Groin pain

Jayneyb

Hello. I have a diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis which is fairly well managed with biologic injections. I have had pain in my groin for over three years. I have had every scan and test there is. At the beginning I was told mild arthritic changes and an osteophyte. The groin pain is triggered by sitting upright, driving, having my legs pressed together in bed. It is a sharp pain deep in my groin. I have hip stiffness and walk with a slight limp. Walking long distance causes the groin pain. The consultant has told me the pain is not coming from my hip. I am at my wits end. I have no gynaecological issues. Nerve conduction tests were negative. I don’t know what to do next. This affects my daily living every day. The only thing that ever helped was a diagnostic local anaesthetic injection into my hip joint which stopped all pain for three days. Consultant said that’s meaningless as it would have numbed the entire area. Any ideas? Thanks for reading.

claudsl

Hi @JaneyB

I have done a little research on this for you and a lot of people say they get groin pain when they have arthritis in their hip. Is your hip one of the areas affected by arthritis? I am presuming it is if you had a steroid injection in it? I also read it can be referred pain, I will link the post below and you can have a read through some of the comments.

Hip replacement v groin pain — Versus Arthritis

Hope this helps! Claudia x

frogmorton

Have you had a scan/X-ray of that hip? The amount of people on here who will cite hip pain as being the number one clue to arthritis in their hips is incredible.

You need to be assertive I think and ask for some imaging. Your GP can refer you or a physio or consultant but they sound like they are in denial.

Good luck

Toni x