Alex, finally I can contribute something, since you share all of your information so willingly!
I had a full labram reconstruction(donor tissue) I also had a cam and pincer impingments. I had them ground down as well.
If you had a hip labrum repair, how long did you reap the benefits of a more stable pain-free hip.
As soon as my pain meds wore off I was pain free. Being in bed and rotating at all from the torso caused pain. When I cam off the meds and I rotated and there was no pain, I knew it was the right decision. I started rehab and I remember walking in sandals(I never wear sandals), and caught the toe of the sandle on the carpet at the PT office and I stumbled and previously this would have been a 8 out of 10 pain, there was no pain at all and I actually caught my balance. This was a couple weeks after surgery when I was just off of crutches.
How much did you run after surgery? How much riding?
I was very slow to my return, on purpose. They did the process where they drill in and cause blood flow to help with the healing and the Dr. told me that I might be feeling very very good, but do not progress to running before(date he said) because he said it is like jelly in there and then will become jello and then will heal fully. I started with water jogging and then worked back to it. I also had major achilles isssues that slowed my progress to running. Riding came back within 12 weeks(I believe). I was able to ride 1hr with smooth efforts at about 14-16 weeks. Once again I was very slow to build back.
I am 4 years post surgery. All is well and better than ever. Yes, I am back to racing long course and putting in 10-15hrs a week training. Most importantly quality of life is better!