minniebeck wrote:
Reading stories (like JAS) help me stay optimistic.I'm good. Great, actually. I'm running better than ever, recently set a 5k pr in crappy conditions and later this month will take a crack at a sub 18...I'm an adult onset runner (started at 25, 35 now) with a previous pr of 19+ and weigh 10lbs more now than I did then. Hoping to take a crack at a fast marathon in 2021 but still have a ways to go getting miles in my legs and strengthening my hips (groin, adductor, core are still deficient).
I know someone else who went through the same thing and shes good too. Unfortunately, as you're seeing here there are a lot of stories that don't have that same happy ending. Once surgery was an option I went all in as I'd been doing all the other things discussed in this thread for 4 years. I'd have tried/done anything - and had it meant running wasn't something I could do anymore it would have been better than the limbo I'd been in for years (mentally, for me, I mean).
I consider myself to be very lucky and fortunate.
curdog16 wrote:
For perspective, I'm 43 yo male. I saw a sports ortho who doesn't think I have a torn labrum but if I did, that its a small tear. He told me to work on my core strength. I saw a physical therapist for a while too, but made no difference. I'm gonna try what I said while taking the next 6 weeks off of S/B/R. Hopefully the combination of weights/band work 3x per week, core and yin style long stretching (pigeon, frog, 90/90) everyday will help.
If not, then I'll go back to doc and consider a shot and/or having an MRI (which may not show anything anyway). Having torn my shoulder labrum 17 years ago, it was horribly painful for a ling time. Therpay got it better and while it still aggravates me at times, its functional and no need to be surgically repaired. I'm hoping that will be same result with my hip issue. Really dont want surgery, but will consider it if no other interventions work.
Any other ideas? I'm willing to listen and try.
Tears don't heal themselves. My surgeon initially gave me a steroid injection as a test - It felt awesome for a month and the following month things got progressively worse until I was right back where I started. Unfortunately, I changed jobs and went into a different insurers network and started the process all over..I share this because I had a 2nd steroid injection from a different provider a year after the first, perhaps a year before my ultimate surgery, and it did NOTHING for me. Also, I had 4 MRI's (2x w/ contrast) and none conclusively showed much - but I have photos of 3 tears, 1 of which being "very large" from surgery day.
My shoulder labrum is torn (torn rotator cuff 20 years ago + separated shoulder 3 years ago) and I haven't had it repaired. Presses (overhead, chest, etc.) are problematic but swimming is fine and I'm generally ok with the limitations I have. Limitations like that to the hip pretty much guarantee running is going to be an issue. The tears to my hip labrum prevented me from lifting my leg in front of me and the pounding of running is what really cause inflammation - something you don't necessarily experience with a shoulder.
Not suggesting surgery. This is all just my experience and opinion. Good luck.