I ran 6k of the marathon. Stretching made no difference. I tried to change my running style but it made no difference. When I struggled to lift my leg up a gutter I knew it wasn’t good.
When the niggle was developing it just felt like a strain. Stiff to start, but felt ok warming up. Then as I ran over a two week period it hurt more, especially going down hill. Googling told me maybe OP.
After I pulled out I limped back to the train and went home. I could walk, but every step was sore. Standing up ached. I couldn’t stand on one leg to get dressed. I also couldn’t get in the car leg first. Needed to sit the swing my leg around. Sitting was ok.
On Monday I got in to the physio – one experienced in sports. He rejected OP and a groin strain, and referred me to get an MRI.
That week was a big week for me. I had a work conference involving lots of teamwork activities, a dinner and lots of standing, as well was walking through airports. I also was playing guitar for my kids’ school music concert, which involved a full day of rehearsals, followed by two performances on another day, all carting my 30kg amp.
I thought if I can just get through the week then I can recover sitting down at work the next week.
Had the MRI on the Friday, but my physio was then away for a week or so….
Through the next week the day to day pain was better but still hurt. No chance of getting into the car properly or standing on one leg. I did swim a few times, slowly and with minimal kicking.
As the whole aching pain subsided slightly I could isolate the most intense pain to a point right under my pelvis on the left hand side of what I now know as the pubis ramus.
A journey through running and cycling 