Susan
Amos, I have the hip bursitis which aches from my hip down to the side of my knees and I also have extreme tenderness on the L-5, S-I joint area especially if it is pressed on even a little bit it is excruciating and then it feels like a deep achiness like a deep bruise or like I have been kicked in the rear and it is tender to the touch. For seven years, the dr.s would go back and forth with a diagnosis whether it is all the hip bursitis or bursitis and the SI joint problem too. It sounds like it is both from the way you described it. Does this sound like what you have and do you have the extreme tenderness on the bone part of the low back the L-5, SI vertebrae and then tender all on the illiac area over the rear end. Mine has been so flared up it hurts to lay on my back because it feels like I am pressing on a nerve and when I am up it feels like a deep achy bruise like I have been kicked very hard. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Susan