My hip is feeling fine
Problem - In my early 50's I started practicing Jui Jitsu, a martial art that at times requires flexibility. In general, this led to increased stress on my lower back, which possibly impinged nerves exiting the vertebrae in that specific traumatized area. Regardless, my hip began to feel arthritic to a level that made me think a replacement was in order. At the time, I refused to get x-rays, in effect not wanting to believe or confirm the joint had issues as no history of trauma.
I guess I was holding out hope that the issue was just nerve inflammation from the old injury which can create referred pain to the hip. Referred pain is a medical term describing symptoms, ie pain, that can be felt away from the actual source.
We are early in this story, so we will have to wait and see where it goes from here. However, I can say that since taking Heal-n-Soothe my hip is feeling fine and other generalized body joint inflammation and pain seem to be well under control.