Sudden Hip Pain

This one gets medical care.  I haven't a clue what happened or why.  Just arising from my desk chair, as I experienced an abrupt  tearing pain with a pop came across my upper right hip, just above the greater trochanter.  Self assessment of the pain 8 or 9 on that destructive Fifth Vital Sign scale.  Enough to be memorable, probably just under my tibial fracture when my daughter pushed the ankle into the leg of the kitchen table.  I could stand, but helped myself back to the chair, then got up again.

I considered urgent care, called the primary on call, and pondered my options.  By the time she returned my inquiry, which was suitably prompt, the acute severe element had abated.  I could hobble.  I could bear weight.  One day later I've not taken any analgesics or applied compresses.  No discoloration.  Tenderness had started to localize to an area between the greater trochanter and iliac crest.  I opted to sit out Sunday, then on Monday arrange for an orthopedic assessment.

Over the day, I tried to reacquaint myself with the anatomy and function of the hip.  I assume I had a tendon dislocation, less likely a muscle tear in the absence of bleeding.  I can stand and walk unassisted.  Internal rotation of the femur causes pain. I can flex the femur but when I straighten it with stair climbing in either direction, I feel the pain in the localized area.

I slept adequately.  I can stand for a significant time without having to rest my right leg and hip.  Not long after the sudden onset, I drove to a local nursery, bought a rosemary plant, and placed it in a container outside my front door.  Some pain, but no disability if all I was doing was light walking and driving.

There is a small psychological element, I suppose.  My treadmill sessions had been on hiatus due tor respiratory symptoms, resumed successfully about an hour before the injury, now dormant again.  I have a long awaited synagogue presentation in a few days, now subject to what the orthopedist specialist wants me to do, or even what he might want to do surgically.  And while the forty-year parts warranty ran out decades ago, another reminder that I'm probably going to experience a series of bodily malfunctions as my later years move along.

Submitted a reaquest to the ortho guys for their assessment.  For now continue to ride it out as best I can without analgesics and with prudent limitation of activity.