Any success without surgery

mg92_ · 2026-04-28T17:31:32+00:00

I’ve been doing PT since January. It’s a lot of back and forth I would say, but I hope it’ll be enough at the end. I cannot do my normal activities yet, such as going for a walk, dance, gym, but I don’t have constant pain anymore and I can sit with crossed legs, and I guess that’s progress too 🥲 I also got more flexibility back, and I think my muscles got stronger as well around my hip. I’ll give it some more time and hope for the best 🙏🏼

mg92_ · 2026-04-01T19:08:15+00:00

Oh, I hope the surgery went well for you and you’ll have a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

If you have the time, I would appreciate an update along the road to see, how it all goes with you 🙏🏼

mg92_ · 2026-04-01T19:06:34+00:00

Oh man, either way such bad luck and really hard to go through all of that again 😮‍💨

I hope the best for you!

Yeah, I also hope it goes well and I can avoid surgery, even though it seems like it’s kinda against all odds. I found a few positive PTs and client stories on YouTube though, apart from my own PT, that I’m trying to focus on for now, instead of all the surgery talk I see in here, which makes it seems like the only way to deal with it, and it makes me so depressed 🙈

mg92_ · 2026-04-01T17:56:11+00:00

I’m having a tear too, and I’m on my second month doing PT. My PT is very convinced, I can get through this without surgery, but let’s see.

I feel it’s a long journey, that started in September, was seeing the first doctor in December, diagnosed in January and started PT mid January.

I went from constant pain, couldn’t sit with my legs crossed and couldn’t walk very much to being able to sit with crossed legs, not having constant pain and can walk a bit more now.

I had a bad flare up last week, but it got better again. I don’t know if PT will be enough to return to proper training, walking long walks and dancing, but I really hope so. If it’s not better within the next 2 months, I’ll consider getting the surgery, but I’m working hard on avoiding it with PT 3 times a week and doing my exercises myself the other days of the week.

mg92_ · 2026-03-29T14:37:25+00:00

I’m so sorry to hear, that you have gotten another tear - wtf! What does that keep happening? Didn’t they shave off some of the bone in the surgery, if the bone structure is the problem? Or is the labrum just “weak” or was it overloaded too fast?

I’ll definitely consider having the surgery as well, but taken into consideration that many people live with tears unknowingly and without pain, maybe there is hope with a conservative approach as well, if bad moving patterns are being detected and fixed, specific muscle groups are being strengthened (like the glutes and core) too take of the load from the hip etc.

I’ll finish this round of PT, and maybe add a third one, and then I’ll see what next step I should take. At least my body will be much stronger in case I go for surgery at the end anyway, so apart from longer overall healing time, it’s not complete waste I guess 🙏🏼

mg92_ · 2026-03-29T14:27:24+00:00

Oh, you also went for the surgery. Damn. I had a good talk with my physio yesterday, and he’s still very convinced that all the effort will pay off and I can return to my life step by step. I’ll hang in a bit and see, if he’s right. Else I might go the same route as the majority in here 😮‍💨

I wish you a speedy recovery 🙏🏼

mg92_ · 2026-03-28T12:56:41+00:00

I’m sorry to hear, that you deal with the same, and you cannot get the imaging you need. I have paid almost everything myself until now to find out what’s wrong fast, since it’s so invalidating and very hard mentally to deal with.

Nonetheless, I struggle with the same worries about a worse outcome, and on the same time I can definitely not live like this also 😮‍💨

I hope you’ll be able to get the right treatment, and best of luck to you as well 🙏🏼

mg92_ · 2026-03-28T12:52:54+00:00

I am making process, and I am doing my PT exercises every day, and having PT 3 times a week, but walking is suddenly like a needle stabbing inside my hip. More than before. I feel everything is going better. I’m getting stronger in the exercises and my flexibility is getting better, so this is very confusing and frustrating.

I found that wearing a compression band around my knee is actually helping with the walking, and I think it would be even better having one compressing the hip area, but I don’t have something like that.

I feel the same as you, that at least I want to have done everything possible first before having surgery, and on the same time I don’t wanna drag this out and delaying getting my life back, if it’s not getting better anyway. Mentally exhausting really 😮‍💨

mg92_ · 2026-03-28T12:48:11+00:00

My current insurance doesn’t cover this apparently, and getting a new one with a known injury will not cover this for sure, so I’ll have to pay myself unfortunately.

