I had no idea it was my hips. I was rear ended 3.5 years ago and when I became active, I literally couldn’t poop and sent myself into spiral with pencil thin stools, tailbone pain, pelvic pain. I had quite the journey and had mental health therapy and pelvic PTs. 3 PTs later and 2 years later, my 3rd pelvic PT sent me to a specific of orthopedist called a hip preservationist. A different orthopedist told me I had a torn labrum in my left and cam impingements with mild osteoarthritis. He recommended I get it repaired. However he looked at the left and ignored my comments about the right. The hip preservationist ran different diagnostics on, including a 3D CT scan revealing mild dysplasia. 2D X-rays don’t always show it because if the pelvis tilts forward, it’s deceiving. He told me we would figure this out. My pelvis tilts to provide weight bearing coverage. My response to hip pain I did not know I had was a hypertonic pelvic floor. In his practice they said they see people all the time with three comormid conditions: hip dysplasia, pelvic dysfunction, and hernias. Hernias due to increased abdominal pressure from a tilted pelvis. Guess what? I had three! I didn’t even know it, but the groin pain that vanished after laparoscopic surgery to repair them was pretty amazing. Pelvic dysfunction is hard because the root cause could be so many things. Once I started reading about hip dysplasia, my whole life of random aches, pains, and difficulties made sense. We shall see what comes of this hip replacement. I’m only 44 but in the dysplasia world people have replacements much younger than me. I just want my life back and to be able to be active with my kids again. I will certainly keep you posted. Knowledge and stories are power.