HIP LABRUM TEAR
Hello all,
Does anyone here had or know about this injury? I have a little hip labrum tear (1cm) and want to avoid surgery.
My symptoms are:
- Pain when flexing the hip (like squating)
- Soreness sitting and walking (worse driving)
- Clicking when rotating my leg outward
I had a cortisone injection today to see if the pain comes from the labrum. I don´t understand why the surgeon wanted to make sure that the pain came from the labrum injecting cortisone. Where the hell would the pain come from if the only thing they find in my hip is the labrum tear???? They also say that if I get relief from the injection I should get the surgery... WTF???
Has anyone been able to avoid this awful surgery?
On the other hand, I just wanted to let you know that since I take HGH 3,3iu I´ve had a lot of serious injuries. Among them, SLAP tear and hip labrum tear. I´ve been taking hgh for more than 2 years non stop. Is this a possible cause??
Thank you all
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Coleman87What do you guys think? Better a physiterapist or a osteopath?
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Coleman87What I really hate is the weackness in my hip. It bothers me even standing.
I think I should try some PT before rushing into surgery. Unfortunately I've been told that these type of injuries only get worse and worse with time if you dont get surgery.
The only cardio I can do now is stationary bike...
I had surgery to repair a torn hip labrum in 2008. There's only a handful of surgeons that specialize in this surgery in the states. I'm much better but also not 100%. Feel free to pm me to discuss. Good luck pal.
Coleman87Hello mate, fr sent.
What were your symptoms that me you decide surgery was the best option?
Could you describe your rehab process towards cardio and weightlifting? How long were you out? Would you do surgery again?
Fr accepted. I tried pt, stretching and art (active release ) but nothing helped. I was playing baseball and the most prominent symptom was a feeling of the joint "catching" that resulted in a sharp shooting pain.
The day after surgery I was on an exercise bike in rehab to help prevent the joint from locking up. The surgeon sent me back to art to help minimize scar tissue which was painful buy really seemed to help. It took me a good 6 months to start feeling better than before surgery but I was able to play baseball with a lot less pain.
It will never be 100% but after 6 months post surgery I started to feel like surgery was worth it. My repair required a debridement not reattaching in the labrum to the bone
Coleman87Only torn labrum? Or anything else?
Yes
Coleman87How did you manage to exercise your lower body before surgery? Avoiding squats?
Coleman87I cant write a lot now but will do afterwards. I just wanted to say that I am impressed about this website. Great people and many experiences to learn from. I wish I had a similar forum on my language, spanish
You all guys are fucking awesome, thans a lot.
I had fairly severe pain in my left hip similar to what you are describing. I went to some excellent doctors and was diagnosed with a small labrum tear. Decided against surgery because the success rate just wasn't high enough for me. There were days I could barely walk and couldn't pick up my kids.
Then I remembered I also had severe neck issues many years ago and the doctors recommended fusion surgery. I declined then as well and made a bunch of lifestyle changes over the years and my neck rarely acts up anymore.
Back to the hip. I decided to see what I can do on my own since if you take an MRI on pretty much any "healthy" person you will find something. Here is what I discovered and I eliminated 90%+ of the pain:
Every single muscle around my hip was extremely tight and some weak which caused an imbalance so bad that one leg was 1/2 inch shorter than the other. I did a lot of hip exercises to strengthen the area and a lot of stretching. The link below is for some hip stretches but my favorite by far and does the trick for me every time is the pigeon stretch. It's like magic!!!
http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/8-hip-stretches-your-body-really-needs/?utm...
Coleman87iFit, can you please accept my FR?
Thanks for the link.
Very welcome. It's crazy how everything is tied together. When my wife massages my lower back I can sometimes feel a really intense stretch in my hip flexor.
I go to a sports masseur every two weeks. She basically goes deep into my glutes and piriformis with her elbows. It hurts and quite often my ass cheeks are bruised for a couple if days, but it does help. Probably the only thing that does.
I'm 6 days out post surgery. Still on crutches. Glad to give you info if you want it.
Coleman87Goran, please accept my FR. I would like to talk to you.
I have them in both hips, it's a crap injury I'll be straight with you. What surgery are they talking about? There's not a huge amount they can do in terms of "sticking down" cartlidge tissue in your hips. They can tidy it up, but it has a pretty poor sucess rate. They can inject a liquid called synvisc into the joint, but it's fairly new and largely unproven. I've had both done, no major change if any.
I wonder if that is what I have going on. Injured my hip playing soccer (of all things) last summer. There are times when I cannot do squats at all and even then I have had to lighten them up significantly.
That's the most common cause of a laberal tear, "football", (not soccer lol!). Symptoms typically a pinch in the groin and a dull ache deep in your glute / piriformis.
Coleman87They haven´t talked abour the type of surgery yet. But from what I understand, they drill a hole and tie the labrum. Do you still have the same pain??? Aren´t you able to perform squats and leg training better than before? Did you also have FAI?
I still get pain. Aches in the joint and the odd sharp groin pain like having your testicles squeezed :(
I assumed that was the plan in terms of surgery. It's more than 15 years ago do things may have improved but as I understand it still doesn't have a great longevity. Mine were both caused by martial arts rather than the gym. I still squat and leg press but some days are better than others and I have to be careful with foot position. I think in my case it's a case of getting better dealing with the pain over the years but sometimes it's difficult. I find sitting on my backside makes it way worse. Thankfully I don't sit behind a desk all day and I think that helps.
Whatever you decide to do, best of luck and I hope you get a good result.
Coleman87Have you ever competed in bodybuilding? I remember talking with you about my SLAP surgery (BTW, I wasn´t able to recover from that injury).
Have you tried cortisone injections?
Yes, competing again shortly actually. I had another rotator cuff repair (that's the third one now) in July last year as the 2013 repair didn't heal correctly. Pleased to say it's a lot better, probably 75% which I'm happy with. Don't do any heavy pressing anymore, but overall i think I 've had a pretty good result.
Cortisone, many times. Hips, wrists, elbows, shoulders, (I've destroyed most of my joints over the years!!!). Sometimes it's like a miracle drug, sometimes does very little.
Coleman87From what I see on the Internet, many peopel heal good from these surgeries... slow but good.
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