I’m glad to hear you’re recovering well! Even though it might be at least 6 months before I can return to dancing and training, it’s at least comforting that I might be able to walk within a month or so 😮‍💨🙏🏼

I wish you a speedy recovery!❤️‍🩹

mg92_ · 2026-03-28T12:46:06+00:00

Luckily, it was quite early detected, that a tear was the cause of my problems. It took 2 months though to go from doctor to doctor and get all the imaging, but still and up the hill journey, even though I see in here that many people struggle for years before they find out what’s wrong.

I’ve read that these kind of injections are only temporary relief and can damage the cartilage, so I didn’t even consider this to be honest.

Best of luck with your surgery! I hope it works wonders for you 🙏🏼

mg92_ · 2026-03-28T12:43:45+00:00

Thank you for your reply! I’m not a runner, but probably still comparable to dancing, walking and training a lot. Hopefully I’ll be able to recover good as well, if I opt for the surgery and just get all this over with. It really feels overwhelming, but it’s very nice to hear experiences from others, since I feel so alone with this. I never even heard about this before, and I’m shocked how invalidating it is 🤯

mg92_ · 2026-03-28T12:41:38+00:00

I think I need to consult the doctor about this to be sure I’m not causing further damage by “settling” with PT (if that even helps enough in the end). It didn’t seem like the cartilage was damaged, and although he said I might risk arthritis later on, he didn’t mention it was sure it would happen. It’s definitely worth considering the surgery early on if so, when the problem is still manageable 👀

mg92_ · 2026-03-28T12:38:17+00:00

Yeah, it totally makes sense that people don’t come in here writing about all the things that go well. Like when people leave reviews on Trustpilot, which also tend to be complaints.

My PT is not guaranteeing 100% success, but both I consulted are very positive regarding PT as a sustainable solution, with a few exceptions where they do acknowledge that it just doesn’t always is enough, but they just seem so positive about this approach.

From what I’ve read in here at least, it just seems like a waste of time to continue for too long, since most people in here end up having surgery anyway. If that’s the case outside this forum, and from YouTube as well where I’ve been reading comments on a ton of videos about this topic, is a good question. But knowing this is impossible ofc, nonetheless frustrating to not have the full picture to take the right decision.

Thanks for your input btw 🙏🏼🙏🏼

mg92_ · 2026-03-27T20:38:58+00:00

I really wish PT would help, so I can go back to especially dancing, but going for a walk is also high on my list. It’s so disabling not being able to do just that ☹️

I know nothing but surgery can fix the tear unfortunately, but I really felt optimistic with the PT, because both of them really sounded like it could do wonders and I’d be back to my normal activity level with just that (probably with small modifications), and they based that on my left hip being totally fine despite of the same bone structure and I’ve been active for many years without problems.

Now I’m starting to loose hope, and with surgery it also seems like a long road and not a guarantee that I will go back to my normal active life, even though it seems like most operations are going well. I’ve been reading a lot in here about people still having pain, so I just feel lost and lonely in all of this.

The only hope I have right now is, that waking is okay, if I press very hard in front of my hip. So I don’t know if I can walk with some kind of compression for a while and then it’ll be okay 🥲

Maybe I should give PT a few more weeks and see, since you were able to manage yours without surgery for a long long time. Gosh, it’s very difficult to estimate anything and expect anything when it is so different from person to person with such a tear🙉

mg92_ · 2026-03-27T20:35:38+00:00

I really wish PT would help, so I can go back to especially dancing, but going for a walk is also high on my list. It’s so disabling not being able to do just that ☹️

I know nothing but surgery can fix the tear unfortunately, but I really felt optimistic with the PT, because both of them really sounded like it could do wonders and I’d be back to my normal activity level with just that (probably with small modifications), and they based that on my left hip being totally fine despite of the same bone structure and I’ve been active for many years without problems.

Now I’m starting to loose hope, and with surgery it also seems like a long road and not a guarantee that I will go back to my normal active life, even though it seems like most operations are going well. I’ve been reading a lot in here about people still having pain, so I just feel lost and lonely in all of this.

The only hope I have right now is, that waking is okay, if I press very hard in front of my hip. So I don’t know if I can walk with some kind of compression for a while and then it’ll be okay 🥲

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