I have been diagnosed with a hip flexor problem by my physio. I have now taken 2 months off and still cannot run. I am limping because I feel like one leg is longer than the other. I'm told this is because of a rotated hip. Has anyone else had such a problem. Have I been mis diagnosed? What can I do to get back to running. I'm climbing the walls. I am still swimming and cycling but I can't stand not running. ANYONE, PLEASE HELP.
Helen
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Rotated hip ... is you foot pointing outwards or inwards? Can he make such a diagnosis, I wonder? Should you not have this further investigated?
What does a rotated hip mean? My problem apparently stems from lack of flexibility in the hip, hence the stretches, so not sure any advice I give would be much use except to get the cause of the problem explained - medical bods seem often to chuck out a diagnosis with some treatment recommended without explaining what the treatment will achieve - hopefully they know and are assuming we'll know too - otherwise they are guessing!
A rotated hip is when the muscle doesn't hold it in place apparently and it has sort of fallen forward giving me a slightly longer leg on one side. I've no idea if this is correct but as I feel like one leg is longer than the other when I run it sounds feasable. I hope that it will get stronger and pull the hip into place.?!*?
Diagnosing a biomechanical problem of this nature is well within a physiotherapist's job description - you'll be better before you get to the top of the orthopaedic clinic waiting list, and fancy tests contribute little to the diagnosis and nothing to the treatment.
I do have rotated hips (femoral anteversion) but so has Zola Budd and it didn't hold her back. It's more of a normal variant than an abnormality. The other common cause of apparent leg length discrepancy is a slight curvature of the thoracic (upper) spine.
Hope you're better soon!
Cheers, V-rap.
Thanks for the advice though. You are right about the GP but I'm so desperate I'll try anything.
I'm now training almost as much as I was when the injury appeared, and haven't had any problems from the hip so it must have remodelled itself to take account of the fact that I'm a runner now.