Hip and buttock pain

[Vexer]

I've been suffering from some issues in my hip and butt for a few months now. I originally went to a chiropractor and while this helped with the symptoms some, it was not getting me completely better. I went to an ortho and was diagnosed with a hip stress fracture. I was off for about 6 weeks healing that and started running again. After running for about 5 weeks, I started experiencing similar pain in my glute - side and back. I went back to the doctor and he thinks that a torn glute muscle he saw in my first MRI is rearing up again and that I have tendonitis where my hamstring meets my hip.

Fortunately the pain from where the torn muscle has diminished significantly. The pain from the tendonitis is still there a bit and I'm feeling a little twingy pain in the front of the hip where the stress fracture was. We are awating the MRI results - hopefully tomorrow. But if it does turn out to be best case scenario and only the muscle and tendonitis (no stress fracture), how long of a recovery period can I be looking at? And what type of PT can I expect?

Thank you!

[Heidi]

Its difficult to answer how long this will take as it depends on the severity of your particular case.

For hamstring tendonitis the usual treatment ca be seen here:

http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/back/buttocks/hamstring_tendinitis.htm

[Vexer]

Thank you. What about the muscle tear part? I wasn't able to find anything on this site about muscle tears and wondered about that as well.

[Heidi]

No, torn glute muscles are not particularly common. Provided it is only a partial tear and so relatively minor it should heal well with rest, followed by a rehab program including stretching, strengthening and massage.