Re: Clunking hip(s)? Or hip(s) jamming?

May 17, 2004

> Anyone else have hips that will clunk or even grate at times while

> walking? What about hips getting stuck in one position?

Yes. I have a click in the left hip.

> It would get stuck somewhere in joint where I couldn't

> physically sit up until I wiggeled around a bit and got it unjammed.

Yeah, that happens to me now and then. Hurts like the he** when it comes

loose too!

-Barb

May 17, 2004

HEY Rhea,

This sounds JUST like my hips, they click/ clunk/ slip/ slide and

HURT they catch and HURT.

I dislocated my pelvis and also my right hip and SIJ when I was 12

and never had it truly diagnosed back then (remembering I was only

diagnosed at 30).

I am SO glad and amazed that Hannah has come so far fromt he shy

little girl she was.

Good Luck

Sharon

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Anyone else have hips that will clunk or even grate at times while

> walking? What about hips getting stuck in one position? Right

from

> the age of 9 my R hip would seem to slip a bit while I was lying

> down. It would get stuck somewhere in joint where I couldn't

> physically sit up until I wiggeled around a bit and got it

unjammed.

> In the last 2-3 years its started to pull this trick when I get up

> off a sofa/bench/toliet and I have to push on the front of my thigh

> until it clunks and I'm fine. Other times even while walking it

> won't get completely stuck but will all of a sudden change

positions

> slightly just so that weightbearing is incredibly painful until it

> goes back to whatever position it likes to be in. My hips are next

> in line for my physical therapist (poor guy! At least I gave him a

> forewarning this time ;-) ) who thinks its more likely that my hip

is

> slipping around a little and jamming in the socket (much like my

> shoulder does) but doesn't actually dislocate as hips are usually

the

> hardest joint to pop out in a passive way. But he hasn't done his

> official assessment on them yet. I'm just curious to see if others

> have hip issues too that sound similar to this.

>

> I was just out doing shopping at Walmart with my service dog Hannah

> (who has come leaps and bounds with her people shyness and is

turning

> into the best little s-dog ever!) and I did 30 mins slow walking

> (ermm limping) and a bit of standing in line before sitting for

> another 30 mins or so at Mcs and now have had to take a

> percocet for the hip pain. Some days it just gets stiff with

> shopping while my spine, knees, and ankles are the worst, but

usually

> the hips are pretty tempermental.

>

> Soo...someone please tell me that they can clone us new bodies!

>

> BTW any other Canadians getting a bit of this heat wave? **grin**

>

> ((((HUGS)))) and many thanks for the support from my special CEDA

> family.

>

> -Rhea

May 17, 2004

This sounds like me. It happens every morning when I get up. It's

usually my left hip. It hurts and I have to hobble around until it

" pops " , then it's ok. I can actually hear & feel the " pop " . It will also

happen after I've been sitting awhile ( which I try not to do). My right

hip is affected by my sciatic nerve, so getting out of bed in the

morning is a real eye opener due to the pain at first. Then of course my

left knee (which I had surgery on last year) has to go through it's

popping too. Don't know of anything to do for this. I've never asked my

doc, just figured it was loose ligaments. And with me being pregnant,

I've had even more looseness. So I guess we are destined to " snap,

crackle & pop " .

Marla

HEDS

CA

Rhea wrote:

>Hi Everyone,

>

>Anyone else have hips that will clunk or even grate at times while

>walking? What about hips getting stuck in one position? Right from

>the age of 9 my R hip would seem to slip a bit while I was lying

>down. It would get stuck somewhere in joint where I couldn't

>physically sit up until I wiggeled around a bit and got it unjammed.

>In the last 2-3 years its started to pull this trick when I get up

>off a sofa/bench/toliet and I have to push on the front of my thigh

>until it clunks and I'm fine. Other times even while walking it

>won't get completely stuck but will all of a sudden change positions

>slightly just so that weightbearing is incredibly painful until it

>goes back to whatever position it likes to be in. My hips are next

>in line for my physical therapist (poor guy! At least I gave him a

>forewarning this time ;-) ) who thinks its more likely that my hip is

>slipping around a little and jamming in the socket (much like my

>shoulder does) but doesn't actually dislocate as hips are usually the

>hardest joint to pop out in a passive way. But he hasn't done his

>official assessment on them yet. I'm just curious to see if others

>have hip issues too that sound similar to this.

