tigerpaws, where do you live? Wherever it is, I’m moving there!
I just found this thread while researching surgeons who do hip arthroscopy in British Columbia. I’ve had ongoing hip pain for 6 years and have been getting the runaround all that time. Some days I think I must be going crazy and that it’s all in my head. I haven’t ridden in nearly 3 years because of the pain, running is bearable most times as long as I keep it to a short, slow shuffle. But the pain is variable, comes and goes, some days it’s very bad and some days my hip is relatively good. Sometimes it keeps me awake at night, or hurts so much that I can’t sit at my desk, while other times it gives me relatively little trouble even when I’ve been fairly active.
GP says I’m getting older and should just get used to slowing down. I’m 47 fer cryin’ out loud! Sports doc found tendinosis and refuses to look further even though I repeatedly explained that I have other pain that’s nowhere near the vicinity of the tendon and is of an entirely different character.
Finally had the good fortune to have my last appt on a PMS day - I suppose the tears helped my cause - and GP finally referred me to an orthopedic surgeon and for a contrast MRI. Both appts are 7 months away, and now I understand that after seeing the local orthopedic surgeon I will likely be referred on to another surgeon who does hip arthroscopy, as it’s fairly new and not many docs do it. The one that I know of, Mike Gilbart in Vancouver, has a wait list of 3 years just for a consult, unless I pay privately, then it’s only 2 weeks.
If any fellow British Columbians have any insight/advice/suggestions for how to move things along I’d sure appreciate hearing from you!