Hi,
@CharlieFoxtrottIndia
If a doctor tells you about anything that leads inevitably to a surgery of any kind, in your interest, double check it with someone else, favorably someone who doesn't know the first diagnosis and his author.
Speaking as a long term physiotherapist (along other qualifications) I can tell you that there could be _much_ less surgeries in this field when there would be a real diagnosis that searches for the problem's origins and that doesn't feel satisfied once there is a "we have tried something, now there's only one thing left"-mentality.
I don't want to criticize your doctor, I just want to remark, that there's often more than one thing to think about in these things, and just that cortisol didn't make a difference and just that you're active in sports doesn't mean, you're ruining your hip...
Kind regards,
Peter
PS: Riccal, you've got a pm