Question: Last year I slipped on a boat dock while getting off the boat. The first leg that I put on the wet dock slid out as I was going to step on and I fell hitting the XXXXXXX of my other leg and scraping it down the side of the dock. It immediately was swollen and bruised but I could put all of my weight on it and had regular range of movement. After about 2 weeks it seemed to have cleared up except there is a hard bump that feels like it is the bone that was not there before. It has gradually gotten smaller over the last year but still, to the touch, feels a little different than the other leg. About a month after this happened I asked my PCP about this and they said more than likely it was a severe contusion and possibly a chip or small fracture but that it had been so long there was nothing really to do. They problem that I occasionally run into and it worries me is that when I stand up from a long sit at my desk there is a weird shooting pain like feeling for the first couple of steps. It does not really hurt as much as its uncomfortable. Its similar to what it feels like when your foot "falls asleep". Is this something that should worry me and/or is there anything to be done about it?

I have frequently pulled muscles in my lower back. They have done X-rays twice and have come back with no bad results. I will take your advice on the MRI though. How serious of an issue do you think this could be? Like I said it happens maybe once or twice a week. Is this something that would need surgery?