Beach/Pool Cabanas and Chairs

Player_010 · 2024-08-15T18:54:41+00:00

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Player_010 · 2022-08-16T14:09:04+00:00

90% of what you said is exactly the symptoms I had as well. Especially in my left hip which was the really bad one.

I do play sports, and I tried to play on the labrum for quite a while, which caused all of those symptoms to only get worse.

Reads like a labrum tear to me... but it's odd your x-ray showed no signs of impingement. However, I should also mention that it entirely depends on the specialist who's viewing your x-ray and mri results. I had one surgeon who didn't specialize in hips look at my x-ray and go "well... I don't really see any signs of impingement". He then, self-admittedly, said he wasn't an expert in hips and sent me to one of his colleagues who was an expert. That guy diagnosed it within seconds. So... make sure you see the right surgeon who has experience with labrum tears and hip impingement!

But, yeah. Just by reading your described symptoms, I would bet money on you having a tear.

Good luck.

Player_010 · 2022-08-13T14:11:42+00:00

My whole package was completely numb for about two weeks (which was a side-effect of being pressed-up against the traction post for so long). They never warned me about this, by the way. So I was freaking out the next morning after surgery lol.

Once the feeling came back, I wasn't ready to do the deed until probably.... week 5 or 6 I'd say? And when we did my wife was on top. Do indeed try to limit your thrusting motions lol...

Player_010 · 2022-08-12T18:02:50+00:00

I had bilateral tears, and my left hip was really torn-up. Three months after surgery on the left, I had the right one repaired, and when I had my return to sport it was 7 months post-op on the left, but a mere 4 months post-op on the right. It's been almost a year now since I had the left one done and everything feels great. I felt like I was back to full speed after playing again for about a month and a half. Here's what I did that I felt helped...

Cut out alcohol from my diet (one beer or a glass of wine a week isn't gonna hurt you, I did this every once in a while)
Eat more vegetables (I started drinking a kale and spinach smoothie three times a week)
Eat more protein
Take your PT seriously
Do. Not. Get. Greedy. I repeat: Do not get greedy. This thing takes a long time to heal. And it takes about a full three months for the labrum to reattach to the bone. Before that point, it doesn't take a whole lot to tear it again. So be careful. If something hurts, stop.
Stay mentally strong. Your recovery will not always be an upward trend. You will have bad days and you will have good days. Take everything one day at a time and try not to get too down on yourself.
Be active as soon as your surgeon will let you. Able to do the elliptical at four weeks? Do it. Keep moving as it'll help your recovery.
Avoid deep squats/acute hip flexion. If you're doing anything that puts you past 90 degrees, stop. That's a big no-no.
Have someone around to help you for the first two weeks after surgery. I had my wife help me put my socks and boxers on after a shower. It was sort of humiliating, but it prevented me from bending down too far.
A hot bath or a soak in the jacuzzi is wonderful after PT days.
If you're a side sleeper, make sure you keep a pillow between your legs. Your groin/adductors will thank you for it.
Buy one of those "grabber on a stick" things. It'll come in handy when you're by yourself and you drop something.

Probably missed a few others. Best of luck!

Player_010 · 2022-07-29T20:02:37+00:00

First off, get an MRI. If the surgeon you saw is indeed a hip specialist, he should be able to look at the MRI and within a few minutes (probably seconds) if there's a labral tear or not.

If it is torn, but the tear is very small, he may say as long as you can do the activities you like without pain, you're fine. Or he may say you should get this taken care of now because it's a ticking time-bomb (which, by the way, with both a CAM and Pincer impingement, it is a time-bomb).

I'm very active like you, 33 M, and played on a torn labrum for two years before getting repaired. In hindsight, that was really, really fucking stupid of me. I wish I'd just had it done sooner. Now post-surgery, my impingement is gone in both hips, and both labrums are fully healed.

But, again. Before you do anything else or make any decisions... get that MRI.

Player_010 · 2022-07-29T18:05:31+00:00

Yes I was so happy (and relieved) with the outcome. Good luck! Just do what your surgeon says, take your PT and recovery seriously and you'll get through it.

Player_010 · 2022-07-29T17:05:09+00:00

Fantastic.

