How's the old leg?

So glad you asked! It's as impenetrably odd as always.
Whoever heard of such a thing? A leg that never totally heals.
Here's the short and sweet:
- Two doctors and one chiropractor have insisted I'm totally healthy
- X-rays at least are finally normal (I actually have them, I just have to figure out how to take a picture so I can post it).*
- Still have occasional ill-defined pain, either a cold ache in the back of my leg or a hot burn in the front, both mid-thigh.
- Rest doesn't make the pain change from baseline at all
- Sometimes, running makes the pain worse; sometimes, running makes the pain better; but if I have a little pain, it always vanishes once I'm warmed up.
- Squats and lunges always trigger pain later in the day
- I actually went to another chiropractor, despite a terrible experience last time, and this time was much impressed

(More LRC pics...all I have for ya this post!)

So what am I doing? 
1. Basically, back to running, just nothing excessive. I'm doing 40 - 45 MPW, almost my normal level, but I haven't done anything intense just in case (actually, I did do one intense speed session, and it was a mistake: I didn't hurt, but boy was I out of shape). I did some slow races (see photographic heel-striking proof to the right).  I never wake up in pain or feel pain while I run, and I don't think about the injury all the time. But I have good days and bad days. Last Tuesday was a rest day, and my leg kind of ached all day. I went home and did some hip strengthening and stretching, and it improved a lot.
2. So I continue to pay attention to stretching and strengthening. My theory is that muscles are tugging at their insertions, and the bone aches. I have to be careful to avoid that scenario, since it could lead to a stress fracture.
One thing that every healthcare professional has said and agreed upon is that my (very mild) scoliosis plays a part in rotating the hip and putting torsional stress on key muscles. This tells me which muscles to take extra care with: all the adductors, the psoas, the glutes.
3. The other thing I have to keep in mind is that I do have osteitis pubis, the injury that started this all, and it is a chronic condition. While it is self-limiting, I could conceivably alter my running to protect the area, and I need to NOT do that to prevent injury.

So that's where I am now. I've been officially cleared to run since September, but I gave myself a few more months off and started back in November. It has now been nearly three months and, while I have lost ALL THE SPEED, I am just glad to be able to run. Will I ever be 100% healthy, or have a 100% diagnosis? Maybe not, but I'm in a manageable place and I'm happy about it.

*Newish to the blog? I had a stress fracture of the femur that was obvious on MRI and xray. Latest x-rays show the calcification around the sight to be resorbing finally.