Whats wrong with me??

Question

I have been having throbbing bone pain around my hip/femur and knee bones. It has gradually gotton worse over time.

Sometimes it hurts to exercise/ but not often. The pain is wayyy worse at night.
I also sometimes get the pains in my other leg.

The other day my dad mentioned that he thought the doctor said I had a possibility of having displaced hips - what does that mean??

Do my symptoms sound like Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis ?
Or something else?


Thanks

Btw I am a female teenager

Answer 1

You need to get yourself to a doctor now before you do any damage to any joints.

An x-ray needs to be done soon.

nfd♥

Answer 2

Its hard to tell from your description exactly where the pain is located, but it sounds like it is not centered on the hip joint, so it doesn't seem like its necessarily a joint problem. If the pain is distributed from your hip to your knee on the outside of the leg, it could be due to nothing more than tightness in the iliotibial band that runs from your hip joint along the outside of your leg, along the bone, and it connects to the tibia just under and slightly behind the knee. This tendon-like connective tissue can get really overstretched in people that are long-legged or after a growth spurt during the teen years. Once its overstretched, it becomes inflamed and it can pull the hip out of alignment and make the joint snap when its moved. It can be corrected with stretching exercises, but sometimes needs an anti-inflammatory drug. This tends to produce a persistent pain that is not sharp, but more of an ache.

Another thing that can cause your symptoms is a pinched nerve in your hip or spine. This type of pain is usually described as a burning feeling or tingly feeling along with the pain.

You can test yourself to see if you have a slipped CFE - Lay on your back on the floor, keep your feet together and raise then until they are perpendicular to the floor. The slowly spread them to make a V. If you have a slipped CFE, this will cause a very sharp pain in your hips. You can also try rotating your leg while standing on one leg by slowly swinging your leg in a big arc. A slipped CFE will cause the joint to catch in places or maybe crunch or pop, or even seize up.

If you think you have a slipped CFE, you need to get to an orthopedic surgeon - you can prevent permanent damage to the joint if you catch this problem early.

Answer 3

First of all I agree with everyone else go to an orthopedic doctor and quit trying to diagnose yourself on the Internet
To answer your question a displaced hip is where the socket can no longer hold the the ball of the hip in place.
You are young and things will heal with time.

Answer 4

Ok first off the doctor should not be trying to guess here. First they need to take xrays to find out exactly what might be going on in there. I don't think you should borrow trouble and your parents should be upfront with you and so should the doctor to keep you from getting scared. You also should not be reading anything on the internet. That will just freak you out more. It could be anything. I suggest you just go back to the doctor and have them figure this out. Hopefully you will be feeling better soon.

Answer 5

go to an orthopedic & get it checked, you are young.