Question: I am nearly 70 and have acute pain in one leg. It hurts only when I try to lift it, put my weight on it, or walk up hill or stairs. I do regular back exercises and the only one that hurts is putting my leg internally rotated on the bed; leaning my head on the bed is OK. I had a similar problem earlier in the year when I hadn't been doing exercises - never accurately diagnosed although I went to a physio and chiropracter. I thought it was trochanteric bursitis (by exclusion and the internet.) Totally resolved for the last six months. No back pain at all.
By the way I am a doctor, but it doesn't help much as I am a retired pathologist; my daughter is a psychiatrist and has examined my hip. It is slightly tender just above the hip joint. Passive adduction was painful. Active flexion and adduction impossibly painful. But I can walk. Do I need a hip X-ray??
Thank you for your help!

I should have said, I had a hip xray early in the year which was negative; but maybe they only xrayed one side. I'm going to check.
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Thanks. That supports what a GP friend of my daughter said - i.e. don't have an X-ray, especially when it was OK (minor OA left >right; mine now is right-sided). I'll do what you say and hope it gets better; and will have an MRI if not.
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