Des Plaines, IL
A 29-year-old female asked:
Pain (r)lower back & front,hip,groin, at times gluteal muscles. walk w a limp, at times feels like hip bone locked & have to wiggle it out. hip issue?
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Dr. Laurence Badgleyanswered
General Practice 53 years experience
Yes: Young female has "hip" discomfort & sense of "locking" + radiation of pain to groin. These symptoms are compatible w. sacroiliac joint, SIJ, disorder. Vertebral disk disorders do not radiate to groin, but SIJ does. Absent childbirth or mechanical injury of SIJ, there becomes a need to consider contribution of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, JHS. Osteopaths have diagnostic skills in this arena.
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Dr. Laurence Badgley commented
General Practice 55 years experience
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OSTEOPATHY:
Osteopaths are trained in general medicine & are experts of musculoskeletal functions & disorders. They are adept at diagnosing soft tissue causes of chronic pain disorders; especially common ones secondary to mundane injuries.
Aug 16, 2015
Dr. Laurence Badgley commented
General Practice 55 years experience
Provided original answer
SIJ DISORDER/MED LIT:
The peer-reviewed medical literature reports that between 13 and 30% of persons with chronic low back pain experience pain generation from a disordered sacroiliac joint. Yet, the diagnosis is infrequently entertained. Interested clinicians can review my bibliography of sacroiliac joint disorder amongst my writings at Quora.com; on my Pain Syndrome Board.
Aug 16, 2015
Dr. Laurence Badgley commented
General Practice 55 years experience
Provided original answer
Most doctors of medicine in the United States are ignorant how to properly diagnose sacroiliac joint disorder. The Occupational Disability Guidelines (ODG), a compendium devoted to industrial injury diagnosis and therapy, describes about 16 clinical signs that can be utilized to diagnose sacroiliac joint disorder.
Aug 16, 2015
Last updated Nov 27, 2017
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