Not sure how to describe this?

Sounds like Bursitis to me. Very painful when I had it in my hip, it eventually went of it's own accord, I just took anti inflammatory tablets regularly for a few weeks.

jingl

I think you may be onto something there. Went for a good long walk with a friend today, hoping that the walking might loosen it up (the pain, not my bottom) but was a bit though going at times, especially up hill. The went to collect tablets and have made an appointment, but couldn't get one until3rd June

However, they did say if it is still painful next week, call each morning around 8.30 and if they could squeeze me in they would.

I'm pretty certain it's NOT my back, have had sciatica in the past and this isn't even remotely like it.

3rd June - that is quite disgraceful! We get seen within 24 hours here. I am shocked - it can hardly be called a service.

To be fair they did offer an appointment for today at 5.20, but it was about 4.20 not enough time to be worth going home and coming back, and as I had a friend with me (in my car) I had to be mindful of the time she needed to get home.

Could it be from too much time spent at the computer? When doing a lengthy trawl through Ebay, or GN of course, I sometimes get that type of pain despite using a memory foam ring cushion and having plenty of my own padding!

And the prize goes to..................Jingl !

Just back from the doctors and it is a bursa on the ischial tuberosity doo dah.

I'm to take ibuprofen for a while, and if it doesn't get better then I will be given a steroid injection which I should imagine would be quite painful.

Glad you got diagnosis-it's half the battle knowing what you've got. I've had steroid injection twice from GP for hip bursitis and can honestly say that it was no worse than flu jab. There is another guided injection which is done in hospital and I believe that one can be painful.

I had steroid injections x 2 for tennis elbow when I was younger. They were painful, but they cured the condition. Never had it since either.

It'll have to be a pretty long needle to get where it needs to go!