Okay, this has gone on long enough.

Honestly when it first started I thought it was a good thing - that my external rotators, chronically tight on the right, were loosening up as a result of my postural work, and twinging in the process.

Doesn't seem to be that way now.

The pain seems to be pretty much in the glute medius, only on the right. I can't feel any spasm when I palpate it, but it's tender to the touch and on movement ... the last few days, at rest.

Hip flexion brings a little irritation and ROM isn't what it normally is. ROM on pigeon pose or figure 4 stretch is markedly reduced, and those moves are quite painful.

In case you're wondering, it didn't start right after the marathon. It wasn't exactly acute onset at all, although I can kind of point to where it started. I did go for a couple of short runs without a problem after the marathon. The first week of June I taught a strength class with a lot of emphasis on the hips, and I had a good deal of soreness afterward that I took for DOMS. Three days later I went for a 10-miler and felt that my hips were still sore from that effort. My log says both hips.

After that I got an awful cold and was laid up for a few days, then on my next run which was June 21 I logged that I was "feeling a little pull in the right hip external rotators." I didn't log any problem on the 10-miler I did on the 25th, in fact I noted that it felt good.

July the 2nd, I did mile repeats. Then we went to a ball game that turned out to be SRO. So it was run hard, sit in the car for an hour, walk a mile from the parking lot and stand around on concrete for three hours. My hip hurt a lot that night. Ever since then, it hasn't felt right and it's been getting progressively worse. Now it hurts after any activity.

The last day or so it's been hurting even at rest. I seem to have a bit of nerve impingement now - very subtle sensory changes, intermittent warmth in the leg, a bit of pins and needles in the foot.

I haven't found anything that really relieves it. And I don't have a doctor I trust, or have any clue how to find one - I've had a LOT of bad experiences with medical care in this area, and no really good ones with any specialty other than mental health. Help.