Walking and even standing around is giving my hips grief now

August 24 – Woke with pain in the middle of the back, both sides. 45 minute walk. Lower back and hips aching afterwards.

August 25 – First night for a while that I’ve woken up feeling quite good. The right hip and back got sore throughout the day. A lot of work on power auger and driving.

August 26 – Felt sore in hip and back when I woke. Sat and typed up reports all day. Nerve pain down left leg (hammy and groin).

August 28 – Stood at the CHFL footy watching for the afternoon and was sore and uncomfortable in the left hip within an hour. Had a poor sleep as both hips were sore.

August 29 – Woke feeling sore in hips and groins.

That burning feeling

I have found I am better during the day but really struggle when I have to sit in the car or at the computer or on the couch watching TV. I have a burning sensation through the hip (right side especially), hamstring and groin (left side). I’m tight in the groins. There is nerve pain in the legs, especially down the left side. It wakes me up as I can’t sleep on my side as it causes me hip/leg pain.

I’m feeling pretty clapped out.

Treatment with a neuro-muscular therapist

On the advice of my masseuse, Lauren, yesterday I went along to receive treatment with Paul Broeders, a neuro-muscular therapist. He treated me for a tilted vertebrae in lower back, sacrum had moved to the right and he said I had a tilted hip which caused one leg to be longer than the other.

Despite his assurances I would be "fixed" the treatment didn't improve anything. I let him know how I was feeling today over the phone and he suggested I contact my GP and organize a scan.

The penny has dropped. I've got to get fair dinkum about these hips.

In July of 2011 I was feeling quite unfit and decided to get stuck into running with the aid of the adidas miCoach iPhone app. After each run you can enter a comment before you sync your completed workout.

These comments were added to a sort of diary I kept on how my hips were feeling.

I quickly flew to bits and tried a few different things to address my hips, such as cycling, golf, massage and even pilates. I didn’t improve.

July 20 – Adidas miCoach 12 minute assessment workout – “Feel very unfit”

July 21 – 34 minute run including interval work. “Felt quite good but left hip sore from yesterday and worse today. Right ankle ok once warmed up.”

Mentioned hip pain in left side to Matt Clark – Physio on July 23.

July 24 – 31 minute run. “Hip not bad this morning but started to ache a quarter of the way.”

July 25 – 41 minute run. “Felt ok but hip was sore.”

July 27 – 40 minute run. “Felt good but stopped a few times to let Murray catch up. Hip sore but tolerable. Ankle similar. Don't feel fit but can keep going.”

July 28 – 46 minute run. “Felt quite good aerobically but the hip is hindering progress.”

Matt Clark – Physio July 28

Golf trip July 29-31. Two rounds of golf and felt uncomfortable in hips during both.

Pain seemed to move through pelvis and into right hip over next two weeks.

Rode around Mt Buninyong cycling route on August 12, 13, 15 & 16. Felt ok but hip still sore.

Lauren Lavery – Massage August 16 

August 17, 18 & 22 – Tried Pilates which only seemed to inflame things.