Horrible pain in lower back/hip/butt...help!?

for the last 3 months ive been feeling this acute pain in the right side of my lower back/hip/butt area. i cant pinpoint whether its coming from my back, hip or butt, but its from one single location. if i had to choose one, i would say its my butt. i can usually walk without pain except with a slight limp but when i try to jump or run it hurts horribly and whenever i try to push off of my right side it just gives way and i stumble and it hurts really bad. im 20 years old and play a varietys of sports including football and soccer goalkeeper, so theres a chance its from diving or getting hit but i have no recollection of any one thing that happened that would have caused it. ive been hurt here and there for the last 6-7 years from sports but never in that area. since it started hurting 3 months ago i have not been able to play any sports or even jog. ive played through pretty much every other injury ive had but this one is killing me...can anyone tell me what it is?

It sounds like sciatica and you may need an injection from the doctor and some physio. The GP will also offer you some anti-inflammatory tablets for pain relief.

Sounds like sciatica to me. Your sciatic nerve runs down thru your back, your hips, both sides of your bum, down your legs, all the way to your feet. You've irritated your sciatic nerve somehow...I would go to the doctor and see what can be done about it. I know that it's very painful; my mom had that for a number of years. Hope you feel better!

Go to a Chiropractor - they are the best type of doctor to go to for sciatica. I had the same problem, went to all kinds of doctors and got no relief, finally went to a chiropractor and he fixed the problem 100% in 1 visit. It was like a miracle.

sciatica, thats wat it sounds like. Carefully do this: stand up, put your right hand on th highest part of your right hip bone at the side of your body with your thumb pointing down, now push your thumb down into your buttock, if at this point you have extreem pain its probabl sciatic nerve pain. Really dig your thumb into the pain spot there and rub for 5 minutes, it will feel realy good afterwards. i do that as soon as i get some pain and it feels really good/bad.

It could be an impact injury to your lower spine causing the pain to radiate to the areas you describe. I think you should see a sports physiotherapist for treatment.

Is the pain worse when you first get up in the morning?

Keep mobile but avoid any jumping or hard exercise in that area until you have a confirmed diagnosis.

Good luck

well it may mimic the symptoms of sciatica but according to me it is more of a Sacroiliac joint problem,
if it is so thn it will aggavate while u r standing on ur one leg(on painful side leg) while avoiding any weight on ur normal side leg.


to confirm it while lying down in bed u try to bring ur knee to chest on painful side(with bend knee) and then bring ur knee towards ur opposite shoulder while u r lying in bed. if it aggravates ur pain then it might b not due to scitica but due to sacroiliac join problem.

u may also need to get urself to rule out any discripency between both of ur leg lengths. if there is any difference in the lengths of ur right leg with respect to ur left leg ,thn it is responsible to put strain on ur low back and put u in a painful state. if it is the cause thn u may need to take a shoe insole on the side of ur smaller leg to reduce the symptoms of pain and to resume ur daily work and spors.

analgesics may help but they r temporarily ok, they just block ur pain sensations. so alongwith taking analgesics and rest, u also need right treatment for the right cause. for this u may refer to some good physiotherapist.
all the best and take care

Go to doctor,might be your kidneys!