>

>I was just out doing shopping at Walmart with my service dog Hannah

>(who has come leaps and bounds with her people shyness and is turning

>into the best little s-dog ever!) and I did 30 mins slow walking

>(ermm limping) and a bit of standing in line before sitting for

>another 30 mins or so at Mcs and now have had to take a

>percocet for the hip pain. Some days it just gets stiff with

>shopping while my spine, knees, and ankles are the worst, but usually

>the hips are pretty tempermental.

>

>Soo...someone please tell me that they can clone us new bodies!

>

>BTW any other Canadians getting a bit of this heat wave? **grin**

>

>((((HUGS)))) and many thanks for the support from my special CEDA

>family.

>

>-Rhea

>

>To learn more about EDS, visit our website: http://www.ehlersdanlos.ca

>

May 18, 2004

> Anyone else have hips that will clunk or even grate at times while

> walking? What about hips getting stuck in one position?

*********

Yes, Right hip mostly and it is super painful when I cant get it back in!

OUCH!

Debbi

May 18, 2004

Hi,

Yes, my hips clunk when I walk, especially the right one. And they

also get stuck sometimes... In some embarrassing situations too

sometimes, I might add... Nuff said...

Aase Marit

> > Anyone else have hips that will clunk or even grate at times while

> > walking? What about hips getting stuck in one position?

May 18, 2004

Hi,

Yes, my hips clunk when I walk, especially the right one. And they

also get stuck sometimes... In some embarrassing situations too

sometimes, I might add... Nuff said...

Aase Marit

> > Anyone else have hips that will clunk or even grate at times while

> > walking? What about hips getting stuck in one position?

May 18, 2004

Yikes! I'm sorry so many others have to fight with their hips too!

I'm really surprised to see how many people are fighting with the

same problem, and yes it DOES hurt doesn't it! GRR

Thanks for the feedback gals. I'll let you know if I find anything

that helps..

HUGS

-Rhea

May 18, 2004

From: Rhea

Anyone else have hips that will clunk or even grate at times while walking?

What about hips getting stuck in one position?

~~~

Hi Rhea~

since I turned 50 (3+ yrs ago) I sure know about clunking, snapping, and grating

hips.....they're not as bad as some of my other joints tho'.

At times the clunk happens while bending over while seated, so my upper body is

between my knees, It clunks soooo loud. But it feels good, like a lot of

pressure/tightness has been relieved inside the hip.

I now have problems externally rotating my one hip. It feels like something is

caught in the joint .

It's bad enough to have knees that buckle/grate, pop, grind, etc....I don't need

problems with my hips too....like giving out (that's when it gets stuck like

that!) and having the piriformus muscle (runs across the buns right over the

sciatic nerve) start in.

Then the SI joint slips out .....what fun we have living in these bodies of

ours.

CindyH

Wisc.

May 18, 2004

My hips go bump in the night - and at other times. Mostly my left

lately - until a few years ago it was my right - go figure.

I have found relief my working on my glute muscles and piraformis and

whatever else muscles there are back there - seems the muscles were

pulling on those poor fragile joints.

Actually, I prefer to have them a bit stiff - when they get really

loosened up I end up with a real 'wiggle in my walk'. I feel like

they are never going to stop going sideways and who knows where I'll

end up.

May 19, 2004

Hi Rhea

My hips do the same thing. They'll pop out while I'm walking and I'll end up on

the ground, although, I'm quite good at catching myself before I fall now. I can

lean sideways and see/feel the tendon slip over the joint. There is also times

when I'll be walking or standing, and I'll feel/hear a clunk in my lower back.

(right at the top of my hip) It's extremely painful. There are only certain

times when my hips get stuck... I won't tell you when but I will say that my

husband, Tom is always right there to put it back in. He literally has to lift

my leg right up until it slides back in. I can't move until he gets it in place.

BTW, I enjoyed a beautiful day yesterday but it's pouring rain right now.

(Better than the snow we had last week) Canada is a beautiful place where if you

don't like the weather, wait a few minutes, it'll change!

Onale

May 19, 2004