I've noticed in the past week or so that my hip is hurting while doing my walks/runs. Right side where my leg meets my hip. It makes a popping sensation every time I make a stride. Hurts a fair amount too Anyone had an injury like that. Almost feels like it's 1/2 dislocated or something.
Possible Illiotibial Band Syndrome. Get a foam roller (like a pool noodle), put it on the floor and roll out the sides of your quads on both sides.
Also do stretches where you lay on your side and lift your top leg up, then down. Repeat 10 times per side. (Sorry it's hard to describe; I'm still a bit drunk right now )
Stretch. Stretch. More stretching.
As SociallyChallenged said above, don't just stretch that area, either. Stretch elsewhere as well. Stop running for at least a week to 10 days. Revert back to slow walks, and with a steady stretching regimen, slowly increase the pace and distance.
If you push your luck, you could severely injure yourself and have to dedicate months to recovery.
it sounds like you have a piriformis issue causing a trochanteric bursitis. there's a very high likelihood that you have a plevic obliquity. see a chiropractor and have him adjust it back to normal, otherwise it'll just be an ongoing issue off and on as time goes on. you can do just the stretches and whatnot, but it's not going to reset the pelvis to how it should be, thereby taking the tensions off of the structures causing the bursitis. i think it's best to do both... that way the adjustment will last and you won't need to do the stretches all the time forever.
A physiotherapist can easily do a pelvic readjustment too. I've had mine readjusted many times over the years.
You can keep it aligned by doing regular "hip-bridging" and stretching the piriformis on both sides.
a pt does a general mobilization/manipulation... not a specific adjustment. chiropractors do that.
...Unless you meet a PT with a level 5 mobilization cert
not sure what that is, but i can guarantee it's not a specific chiropractic adjustment with a specific line of drive, velocity, and amplitude aimed at correcting a specific misalignment.
It actually is. I believe it takes a lot to get a grade 5 certification, but they can actually do full-blown manipulations of the back, neck, hip, etc. I knew a PTA (go figure) who had a ton of experience and got a grade 5 certification. He did most things a chiropractor could do.
Why isn't he a chiropractor? Did he take years of chiropractic technique courses to learn how to adjust? Has he gotten sued yet?