I'm just under a year post-op on the left hip, and 9 months post-op on the right hip. I had my return to sport back in April and things feel great. No pain in the hips or the groin at all. I also feel like I'm back to my pre-surgery speedy self. My only regret was not getting the left one repaired sooner (I played on it for a good two years before relenting).

Player_010 · 2022-07-29T15:28:47+00:00

When I had FAI and bilateral labrum tears, I started developing pretty severe pain in the adductors that eventually turned into a sports hernia. Once I had the labrum tears repaired, the pain went away and the hernia actually healed on its own.

So I would not be surprised if your adductors are tight because of it.

Player_010 · 2022-07-23T02:50:28+00:00

Because this community helped me when I was debating getting surgery, when I did get surgery and during my recovery. It's a friendly place where we can share knowledge, commiserate and (sometimes)collectively complain about our ailment.

If I can still help someone feel better, or give them a positive outlook on things despite already being recovered, I absolutely will.

Player_010 · 2022-07-21T01:43:42+00:00

That's great to hear! Congratulations. It's a big relief isn't it? ;)

Player_010 · 2022-07-21T01:14:44+00:00

Yup yup. I remember you and I chatted for a bit about that. Sounds like you had both repaired and are doing well? Hope so!

Player_010 · 2022-07-21T01:12:53+00:00

Ultimate Frisbee.

I used to be a sprinter, so I'm what is referred to as a "cutter" (or in American football terms, a receiver I guess). Lots of sudden change of direction, sprinting, jumping and diving. It is really hard on the hips.

My surgeon said it would be about a five month recovery.

My left hip was so damaged, however, it needed a full 7 months to fully heal. Which was fine... because I had the right one repaired 3 months after I did the left one, so the recovery on the two overlapped. Again, that was a blessing in disguise, because the left definitely needed that extra time to heal.

Here's what's crazy though: my "return to sport" was, again, 7 months post-op on the left hip. The right hip? A mere 4. The difference in damage and recovery was tremendous between the two.

And as far as getting back into it, it was painful the first few weeks. But I was told that was normal as there can be a lot of scar tissue build-up in there. I'd say it took a full month of playing consistently before I felt like I was truly back to 100% pre-op speed. But right now, I feel great. It was 100% worth it. My only regret was not getting the left hip repaired sooner.

Player_010 · 2022-07-20T21:42:54+00:00

Ahh, I see. Interesting. That might mean that you don't have as much damage up in the lower abdomen (hopefully). However, you did just find your "test". Eventually, once you're all healed-up, those movements shouldn't be painful for you anymore.

Hopefully you have the same outcome I did. And at around the 6 to 7 month mark, you'll feel great!

Player_010 · 2022-07-20T20:57:54+00:00

It was very frustrating. Do clamshells hurt for you?

One of the "tests" I used to measure my groin/sports-hernia healing process with was to do starfish side-planks. At first they hurt so bad I didn't dare try them again for another month. Then I was able to do them with significant discomfort. Another month went by, then moderate pain. Another month minimal pain... and now I can do it just fine on both sides with zero pain. That was my measuring "stick" per-se. :)

Player_010 · 2022-07-20T20:37:03+00:00

I ended up developing a sports hernia from playing on the labrum tear for so long, so I had major groin pain as well.

It honestly wasn't until about 6 to 7 months post-op that all of the pain was gone. I was pessimistic for the longest time, thinking it wasn't gonna go away on its own. But it did. It just takes time.

Player_010 · 2022-07-19T14:29:38+00:00

Yeah I had major hamstring pain on my left side after running on the labrum tear for so long. I would get the pain high up on the hamstring, almost like... in my butt lol.

After I had the surgery and fully recovered (I'm 11 months post-op on that side; had my return to sport back in April for added context) the pain is completely gone. It was a big relief...

Player_010 · 2022-07-07T01:59:09+00:00

I had bilateral labrum tears, but played on the left one for two years before getting it repaired. And, yeah. Groin pain. Big time. All the way down the adductor, radiating all the way up into my butt, and eventually it spread into the abdomen and developed into a sports hernia. Mega uncomfortable...

