Torn Hip Labrum - advice, recovery and experiences (Read 1147 times)

I will probably use at least one crutch for long walks for a few days, but around the house it is so nice not using them.  Next week they said that I get to work a little more at PT.  Elliptical and so other stuff.

I seem to be walking fine without the crutches so I have not been using them.  Fatigue is an issue, not pain.  If I get tired I take a break.  I had some soreness in my lower leg that I assume is just from using it for the first time in weeks.  My foot actually cramped up a couple of times.  I have been cutting my grass for a while as I have a riding mower but this past weekend was the first that I was able to do the trimming.

More PT yesterday.  Warmed up with 6 minutes on the elliptical, no resistance.  They had me doing a lot of balancing stuff, both legs.  The guy mentioned that I seem to be walking normally for the most part.  One thing that I noticed is that I felt less stiff and sore after PT than I did before.  I guess that means it's working.  I mentioned that most of the stiffness is in the area of my hip flexor.  He said to monitor it and back off if it starts getting worse.

I got the OK to start going on regular daily walks, starting with only 10 minutes and adding time gradually.  I am going to start going after dinner each day.

Wow, right around the corner, beef!  Good deal.

My back is not liking all this lounging around.  Back on the Vicodin but for the sciatica not the hip!

The date we are especially thrilled about - it's the same date as the surgery we cancelled, so all of the support we'd lined up is still available. Our living situation is really complicated at the moment, so it was a big deal. 

Good luck!

I am sleeping on my non-op side, but I prefer to sleep on my other side, so it's still a bit awkward/restless sleep, which I'm sure isn't helping.   Thankfully, the meds I have on hand are keeping everything in check but I'd like to be off the hard stuff.

BTW - how long did you guys have to take the NSAID post surgery?  They gave me a month's worth of the naproxen, but no time table for stopping... I really hope I don't need to be on this for four weeks.  My poor tummy. lol

Google heterotopic ossification and it may explain why some surgeons prescribe NSAIDS for a period of time after surgery.  My surgeon did not, but I took Aleve for a couple of weeks as a precaution.

I had an interesting PT appt today.  We've now ditched everything double leg and are only doing single leg strengthening exercises.  I also got to do "light" impact stuff, which was various things with the agility ladder.  She also had me doing a split-squat exercise that we did in PT pre-surgery that hurt when I did it...no pain this time!

I go and see Dr. Keene for my 12 week check up late next week and my PT told me not to listen to him.  LOL.  She said that he would most likely tell me I was fine to go run 4-5 miles and that I definitely should not do that.  She that from his perspective, the joint will be healed and able to handle that, but the surrounding muscles would not.  However, she did quickly dismiss my running in July/August idea and told me that I would most likely be able to begin a run/walk program in 4 weeks since I was progressing so well.  I'm not sure how I feel about that, but I guess that's good news!

I will say that I am increasingly feeling very normal lately.  I am jogging up/down the stairs without no issues and haven't had any weird hurting movements in a while.  I hiked 4.6 miles last night with lots of hills.  While I am out of shape, nothing else seemed to bother me much besides my right calf, which I just need to roll out a bit.

Mandy, that is great news, except for the recommendation for running that far. I am only going to try for one mile, if that my first time out.

At my PT on Monday, they measured my flexibility compared to when i went in. Everything is pretty close to normal. Everything is within a couple degrees of where it should be.