Replying to Hip protectors?

Looking into getting some compression shorts with some guards on the hip area because today I tried to 270 on to a wider flat rail caught My front edge and just slammed straight to my hip on the rail. This is the second time I've done it and I just hate hurting my hip/quad area that bad because it hurts like a bitch and worst of all it takes like a week or so to heal and if you fall on it again which is pretty common, you fuck it up even more. So to avoid this problem all together I'm looking in to getting some hip protectors, anyone else wear these?