For what its worth, i had repair of 3rd degree anterior labral tear and some bone shaving for FAI at age 35 - 12 weeks later I was downhill skiing and in the best shape of my life (at the time - it was before triathlon). Good luck.

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Two wheels good. Four wheels bad.

I had hip arthroscopic surgery July 10, 2013, the surgeon debrieded the tear(about 30%) of my labrum, and shaved down the boney impingement on the neck of my femur. I was back in the pool in about 3 weeks, and outside on my bike in about 6 weeks, and a return to running in about 16 weeks. I'm training now for my first 70.3 in Boulder next month, and I feel pretty good, the hip isn't perfect, but I'm starting to hit the same speeds and paces I did prior to the injury. Good Luck with your surgery, for me it was the only option, I was miserable and unable to do the things I love with out it.