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Well i'm just doing some exercises and stretches at the moment - but its possible that x-rays will be needed

I consulted a physiotherapist, and I'm quite sure I have some sort of Femoral Acetabular Impingement (FAI) - It is present in both hips, and is only present at the sides where the leg would go in a mawashi geri.

I tried standing straight and swinging my leg up on each side, while keeping my foot pointing forward. I can barely get it to about 2 thirds of the way up to hip height. At this height, the pain is present but mild, and I notice that the limiting factors for this leg lift feel a bit like inflexibility and muscular insufficiency. The other day I felt a very intense instance of this pain that I am talking about. Ill explain how I found it: I was lying on my back, and my knees were together, and my feet were on the floor together. My legs were making an A shape, as in my knees were bent and my hips were bent as well. My lap was making a 45 degree angle with my stomach. (No pain yet) Then, while keeping my feet together, I spread my knees apart. I only moved them a bit when my hip joints started hurting a lot. I think the angles on two planes are a very important aspect of this pain. *This pain is nothing like stretching pain, it doesn't feel like tendons, it feels like the actual bone joint of my hips.* Also it might be relevant that I am 17 years old nearly 18, and this pain only started when I was 15 or 16 about.

I've been doing shukokai karate for about six years now, and in the last year or so I've had some problems with my roundhouse kicks (also problems with hook kicks and side kicks). I dont know if its a flexibility problem or not, but when doing these kicks I feel strong pain in my hip joints, and as a result I often lean back a lot (bad technique). in order to get my leg up high enough. When this problem started I noticed I would twist around too far during the kick, so my supporting leg was almost facing backwards and my kicking knee was pointing to the ground. Then when attempting to correct this by under twisting my body, I notice the angle between my flat stomach and the kicking leg is less than 180 degrees. If I try to put my hips and legs in the correct orientation, I cannot lift the leg very at all. I can identify the pain another way. You know that stretch where you stand with your legs apart, touch the floor in front of you, touch the floor behind you (by reaching between your legs), then bring your upper body upwards and push your hips forward- I feel a lot of pain when I come up to straighten my upper body. Hips just hurt a lot. I don't know if this hip joint pain is because of poor flexibility, poor hip muscle strength, or some sort of joint damage. Can anybody help?