Hip pain/stretching suggestions?

[Kathi]

Another vote for an evaluation. When my SI joint went wonky I had pain in my right hip, knee and foot. After getting it aligned all hip pain on the right side went away. Interesting thing is the misalignment was on the left side and there is arthritis in that SI joint, but medical persons kept treating the right side. Now if I get pain it is consistently on the left and I've found some trigger points in the hip that calm the pain down when I work on them. Due to the misalignment my right hip muscles were weaker. I'm finally regaining the strength on that side and can tell the difference especially when hiking and skiing.

The 1st PT didn't find the SI joint problem. He was doing a lot of manipulation and had me doing a lot of stretching and strengthening exercises which were making things worse. He finally gave up and told me to go do Pilates. Later, a different PT solved the mystery.