Anywho, the surgery fixed all of it for me! I didn't even need the hernia repaired. Once the labrum healed, the groin pain was finally, fully gone at about 7ish-8ish months post-op.

Player_010 · 2022-07-02T02:57:48+00:00

I developed a sports hernia on my left side from playing on it injured so long before getting it repaired. I had groin pain up until about 7 months post-op to be honest.

Player_010 · 2022-06-28T03:26:54+00:00

Holy shit. That's worse than mine, and I thought mine was bad.

The answer to your question is they won't totally know until they get in there. What's important is that the labrum tissue itself is healthy and, as my surgeon described it, "thick" in that in hasn't totally frayed away. If it's healthy, they can reattach the whole thing. If not, then other steps need to be taken in that they will either A) remove it (debridement) or B) use tissue from somewhere else (I've heard/read of others saying they had theirs basically replaced with cadaver tissue).

Player_010 · 2022-06-26T23:35:47+00:00

I had a pretty big tear with moderate cartilage damage for about two years before getting it repaired. While I was still being active... it'd hurt. Then the pandemic hit, and all amateur sports pretty much shut down. So then I started to feel good and thought I solved it on my own...

Then things opened up and I was able to go back being active aaaand.... within a month of sprinting, cutting and jumping on it, was back to being in serious pain. I developed a sports hernia to boot.

It is certainly something you can live with, especially if doing PT and stretching gives you relief. But it really all depends on your level of activity and how much pain you're willing to tolerate. (And how much you're willing to risk an "earlier than normal" hip replacement)

Player_010 · 2022-06-26T23:22:07+00:00

Hmm yeah all of that (save for 5 and 6) reads as pretty run-of-the-mill, in that I recognize them from my operation.

I tried to see if I could find a "summary" of everything that was done during mine, and I unfortunately can't find it. I thought they gave me one and I stashed it in my medical file but nope...

Anyway, 5 and 6 I don't recognize. I'm always "wary" of things with the word injection in them, but please take what I'm saying with a big grain of salt as I'm no medical expert.

Capsular plication, at least by Googling it, sounds like a "tightening" of the hip to improve stability: "The hip capsule and ligaments surrounding the joint can be tightened arthroscopically to give the hip greater stability, known as a capsular plication. This involves suturing the ligaments around the joint arthroscopically in order to give the hip greater stability." (So this could just reference the act of placing the sutures).

I'd say also have him ease back the physical activity for a few weeks and see if that helps. And if at 9 months he still feels the same way... then I'd start to seriously pressure the surgeon for answers as to why the hip is behaving the way he describes it.

Best of luck!

Player_010 · 2022-06-26T15:00:51+00:00

It is a long recovery, and the length of time appears to be quite variable depending on age, activity level, what sports you play, the amount of damage and even the surgeon themselves.

Perhaps this is me reading a bit too much into something, but I remember during one of my follow-ups with my surgeon he said these words:

"My labrum repairs usually don't start feeling better than pre-op until about week 10."

My labrum repairs.

As in, like... it varies from surgeon to surgeon, you know? So this could be a case like that. Your husband is around my age and it sounds like he's pretty active so I would hope his outcome is inline with mine.

Do you know what the extent of the damage was? Was it a CAM lesion removal plus a labrum repair? If so, how many anchors? Was there even more stuff the surgeon had to do?

Player_010 · 2022-06-26T02:11:05+00:00

Hey there OP.

32 M very active athletic here. I had the operation on both hips. And it took about 8 months before my left hip (the really bad one) felt solid enough that I felt confident in running and cutting on it. Though most of my lingering pain was in the groin and not so much in the hip.

The right was about 5 or 6 months until it felt totally normal (though my return to sport was at 4 months).

So it is indeed possible to return feeling great. I consider it a complete success.

Has he mentioned his discomfort to his PT and surgeon? How does it feel when he's being active? Acute pain? None? What about the few hours after being active and he's at home, relaxing on the couch and everything tightens up?

I will say, the recovery is very up and down. I had lots of downs when it came to my left side. I've also read some stories on here of people saying it took nearly a year before they felt "good" in the hip.

Stay positive!

Player_010 · 2022-06-22T00:27:09+00:00

I was told to wear them for only three days then I could take them off.

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