Why there is pain in the thigh (hip) joints during walking and at rest?

Pain in hip joint can cause a lot of trouble, ranging from simple discomfort to loss of mobility of the legs. The fact that the hips are the largest in size, the joints, the anatomy of which is designed for constant loads. All joints relax only when the person takes a horizontal position. The pain occurs only when there is a violation of the functionality of the joints. This situation may cause the destruction of cartilage, leading to the immobilization of the limb.

Therefore it is very important to pay attention to what appear in inner thigh pain. After all, the sooner people seek help, the better and more successful the treatment will be.

Why is there pain?

In medicine it is accepted to divide the manifestation of pain in hip joints on three main groups:

1. Anatomy. If the joint begins to change the structure, for example, under the impact of an injury or because of a congenital dislocation, it will be accompanied by pain. There are a number of diseases that contribute to the deviation of the femoral head, and in addition to the discomfort it will cause and disturbances in gait.
2. Pathology. This category includes processes that affect the cartilage and bone of the hip joint, involving the musculo-ligamentous apparatus. These reasons may be injury, inflammation, degenerative change.
3. Violations. There is severe pain in the hip can be caused by dysfunction of the joints and other internal organs or systems. This situation is often observed in people with back problems, buttocks or groin, when the pain experienced in the hip. If a person is not fully heals inflammation, it causes neuritis of the sciatic nerve, lumbar sciatica or piriformis syndrome. All these moments can be reflected pain in the hips.

Sometimes, the pain occurs in hip joints and children (even infants). Here the problem is provoked by the development of congenital diseases. But for older people the cause of pain may be arthrosis.

There are reasons that cause the discomfort in hip joint, not only when walking but also at rest, and age or sex differences will not be here:

• the various forms of arthritis;
• such unpleasant diseases as rheumatism, bursitis, synovitis and tendonitis
• if a person is injured, which resulted in the affected ligaments and muscles, for example, contusion, sprain and even a rupture;
• sore joint and after providing him a strong impact, which can cause at best, dislocated, and at worst – displaced fracture.

Classification femoral pain

If your leg hurting in the thigh, to do own conclusions in any case is not recommended. Here need professional help. Only he can appoint the examination, which will help to identify the cause of pain. However, the nature of the discomfort may suggest to a person what exactly can be the problem:

1. Mechanical pain. This form of discomfort occurs when you walk or if a man has on his feet a heavy load. Grabs some rest in a horizontal position so that the pain is gone. But such a situation often indicates that there is a risk of the development of coxarthrosis. Or muscle ligaments and tendons were stretching that is common in beginners.
2. Starting pain. A discomfort that occurs when the synovitis or arthritis. It manifests itself usually in the morning, but literally in half an hour the pain subsides as the leg rasskazyvaetsya. However, each morning the situation will be repeated.
3. Sharp pain. If there is such a feeling, then most likely, the thigh had been hit. Dislocation and fracture is accompanied by impairment of the functionality of the hip, which to bear weight on leg becomes impossible. Here it is necessary to evaluate the effect of mechanical impact. And if the pain persists for a long time, for help refer to specialists. The acute form occurs due to internal inflammation.
4. Sharp pain may indicate arthritis, which affects not only the hip joint, but the entire pubic region. The feeling can occur in the right or left knee. Especially backache manifest themselves when you change the position of the feet, for example, when a person sat, and then stood up. Walking becomes difficult, and at night the pain may even be aggravated, and the change of position doesn't bring relief.
5. Arthritis causes pain sharp in nature, like arthritis. The only difference is that the discomfort occurs when you walk. But as soon as the leg takes the load, the pain pass.

If a sore joint only during active movements, this may indicate bursitis or tendonitis. First the disease makes itself felt pain in the outer part of the buttocks, and the second, the disease manifests itself by pain only during active movements. In the case of running of bursitis or tendinitis of the hip joint begins to lose its ability to take the leg out to the side and lie down on this side will be extremely painful.

It Should be said that the thigh pain can occur during pregnancy. Here the situation will have to look further, because such discomfort can be caused by late timing, when the size of the fetus become quite large and put pressure on nearby organs and tissues. And yet pregnant is better to go for a consultation with a specialist, to avoid unpleasant complications.

Other causes of discomfort

As noted Above, that ache in the left or right hip may be due to the presence of a disease. There are a number of diseases that provoke it is a symptom like pain. The final diagnosis can be put only after a thorough examination. About the arthritis, tendonitis, arthrosis and synovitis has been mentioned above, but there are other diseases that carry such unpleasant sensations.

If a sore thigh, it could be:

1. Infection. The main causes are pain, influenza viruses, Streptococcus and Staphylococcus. If this is the problem, the disease will progress very quickly. The patient may experience fever and joint will begin to swell. This situation will be accompanied by severe pain, especially if your feet touch or attempt to move it. If the problem is tuberculous arthritis, the development will be slow. Initially the patient will experience mild discomfort when walking, the pain will radiate to the middle part of the thigh, and in some cases it will be passed to the knee. The more the disease develops, the harder it is to move the affected joint. But in the area formed a lump, which tends to increase.
2. Genetic predisposition. This pain occurs because of the disease Legg-calve-Perthes, and this disease is more common in the strong half of mankind. In this case, the pain will be felt on only one side – left or right. It should be noted that discomfort may initially arise in the hip joint, and in one of his knees.
3. the Education of benign and malignant character. In this situation the patient can only feel that the pain concentrated in the joint, when the real problem may lie in the nearby organs or soft tissues. There largely is to focus on what kind of tumor and where it was formed. These points are particularly hazardous to health when the problem is a malignant tumor. If time does not take any measures, that people can not only remain disabled, but and die. These consequences underscore the importance of seeking professional help. As for the medication, it is best not to use it. Self diagnose myself not even a doctor, you need to undergo a full examination before you begin treatment.

What to do when such symptoms?

Definitely going to the doctor! Especially if the pain tends to come back more often, while it increases its intensity.

But sometimes, for whatever reason, seek help from a doctor is not possible. In this case, there are several recommendations that will help not to complicate the problem with femoral joint and to help. So, what to do:

1. the first is to unload the leg. For this purpose it is necessary to ensure bed rest, and if that does not work, then when walking to use a cane.
2. to reduce pain do not use ibuprofen or paracetamol that will help to stop inflammation in the joint.
3. it is also Desirable to have at hand Fastum-gel or indovazin that can be used for rubbing the thigh.

It is Recommended that a gentle massage and rubbing of the patient area.

Also never use a warm heating pad, but in any case not hot, otherwise, if you have joint inflammation, it will begin from elevated temperature only improve.

All these points will help to get through a visit to the doctor. Only a specialist will be able to inspect and assign a course of therapy. In addition, it is recommended to visit the orthopedic surgeon. All remedial actions must be assigned in accordance with the situation, and for that, one needs to know what caused the pain and what is the stage of the disease.