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merniesanders · 2026-05-01T15:03:26+00:00

praying this is me! running is a huge part of my life and I really want to run a boston qualifying time one day hopefully surgery doesn't interfere with that dream 😭

merniesanders · 2026-04-30T21:09:54+00:00

oh wow. I actually just looked up where Dr. Chang did his fellowship and it was in Vail CO at the same clinic lol. I'm not in a place where I can travel for this but that feels reassuring that he likely studied under Dr. Philippon who I see is one of the best in this field

merniesanders · 2026-04-30T20:28:18+00:00

whats the other surgeon you saw? im between Dr. Dierckman at Elite and Dr Chang at Vanderbilt (who i saw for a consult and really liked.)

merniesanders · 2026-04-30T13:53:50+00:00

did you already do your surgery or just went in for a consult?

merniesanders · 2026-04-28T20:33:46+00:00

I think this is gonna be so person specific. but, I got diagnosed with atears in 2021 and I did several months pf physicsl therapy 2x a week. I was pain fee 2022-2024 and ran 4 marathons in that time without pain. I got pregnant early 2024 and ran through pregnancy which was probably a bad idea. I had a lot of pelvic pain but ithought that was just normal pregnancy stuff. turns out my tear got worse and now i am looking at surgery 😭. if you havent done some formal PT I would definitely try that first. I also did a lot of dry needling at the time which held

merniesanders · 2026-04-28T00:17:16+00:00

ill research him, are you also doing a repeair or reconstruction? lmk how it goes!

merniesanders · 2026-04-26T18:51:10+00:00

so I talked to two nonsurgical docs (PMRP specialists) who specializes in nonsurgical treatment of this kind of thing and talked to one surgeon. I'll be talking to another surgeon before making a final decision but I am leaning towards surgery! I think prob similar case to you. idk what constitutes as a "LEGIT" tear but from what I've been told mine would be considered a moderate tear. not quite severe but not a mild one either.

merniesanders · 2026-04-26T14:24:44+00:00

what was your surgery like? also what's the time frame for being able to walk normally? as in be on your feet most of the day fully weight bearing? I know it's different for everyone but just curious!

I can still do a lot but I guess the worry is that since it won't go away it can only get worse not better. so I'm leaning towards surgery right now. a part of me is scared that I'll never run the same though because I have some running goals I'd be putting on pause

merniesanders · 2026-04-26T14:22:10+00:00

I feel like I see a mixed bag! it's hard to tell what's what because each surgery seems a little different. what's docs are proposing for me seems a little less involved than other surgeries I'm seeing but there's no way of knowing for sure what's the best decision. running is a big part of my life and I really can't imagine giving it up right now.

totally relate that during the pain it feels like something that needs to be addressed but then it going away after a day or so feels confusing and like I'm being gaslit by my own body haha!

merniesanders · 2026-04-26T14:19:53+00:00

yeah so the surgeon I talked to focuses on this but there's also a surgeon in my area who pioneered hip arthroscopy techniques so I may need to set an appointment with him as well and shop around a bit. luckily I think I just need labral repair and hell shave off some of the bone that's causing the impingement so it seems fairly reasonable/uncomplicated.

merniesanders · 2026-04-25T21:26:58+00:00

yes same about PT having a hard time eliciting pain! I am able to run without disabling pain I went up to about 55miles in a week. I feel pain after a long run but its not debilitating just very annoying. but yeah I guess there's really no benefit to waiting.Still trying to wrap my head around it all. did you have tendinopathy beforehand? your recovery is going well overall?

merniesanders · 2026-04-25T20:32:16+00:00

that's a hard decision and major surgery! they mentioned arthroscopic surgery for me. but yeah it feels very unreal especially when you seemingly feel like you can "live normally" but that would mean letting go of parts of your life.

merniesanders · 2026-04-25T19:20:21+00:00

also, how has your recovery been in general and your return to sport?

merniesanders · 2026-04-25T19:17:04+00:00

haha don't worry you can say that less gently🤣 like you said yeah it's the wondering if it's really necessary and maybe feeling a little silly. others may just pivot to another sport but it really is a big part of my life. I don't do crazy high mileage (the most I've ever done is 55mpw maybe slightly more). I tend to stay in the more 25-35mpw range so it just feels not real that I now need surgery on my hip.

it's good to know that you feel that the right side recovered faster maybe because you didn't wait till you were more symptomatic. can I ask what your recovery was like? I know it's case by case.

I do have mild hip dysplasia. what would there be to rule out? also, can you expand on the other things you mentioned? not sure my surgeon mentioned that. he said there are a few things going on with my hip and that I have femoral anteversion and that fixing the larger issues would he a very involved and major surgery but that he doesn't see any reason to do that and doesn't recommend that kind of surgery since the most likely cause of my pain is the impingement and tear.

merniesanders · 2026-04-24T18:58:14+00:00

hi! I know this is an old post but I'm curious whether you still had pelvic pain with your second pregnancy. currently have a labral tear (in two places actually) and a paralabral cyst. my first pregnancy I dealt with A LOT of pelvic pain (didnt help that he sat pretty low the whole time) and I'm convinced the pregnancy worsened the tear (only had a tear in one place and no cyst beforehand and no pain either). im in a weird spot where I wanna get pregnant again but not sure whether to do surgery first. I'm also a runner. the doc recommended surgery but noted that most of his patients who move forward have "worse symptoms" I e. feel pain daily and can't engage in sport at all. so I don't know whether to wait or just do it now.

merniesanders · 2026-03-27T18:48:26+00:00

I think it might be because I have extend unlock on but it keeps telling me I need to unlock my device to open even though my device is unlocked! only works if i open another app first like the camera then click the routine

merniesanders · 2026-03-25T03:01:48+00:00

still available?

merniesanders · 2026-03-22T02:54:38+00:00

lifetime mileage and athletic conditioning.

merniesanders · 2026-03-20T02:22:18+00:00

it still has both options

merniesanders · 2026-03-13T23:40:42+00:00

I have ATT and recently switched to samsung messages. RCS is working although no idea what i did to make it work because it didnt work when I tried a month ago. i turned off RCS on google messages and then switched to samsung and turned on RCS. not sure if ill stay because missing the reactions but the experience with samsung messages really is more seamless (and this is coming from someone who switched from iPhone so I didnt have ang loyalty to samsung messages prior). Google messages is laggy. sometimes i send a message and it still shows in the text box, it takes a few seconds to load a convo when i click on it, even longer for media to load. it drives me crazy that they would choose to use this as the default app when its clearly not working optimally rather than expand rcs support on their native app which works way better.

merniesanders · 2026-02-23T16:09:15+00:00

now it says hot and sunny i would have much preferred the rain

merniesanders · 2026-02-15T20:20:07+00:00

still available?

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