I’m a 24 year old male. I’ve been experiencing a burning sensation in my hips for several months. The pain is worse on my right side compared to my left, and much worse when walking. When training it doesn’t bother me as much but it does get mildly inflamed. I’ve gone to two physical therapists, one of which being an SSC. The first physical therapist diagnosed me with femoral acetabular impingement. He ordered an X-ray, and saw nothing “wrong” with my hips but still diagnosed me with FAI anyway. I did the silly PT exercises for a few weeks. Didn’t help. Got an MRI on my hips, and came back with a good report. No damage was found according to whoever viewed it. Then I went to another PT who’s also a Starting Strength coach. Went over my training history and injury history. Told him I had a lumbar disc injury 3 years ago and described the pain I’m feeling now. He said the burning sensation in my hips could be from my back injury years ago. I trained with him, 3 days a week for a couple of weeks doing the standard starting strength LP. He cleaned up my form a bit, and advised that I continue to train. It’s been months since then, I’ve been going back and forth with linear progression, unsure if I should push through this pain or not. When the weights start getting heavy, the pain increases, but again, it’s worse when walking.
I know it can be difficult to give medical advice over the internet, but I’m at a loss. This pain is interfering with work, and overall daily tasks. Of course I want to train and get stronger. I’d absolutely love nothing more than that but not at the expense of potentially causing further damage. I would greatly appreciate any advice. I’m debating what my next move should be. If i should find yet another doctor, or continue to train through pain even if it makes it worse as the load progresses. Thank you for taking the time to read this and again I greatly appreciate any advice.