hip pains on both sides- problem with abduction plz help

[ratran]

hey guys, im hoping some of you can guide me and tell me if you know what this could be

im very active and love to play soccer. when i was younger i had tractions on my hips because at one point they were horrible and i couldnt even walk. so they put weights on my legs and stretched them apart. that helped and i havent looked back since.

however, i realized 2-3 years ago that slowly, that whenever i tried to do the splits, or abduction movement. i got the same pain on both side of my hips. it felt like a very deep pain. slowly, my range of motion started decreasing and now its pretty horrible. i have very poor rotational movement of my hips if i went to rotate outwards on both sides and it hurts. i dont know whether its my muscles hurting, or if its my nerves tangles or something more serious such as arthritis. however, its on BOTH hips. another thing is that it doesnt affect my running, sprinting whatsover as im very fast otherwise. its just that my side-side agility has become quiet horrible and affected my game drastically. i got x rays done, bone scans done, but both showed normal blood counts and no problem. either the doctors dont know, werent bothered but i know there is something wrong. it is not normal for a guy for 20 years old to perform hip abduction movement and complain about the hips rather then to complain that he is stretching his groin. i cant even stretch enough to stretch my groin. plz

thanks. plz email me at ratran@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca for help