Nobody really talks about how exhausting living with chronic hip pain can be. All the focus is always I find on chronic back pain and such like. With hip pain it’s also not just the pain itself, but the mental load that comes with it. ➡️The constant decision making around what you can and can’t do ➡️The cycle of hope, flare ups, rest, then trying again ➡️Being told your scans are “fine” while your symptoms very clearly aren’t ➡️Having to justify your pain because it doesn’t look obvious to other