About 2 weeks ago I started to get the same symptoms in my left hip, which I couldn’t believe. I felt pretty unlucky to have a problem in one of my hips at 30 years old, so a bilateral complaint was all I needed! The problem in my left hip is identical to the one in my right, with exactly the same triggers and symptoms. Given my limited activity over the last few months, is it likely that I’ve torn the labrum on that side too? I’m not so sure.
I’m now worried that I don’t have a tear on either side and that this is some other issue, but we won’t know until the hip block in a couple of weeks. On the plus side, if one side is successfully diagnosed, at least the other will be too. And at least dodgy hips didn’t stop me rolling down a hill in a giant bouncy ball last weekend! Weeeeeee!I had the opportunity to have a coffee with a lady called Janet recently. She’s had open hip surgery for FAI, and told me about the op and how she felt in the weeks and months afterwards. Her hip problems make mine feel quite insignificant in comparison, and it was inspiring to hear her speak so positively about the open procedure, the consultant and hospital.
Janet also had a look over my scans (as a medical professional) and could decipher them far better than I could. What was interesting and confusing was that my impingement and atrophic labrum are anterior, yet the pain and discomfort is only posterior. Shouldn’t people with anterior FAI and tears have groin pain? I certainly don’t and have never felt a thing on that side. It has always been, in more ways than one, a pain in the backside.
That’s all for this post. More after the hip block in 2 weeks time. A final word to Janet to wish her well for her next operation later this month :-)
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Hope the hip block goes well and great that its been brought forward - it should provide some relief hopefully. Sorry to hear your other hip is playing up though.
ReplyDeleteI'm very impressed you went zorbing! I'd love to do that, but would be too nervous about popping a hip!! Am very jealous! :o)
Sounds very familiar! I had symptoms in my left hip, had it x-rayed and ultrasounded and was booked in for an MRA... when my right hip started playing up as well. Had them both MRA'd, and sure enough, there are tears in both. They had probably been there all along, but through favouring the other hip and losing muscle mass, they became more evident.
ReplyDeleteAnd if it makes you feel any better, I'm 26. Onset in January, diagnosis in June, surgery (on both hips) will be on 4 December. Can't wait to get it over and done with!
Thanks for sharing this post and explaining things in its simplest form. It's unfortunate that you have to undergo this whole stuff, which made me realize how lucky I am to have healthy hips and more. I hope the surgery went well, and the road to recovery was swift and without so much pain. By the way, have you heard about Depuy ASR Recall?
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