosis, I am not a doctor and therefore cannot diagnose.

If I were you, I'd get to a reputable orthopedist in either the United States or in the UK.  I would ask for an an MRI to see what damage is in the hip.  If you have an irregular surface area, that leads me to think that there has been some damage to the bones.  I have had ligament and tendon problems in my hips due to numerous surgeries, but the irregular surface I have is defintely bone related.   I don't think that tendon or ligament damage would cause such a drastic surface change.

Since X-rays sometimes be cloudy, an MRI or bone scan would be the way to go.  I would not see any more chiropractors as they can do more damage if they manipulate the bones the wrong way.

I wish you the best of luck.