Groin pain-unable to lift leg

[jlwanderer]

I am an avid hiker, biker kayaker etc.  For four months I've been unable to lift my leg without pain. Example, getting into a car. I have to lift my right leg.  To cross my legs when sitting I have to lift my leg.  It is undiagnosed but my GP sent me to Physical Therapy.  They have no idea, but have me doing pilates style exercises.  Nothing is changing. I'm worried, frustrated and miss my life the way it was. Any ideas what this might be, what type of Dr. I should see?  Help

[jellybaby120]

After my hip replacement i could not lift my leg, climbing stairs, getting into car, putting on slacks or any movement lifting my leg. The pain is excruciating and it feels like a muscle is taring out of my groin and goes down the upper leg. Please help me have tried everything and the doctors don't know what it is. I just want my life  back. I am only 46 years and feel 10 years older having this restrictions.

[Back1ash]

Im gonna check into some of these things that were mentioned above.  I have had a similar pain the last few months where i physically can not lift my left leg from time to time and when i can it is never without pain.  The original injury i went to sit on my bed and folded the left leg to sit and heard a pop in my hip.  Additionally some may think to get weight bearing exrays of your back as i have a pressed nerve that may be related to the pain.  my l4 slides forward 4mm on top of mt l5 pulling on the nerves.  I had these exrays done as part of a consult with a chiropractor.  Generally these back exrays are taken laying down which will not reveal the mechanic that are going on in your spine.  in other words you wont see it unless you are standing for the exray.

[Djg123]

I would suggest to many of you that you may have a labral tear- I have similar symptoms of groin/hip crease pain that radiates down my leg and into the abdomen at times, and was just diagnosed with a labral tear after a full year of suffering. Good luck!

[Kracker55]

Very good comment.  I had a chewed up left labrum and it gave me all kinds of pain in my butt, back and leg.  7 years later I am starting to have real issues with my right leg and all ready have a bakers cyst behind my right knee and I engage way more muscles to life my right leg than my left.  My right feels like it weighs a ton compared to my left

[ssc123]

have your sartorius muscle checked out, it is incharge of lifting your leg and rotating it. it is the longest muscle in your body. I have all the same symptoms and it is due to this muscle. if u stand up and can not place your foot on your opposite knee, or sit down and can not cross your injured leg then it most likely due to a problem with your sartorious, good luck

[Dr Vinod]

Do get yourself examined of the groin pain problem. If there is some ligament problem which is not cured can give rise to arthritis in the future. Taking an appointment near an orthopaedician for a routine examination is good for you!

(Snapping hip may be due to dislocation of the hip, posterior dislocation is common)

Take care

[ivyagogo]

I've had a groin pull problem for about 15 years.  It was so stupid.  I was cleaning my apartment and decided to slide across the floor like Tom Cruise in Risky Business.  One leg slid, the other didn't and ...rip!  It was unbearable for a few days but it eventually healed to the point where it didn't hurt every day.  Now, it doesn't hurt except when I really work it.  I took a gymnastics class yesterday and it is killing me today.  Yes, after 15 years.

What you describe however, sounds like sciatica to me.  I had that too for a while.  I had to lift my leg with my hands to get in and out of the car.  If I sat for too long, my butt cheek and my leg would hurt like the dickens.  My leg was really tight, almost impossible to lift, and stretching was pretty much out of the question.  This took about 5 months to heal with the help of chiropractic.