Caleb had left hip pain only for the first year. Now it's in both hips.

That's how mine started but mine was right hip but it was just one spot. Years later I realized it was the tenderspot we have with fibro that was causing the pain.

Have you seen the fibro.org sheet showing where are tenderpoints are located? I massage it gently and put biofreeze on it and it might help some.

Magic, I use biofreeze too....good stuff! Blue Goo works about the same and costs almost 1/2 as much (when I can find it).
My hips take turns on which one is worse. Left side has come back with a vengeance in the last week! Stabbing , burning pain accompanied by jerking spasms.
but then, I reckon every day I wake up on the green side of the grass is worth being thankful for.

Hi. New to this board but not fibromyalgia. It's my right hip too. I haven't found anything that helps. Good luck.

Have you been evaluated for Bursitis? It is a common problem among people with Fibromyalgia. I have it in both hips and shoulders. Take care.

I have left hip pain due to bursitis I've had for nearly 30 years. One of my legs is slightly shorter than the other and it's created a state of chronic inflammation in the bursa.

Probably not your problem though, as a competent chiro would have picked up on that immediately.

What I mean to say is the length issue is probably not your problem - doesn't mean it's not bursitis, which a chiro would not be qualified to diagnose or treat.

It could also be tight muscles in the area - but if that's the case your chiro should have picked up on that and given you stretches to do.

That's all I've got - but at least it's a few questions to ask.

I get horrible hip pain on my right side, my fibro started with my right knee and right hip. I use the icyhot/tigerbalm patches or biofreeze like Magic and when I go to yoga (slacker lol) the stretching helps. there are a few poses that really help stretch that hip muscle out. I just got a portable tens machine too to see if that helps.

Yes - I have had left hip pain for years - it was diagnosed as bursitis for years but the steroid shots never helped. When I went to a pain clinic they said it was from my lower spine and fibro. The pain levels were extremely high - for months at a time. Just last year it flared for 6 months . It would be nice to go a whole year without dealing with it. When it is the tenderpoint that is hurting for me - the pain levels are not as high and it will come and go and I can get relief with products and heat or ice.

Yes I do have bursitis in hips thighs elbows shoulders and have for 20 years. I should have bought stock in Tiger balm, bio freeze etc. I would have made myself rich! If is quite interesting how many of us have this issue! Wonder what the causative factor is with this?

I usually get hip in one side, and it will last for few days. Next time, it may be the other side, but the one sided pain is definitely there.

Yes, my left hip and leg hurt all of the time. My right hurts on and off, but left all of the time

Wow! So far a lot of us have this? How many of us have had back injuries? For some reason when I was being tested for fibro by the state doc she asked if I had ever broke my back because I am also hyperreflexic.

I have had right hip pain as long as I can remember; long before the fibro diagnosis. I have physical therapy and they told me one leg was shorter than the other.

I used Voltaren gel which works great, however my practitioner just prescribed a formulated cream which works even better. It has like 5 active ingredients in it, including baclofen, gabapentin, etc.

My masseuse tells me it's from inactivity. Left hip pain, and so I'm beginning to walk on the treadmill and to lubricate my joints with the bike, too. We need to move our bodies, and mostly I prefer to lie down in my warm bed. Got to go to gym again.

When I did have bursitis one time it was different then tenderpoint pain. I knew something was wrong because when I walked it felt like my leg bone was slipping out of the hip joint .

I went to an ortho, he xrayed it and said bursitis and gave me a cortisone shot. I could feel the slipping way down inside where the tenderpoint is right there on my hip.