Well, I've only run twice in the last 6-7 weeks. Today I went to see my rheumatologist for my fibro. check and asked him about my hip. It's just not getting better. He poked around, asked me where it hurt, and checked my rom. After he asked if it hurt somewhere in the front, around my hip/lower ab, and I reacted strongly, he brought me in the office and told me it's a disc problem. I knew a couple of my discs were a little degenerated, but pretty much what would be expected for someone my age, who did a lot of high impact stuff for years.
So, after a bit of wrangling, I am on a short course of prednisone. He wanted to add some heavy duty anti-inflammatory, but I can't hack those. Then he wanted to use a muscle relaxant, but when I saw the side effects, no way. So, I will try and do some Advil and take it with an antacid. He said if it is not better after a month, to call and he will schedule an interventional radiology shot of cortisone.
He didn't freak out when I told him I had been running for 7 months and I thought this was the cause. He said that I probably should not run over 3 miles, especially when the issue started around the time I increased my mileage to 4-5 miles. So, if it clears up, I will be happy to be able to do 5k a couple of times a week, because I miss it! He also didn't tell me to stop riding; however, no yoga (it really aggravates the pain).