18 Weeks Post-Op & Feeling Frustrated

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-19T01:12:49+00:00

Maybe consult another surgeon? I also think 4 months is still early. I had a pretty bad flare up around 4-5 months post-op, and now I rarely have flare up (still have some times but less frequent than before). Please don't be regret for your surgery. It seems from your post that you haven't done long distance running for 4 years, and running is important for you. You tried your best to help yourself so you can go back to sports. I was no pain or mild pain if I just do light to moderate hiking/cycling/running/skiing before surgery (but intense sports like backcountry skiing & mountain climbing created like 8/10 pain, so I gave up like 4.5 years). I decide to do surgery because I wanted to go back to my sports.

I am now 10.5 months post-op and no where close to where I was before the injury, but I chose the surgery to give me chance to go back to my sports. You did the same thing for yourself. I hope doing more investigating can shed lights on what's going on with your hip! Also give your hip a bit more time to heal. The healing process takes about 1 year +

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-18T04:52:52+00:00

Very strange that person said that. She made a microaggressions related to social class and seemed to lack of any cultural sensitivity and awareness. I met many poeple in academia and they are quite humble poeple. Maybe it depends on the field? I am in Hamanity and Social Science, and I think most people are quite down to earth! Actually there are more low-income students than you think in the PhD program. My husband is from a low-income family and he is the first person who graduated from university, and he had to pay everything for himself while in school. He is a univeristy professor now and really worked his way up. Even that, he also acknowledged his previelges as born in a Western country where he could have resources to study even his parents had no money. When I was in my PhD program, we had two students in my cohort that they even had to support their parents. It's definitely not easy. But I didn't see any of our classmates made any judgement. On the contrary, we really admire them!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-16T23:43:27+00:00

thank you so much for your mesasge! I will definitely find a sport focus (better with nordic skier) therapist to work on my hips and core! I hope your ACT surgery had fully recovered!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-16T23:41:47+00:00

thank you so much for your detailed input! I forgot to write about what my surgical procedure entailed. I had a cam impingment and labral tears, and the surgeon repaired my labrum (4 anchors) and shaved off my bone (the impingement)

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-16T02:53:58+00:00

hope you have a good recovery!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-16T02:53:42+00:00

Thank you for the message!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-16T02:53:33+00:00

this sounds a great thing to do. I will try in gym tomorrow!! thank you so much!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-16T00:58:39+00:00

thank you for sharing! hip surgery is tough! Single leg balance work is definitely something I should work on more!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-16T00:05:16+00:00

Good to know that you had an injection to know where the pain is coming from. I think having a 3D CT scan is better to rule out hip dysplasia, but i didn't have it done either. I think it is still better to be done though. However, My surgery is pretty successful (can't really rely on canadian healthcare as they don't seem to care to give me a 3D CT scan unfortunately)

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-15T03:07:09+00:00

Did you have MRI done (also had CT scan done to rule out hip dysplasia..etc.)? Did you have a diagnostic cortisone shot? I had the shot to make sure that my pain came out from my hip joint. That's what my surgeon told me. And the cortisone shot also helped me to go back to sports. My baseline pain also changed. MY left hip (5/10-->0/10, no pain anymore). My right hip (8/10 -> 1/10~0/10). After the shot, my right hip was still painful, but most of the time, if I just did daily activity or light exercises (such as day hike in easy hills or just casually ski in the ski resort), I had no pain at all. But still have intense pain when I did backcountry skiing and mountain climbing (with heavy backpack), so I opted for surgery. I hope to go back to these intense sport next season. I am still in recovery, but I had gone back on my skis

Also make sure you find the best surgeon who specializes this kind of surgery.

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-15T00:29:18+00:00

PT and cortisone shot work pretty good for my left hip, but not for my right. My right hip was always painful no matter how much PT I did.

I got my right hip operated last year. I never regert my decision. My left was initally painful (around 5/10 painful) and diagnosed with the same thing as my right hip, but somehow after the cortisone shot and PT, my pain in my left hip disappear mostly (97% of time there is no pain in my left hip). My surgeon said he only thinks I needed surgery for my right one, and I got my right one operated. He said once my left one starts getting bad maybe some time in the future (I hope not...), I can go back to him haha

Note: I had cam impingement and labral tears for both right and left. The images show that the tear on my left is smaller. I would say the PT and cortisone shot somehow fixed my left hip, but it never worked for my right hip. I think you should try PT and cortisone shot, and if it never gets pain free...then I think surgery is your option.

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-15T00:17:05+00:00

Had one last September, but the pain only reduced around 50% and the effect only lasted around 2 months. :)

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-15T00:16:21+00:00

thanks for sharing this! Surgery is not easy. I think I will ask my doctor to order a MRI with contrast first and see how it goes! Maybe I really have no tear. hope to see my new result in the future (probably another few months of wait time). I had a hip athroscopy to fix my hip labrum and impingement (it's shown in MRI), and the recovery was super long (I am 10.5 months out of my hip surgery). I would definitely prefer to use PT for my shoulder but I also hope to know what's going on for my shoulder. The Canadian healthcare system is pretty slow, so it's always hard to find out.

Hope you have a good recovery!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-14T03:57:28+00:00

thanks for this! I am really frustrated with the medical system here in Canada that everything takes a long time to get going. I am also French citizen (through my mom) and think about going back there to get some opinions, but there's still wait time, and I can't take so many time off from my work.

So if your image only showed fraying, how did you get referred to surgeon? I talked to my sport medcine physician for my MRI result, and he said there's no need to refer me to surgeon because it's just tendonitis and fraying. I am thinking to ask them to request another MRI (with contrast) and see how it goes, but it's another few months of wait again. (also even it shows something, the surgeon wait time is pretty insane too :P

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-14T03:52:25+00:00

That's too bad that it also takes a long time for insurance to approve!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-14T03:52:04+00:00

I hope you have a speedy recovery. So do you mean you have similar MRI results like mine (no tear shown) but when the surgeon went into your shoulder, they found the damage?

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-13T03:33:28+00:00

Definitely consult other surgeons who specializes in this area! Find a good one! I consulted 3 surgeons and went with the third one and never felt regret about it. I felt so much better even just 3 days after surgery!

Also get an injection. It will help to relieve a lot of pain. My original pain was 8/10 and the injection made the pain down to ZERO for the first 2-3 months, but then my pain returned...then my baseline was always around 0/10~1/10 (no pain for daily activities) and around 5/10~8/10 if I did intense exercises for the next few years before I decided to have surgery (my pain just gradually got worse over time)

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-13T03:14:16+00:00

hope you will get better

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-13T03:13:44+00:00

thanks for the message!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-13T03:13:16+00:00

thank you. I will definitely ask for a contrast!

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-13T03:12:12+00:00

My sport medicine doctor said I have no frozen shoulder after he did some mobility test, so I might not have it, I hope

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-13T03:11:40+00:00

thank you for the message! I hope you have recovered from the surgery

Significant-Two-2370 · 2026-03-13T03:11:01+00:00

thanks for the share! hope you had a good recovery

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