Left hip and leg pain

Question

I am not sure what is wrong with me...but I have been going to the chiropractor for about 2 1/2 months now to get my hip put back in place. I am a 21 year old female and prior to the pain starting I have not had any incident that I know of that would cause this. Since I have went to the chiropractor I have got it put in place 7 times. It barely holds for 24 hours and my Doctor says to get xrays done to rule out things. He has said he is discouraged that it won't stay in place, and so am I. The pain is sometimes unbearable. I am just taking tylenol arthritis to take the edge off but it is still there no matter what. The pain is the worst at night when I try to lay down to sleep and when I wake up. Once I am up and moving it seems to calm down a little. I don't do any heavy lifting or any drastic movements that are out of the ordinary and I just don't know what it could be.

anuragsrivastava · Answer

Thank you for your question. This pain in left leg and hip you are having can occur due to impingement, irritation or compression of nerve of thigh or in back. Most frequently involved nerve is lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh (which is branch of femoral nerve). This condition is called meralgia paraesthetica which manifests itself as pain, tingling or burning sensation of outer thigh. It may occur due to injury to nerve either due to spinal deformity or along its path to thigh by any ligament or tendon stretch, excessive tight clothing (therefore it is also called "jeans disease"), diabetic neuropathy or damage to nerve after any surgery etc. Please consult your doctor to get all these possibilities evaluation in your case for further assessment. Hope this helps.

ggreg · Answer

Go to your regular doc, or if you don't have a regular one, go to the county health department as a walk-in and ask the physician you see there to order a scan of your hip joint.  There are many reasons why it might be coming out of its joint that have nothing to do with any recent trauma or strain, which the scan would show this.  Then the docs can go from there.  In the meantime, when you sleep, try to stay on one side and put that hip's knee under a pillow, to keep it elevated, so it won't hurt as much.