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Man thought hip pain was caused by marathon. He had prostate cancer. - Business Insider
Jan 27, 2023 59 secs
A man went to a chiropractor with hip pain after a marathon and was later diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer that had spread to his bones, according to a report.

The unnamed man, 62, experienced a "deep and aching pain" in the front of his left groin, which went down into his thigh and knee, for seven days after running a marathon, chiropractors wrote in a case report published on Saturday in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science.

To find out the cause of the pain, the man had imaging of the hip, including an MRI scan, which suggested he had a cancer that had spread to his pelvis, the report authors, who work in Hong Kong, said.

The chiropractor consulted an oncologist who arranged for a PET scan of the man's whole body, which suggested a cancer in the prostate had spread to his bones, liver, and lungs.

In this case, doctors treated the man with a combination of treatments, including chemotherapy and drugs that help to protect the bone health.

He continued to receive "gentle" therapy from the chiropractor, which they said improved his quality of life and helped the hip pain, but isn't a proven treatment.

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