Recently diagnosed but now suffering from constant joint and hip pain

[KennyA]

Agreed, but then I’d hardly call 57 an advanced age.

I'm a few weeks off 68 but I think my flexors might be older retreads.

 

[Jaylee]

You haven't torn or pulled a hip flexor by any chance? I did mine for the third time in June and got the classic sharp pain in the right side groin radiating down the inner thigh, pain in the hip socket, lack of mobility in the whole leg, and the same sock problem. There's a toenail issue further down the line.

Taking pressure off the flexor meant the muscles on the outside of the leg shortened and tensed, my knee turned out, and gave me further pain in glutes, knee and shin. Naproxen worked well on the inflammation.

Three months on it's much better but it needed some physio, and will need more before I play again. Nothing to do with Type 2, all to do with playing rough games when old enough to know better.

I did something similar 37 years back training? (Dance.) over pushed myself & didn’t feel it at the time had taken painkillers for a banging headache so as not to let the person I was training with down for the session..
& never felt it. But the following day?
It came & went over the years especially when my knee was knocked out.. (someone bumped into me once. Felt like I’d been stabbed in the right hand side of the groin? & stemming down the inside leg.)
Until about the last decade?
No recurrence. (T1 just insulin. No statins.)

I’m 57 years old..

 

[KennyA]

I did something similar 37 years back training? (Dance.) over pushed myself & didn’t feel it at the time had taken painkillers for a banging headache so as not to let the person I was training with down for the session..
& never felt it. But the following day?
It came & went over the years especially when my knee was knocked out.. (someone bumped into me once. Felt like I’d been stabbed in the right hand side of the groin? & stemming down the inside leg.)
Until about the last decade?
No recurrence. (T1 just insulin. No statins.)

I’m 57 years old..

The initial flexor injury was around 10-12 years ago, and was caused by turning round to the left, pivoting on the right foot. I was much heavier at the time and the flexor decided it had had enough. Possible design fault.

 

[julieclarke]

I am male, 57 and was diagnosed with Type 2 in November 2025. I was prescribed 500mg slow release Metformin, 10mg Dapagliflozin and 20mg Atorvastatin, which I take daily without any apparent side effects. Up until this I have never been on medication in my life, I was reasonably fit and active sometimes walking up to 5 miles a day in my job but I took redundancy in April for various reasons including my health, after 30 years with the same company. I now try to control my diet as much as possible by cutting down on carbs and sugar and eating things that I never ate before such as organic oats, avocado, ricotta etc as breakfast options and I have also started taking Kefir daily and chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, Ceylon cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, organic ginger, coriander as I read all these spices can lower blood sugar levels etc. I have no idea what my current levels are but I have just purchased a AgaMatrix WaveSense Jazz to try and monitor my blood sugar and try to get a better handle on things. Just recently I have been suffering from a sharp pain in the groin area on my right side, in the crease at the top of the thigh and also in my hip. The pain is so bad I can’t put a sock on my right foot by myself, I’m in constant pain especially when I move my right leg whether in bed or standing and I’m now walking with a limp. I haven’t been to my GP regarding this pain but will have to as it just won’t quit. Has anyone experienced this? Could this pain which I’ve never had before be somehow linked to my type 2?

I am male, 57 and was diagnosed with Type 2 in November 2025. I was prescribed 500mg slow release Metformin, 10mg Dapagliflozin and 20mg Atorvastatin, which I take daily without any apparent side effects. Up until this I have never been on medication in my life, I was reasonably fit and active sometimes walking up to 5 miles a day in my job but I took redundancy in April for various reasons including my health, after 30 years with the same company. I now try to control my diet as much as possible by cutting down on carbs and sugar and eating things that I never ate before such as organic oats, avocado, ricotta etc as breakfast options and I have also started taking Kefir daily and chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, Ceylon cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, organic ginger, coriander as I read all these spices can lower blood sugar levels etc. I have no idea what my current levels are but I have just purchased a AgaMatrix WaveSense Jazz to try and monitor my blood sugar and try to get a better handle on things. Just recently I have been suffering from a sharp pain in the groin area on my right side, in the crease at the top of the thigh and also in my hip. The pain is so bad I can’t put a sock on my right foot by myself, I’m in constant pain especially when I move my right leg whether in bed or standing and I’m now walking with a limp. I haven’t been to my GP regarding this pain but will have to as it just won’t quit. Has anyone experienced this? Could this pain which I’ve never had before be somehow linked to my type 2?

How is your hip pain