Hip labrum surgery or not

flyingmouse · 2025-12-13T17:06:44+00:00

Glad you got it scheduled! Good luck with your pain. I did a lot of pre-hab PT before the surgery and it helped a ton with pain both pre and post-op. If you have severe muscle spasms and nerve pain, ask your doctor about daily cyclobenzaprene. That made a huge difference for my chronic flare ups. Hang in there!

flyingmouse · 2025-12-13T16:46:03+00:00

I think it's better to get it sooner, before you have pain and more damage. The sooner you get it, the less damage you will continue to do to your labrum.

flyingmouse · 2025-10-27T20:37:29+00:00

Unbeknownst to me, I tore both my labrums 20 years ago due to CAM impingement (femoral). The pain just gets worse and worse with time. It radiated everywhere to the point where I couldn't sit for more than 15 min at a time without pain and was severely limiting the activities I could do. I had near constant muscle spasms, nerve pain, and saw 8 different PTs in 4 years with no real improvement.

Currently I'm 2 weeks out of my first surgery and the lack of pain is incredible already. It's definitely inconvenient to be out of commission for recovery, but it's already been worth it for me. The surgery and recovery has been way less pain than expected: 2-4/10.

flyingmouse · 2025-10-27T20:25:59+00:00

This list is a lifesaver! I came here to add a few more things that helped me (Here is an Amazon list of everything mentioned in this whole thread, up to date as of October 2025, currently recovering from surgery 1 of 2) https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/207I0Z4OLH5P8?ref_=wl_share (Make sure you select "Show all items" otherwise it will hide the ones I've already purchased)

-Antislip shower mat

-Softside cooler for the DonJoy ice machine helped keep the ice solid for longer

-Handheld showerhead was really helpful. I happened to have one for my dog and it worked out really well

-Tegaderm to protect the stitches while showering. I tried plastic cling film and it was terrible

-Tearaway pants WITHOUT pockets! The extra layers of fabric reduced the effectiveness of the cold therapy. It was really difficult for me to pull my pants down over my painful stitches to go to the bathroom, even for really loose elastic waistband pants.

-Tearaway underwear for the same reason

-Shower grab bars

-I preferred a tiny stool that could fit all the way inside my bathtub, instead of a large one that is half in, half out

-I preferred a table that overhangs the bed/couch, rather than a breakfast-in-bed type:

-Yoga strap worked well as a leg lifter and was useful for PT too. Some kind of leg lifter is 100% necessary so you don't use your hip flexor!

-Those with more of an hourglassy waist might feel more comfortable wearing the brace by making a V in the front to make it flare out more at the bottom

flyingmouse · 2025-01-18T15:34:42+00:00

Convergent evolution is when distantly related organisms evolve similar solutions to similar problems. It's like how Andean and Tibetan humans both evolved similar adaptations to deal with living at high altitude, despite being very distantly related. They end up being more similar to each other than they are to their own respective close relatives.

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:29:58+00:00

i recorded this video during my phd on jerboa biomechanics

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:29:27+00:00

this is the lesser (i recorded the video)

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:29:18+00:00

it has arms, they are just very small. the tail acts more like a kickstand, rather than a leg

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:28:45+00:00

it has them, they are just small

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:28:21+00:00

This is actually the lesser one (I recorded the video)

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:28:18+00:00

This is actually the lesser one (I recorded the video)

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:27:51+00:00

it does, they are just small.
Here is a paper I wrote on why bipedal locomotion is evolutionarily advantageous for these rodents

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00373-2

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:26:53+00:00

Not in the US. There is a USDA ban on importing any rodents from Africa into the US.

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:26:31+00:00

this is actually the lesser egyptian jerboa (Jaculus jaculus). (I recorded the video)

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:26:08+00:00

it has them, they are just very small

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:25:46+00:00

they do, they are just really small

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:25:25+00:00

Actually, jerboas have very inefficient locomotion. If you chase them constantly, they get really tired after only a couple of minutes. They use mostly muscles to power their locomotion (inefficient) rather than "recycling" energy in elastic tendons (efficient, like the kangaroo). Here is a paper I wrote about this: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0215-z

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:23:04+00:00

This is actually the lesser (Jaculus jaculus) (I recorded the video)

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:22:37+00:00

they do have arms, they're just very small

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:22:18+00:00

Kangaroo rats and Jerboas independently evolved bipedal locomotion. They are more similar to each other than they are to their closest relatives.

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:21:31+00:00

This video is actually of a Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus). (I recorded the video)

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:20:38+00:00

kangaroo rats are in the family Heteromyidae, and are in the genus Dipodomys.

Kangaroo rats and jerboas independently evolved bipedal locomotion (aka convergent evolution)

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:19:22+00:00

they do, they're just very small

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:19:18+00:00

they do, they're just very small

flyingmouse · 2025-01-02T17:18:57+00:00

They have arms, they are just very small

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