The back arthritis has given you problems with your hip without arthritis being there? Owie...and I also noted what you said about your hamstring and IT band.

I guess that I am not all that surprised, yet I wasn't expecting to hear this today. I figured they wouldn't find anything but apparently our attempts to rule things out just aren't working very well. At least it is more pieces of the puzzle. No one in my family has problems with arthritis, outside of minor osteoarthritis in the hands, so I am hoping that this will be like the arthritis in my shoulders - it has been there for 10 years but it hasn't become worse.

Is it common for most doctors to offer drug injections in almost the same breath that they tell you that you have arthritis? He seemed a little surprised that I am going the PT route.

At least it isn't keeping me off the bike Friday is ~50 degrees and no rain until the evening!

Bike = Fun (to steal someone's signature from this forum)