Backstory:
In the late winter/early spring, I got a Hip Hook
I have extremely tight QLs, I get trigger point injections into them twice a month, have done dry needling, roll on a foam roller, lie on tennis balls and plastic prongs to dig into them - used to get myofascial trigger point therapy until it got too painful (and I have a LOT of trigger points and musculoskeletal pain in general!)
Anyway, I thought this might help release some various tight areas, so tried it out for a week or two, but instead of getting relief, I started getting sharp pain in my psoas and hip and groin area - obviously stopped using it!, but the pain continued.
I have a DO who I go to for pain issues (she does the triggerpoints), and she adjusted me - she also does adjustments and cranio-sacral work - and had me do a “knee squeeze” to realign my pelvis. She said my psoas is “angry” and was reacting to the attempted releases by tightening more.
I did the squeeze religiously, but it didn’t seem to solve the problem. I get deep tissue massage about once a month (which DOES help!, indicating that a good bit of this is muscular like most of my pain!), but I can’t get in with my “guy” because he is so booked up. That’s what happens when you are incredible good. (Damn him.) HE said it’s a muscle in my thigh (internal adductor?)
I have been worked on twice by a woman who does adjustments on horses and humans; she said my S/I was wonky as well as my psoas - after she worked on me I WAS better - but it was temporary!
I am sometimes in so much pain I can barely walk, other times it loosens up (usually after I take my pain meds and Robaxin and do my stretches), but this is not resolving - I still limp, it still “twangs” with pain (and stairs are difficult), and continues to plague me. It hurts most when I’m dismounting, and it has an impact on my riding because it’s in the upper inner thigh and hurts when I put my “thigh pit” against the saddle/horse. I get tired from the limping and it’s screwing with my pelvis in general because I feel subtly misaligned. (I also do frequent Feldenkrais lessons/exercises which do help!, but I am unable to do some of them on that right side now.) It doesn’t help that it’s my right, driving leg and lots of time in the car makes it worse!
I’m not sure where to go next with this, but I NEED a full DX, palpation, range of motion tests and an exam so as to get to the root of the problem! So…A different DO?? An orthopedist? Thoughts?
(I thought about a chiro but I did the whole chiro thing for almost 20 years and they all insist that you just keep coming twice a week until the end of time; I’m not willing to do that and they may not be able to fix the issue anyway.)
TIA for any help or suggestions!!!