Greater Trochanteric syndrome

Oh yes!

I feel your pain.

A doctor told me it was sciatica, I had sciatica in the past and knew this was different.

I went from being very fit and active ( hiking is my hobby)I ended up using s stick to walk, a good physio eventually diagnosed GTPS.

I did all the prescribed exercises, had a few good massages and if I could get into the jacuzzi at the gym the jets gave me such relief.

It went eventually and has never retuned.
I am hiking again.
I would say it was 6 months before I was out of pain and fully mobile.

I think the cause was heaving boxes and furniture up two flights of stairs when we were setting up a holiday let!

Never again.

The Physio attached to my GP surgery diagnosed me with this about 18 months ago.
I had gone with pain in my right knee, I have had the left knee and hip replaced .
When I told her about the pain in my knee and the fact that on standing for even a short length of time my leg from hip to knee just goes dead, she identified two problems with my hip area.
I had an injection in my knee which gave a lot of relief and referred me for physio for the other things.
I didn’t take her up on that for several, personal reasons .
My leg still goes dead and the pain in my hip area still troubles me occasionally but as I seldom need to walk far and use a mobility scooter I am just carrying on.