Expert: Dr. Timothy K. Durnin - 5/9/2007

Question
my doc told me my hips were locked this was last year.went to him got treatment for about six months expense was getting to me,I'm 41 i still play softball every Thursday and tournaments twice a month on weekends.walking  hurts bending to scoop up a ball hurts and once I'm set i can not move left or right without this god awful pain  that stops me dead in my tracks.just to sprint between bases not  happening now this is the kicker no biggie nothing unusual i was having intercourse with my hubby just the inward movement seemed to hit a nerve that caused such a pain that went into my back and down my leg that caused me gasp  it hurt so bad.it was  a tingle to a dramatic pain to where all i wanted was to stop and stretch  my leg out and press in on my hip joint just so it would stop hurting.can u explain is this more than just locked hip joints,also i do have  3 heirnated disc in my neck that i was getting shots for,i collided in the middle of a ball game with another player about 15 years ago that i believed that caused that injury..any way just wanted to let  ya know that i  do have other problems thought one went hand in hand with the other..maybe?also the pain in my hip goes into my butt as well sitting hurts down my and into my back.driving a car just to put the breaks on hurts so much please enlighten me on this ,and who or what type of doctor should i see..  

Answer
Hi Donne,

Sounds like you have a few different things going on, all of which are probably not related. I would find a Chiropractor that did not go to school at Life, Sherman or Palmer and get it looked at. I treat and fix disc herniations without surgery using spinal decompression and flexion/distract therapy. It has been around for decades and has no adverse side effects with a better than 90% success rate. Finding a competent D.C. will be your first challenge, preferably get one that went to the hardest school, NCC is the best, Western States, Oregon LACC, Texas, Canadian Memorial are all good. Let me know where you live and I can help find you a referral.

Dr. Timothy Durnin
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