I’m sorry to hear this. I wish you were in CT. I know you know how important the surgeon is. I can’t speak highly enough of mine. My daughter had bilateral hip labrum tears when she was in high school (just a few years ago). Her pain never went away after surgery (we took her to a “teen” ortho). About a year after both of her surgeries, my bilateral hip labrum tears were diagnosed. My pain was gone immediately after my surgeries (done six weeks apart). Got us wondering… After almost all of high school in pain (before surgery and then after), my surgeon fixed her.
I guess there’s no point here, but to say 1) you are smart to be taking the surgeon search so seriously & 2) I wish you were in CT.
Please share your docs name anyway! I am not opposed to traveling if it means a material difference, like what you described above!
I knew I needed surgery in late June. I got on the surgery schedule for late August and early October. I asked if anything could impact the surgery and/or recovery after, and the doctor told me no, I could do anything I could tolerate, pain wise. I had pain, but I ran my ass off that summer. I didn’t do anything more than 5-7 miles a day and a few sprints, but - Placid could very well be a possibility. Let’s say you figure your surgeon out, get on the surgery schedule for after the race, and the doctor says gives you the go ahead…
My doc has already told me he won’t ‘rush’ into surgery. Since it’s only been a week since cortisone and a week of PT … he’ll want to see how things are over time. Also might do a second cortisone shot in May. Personally, from everything I’ve read, if a cortisone shot doesn’t help the pain ‘go away’ a surgery is almost always inevitable. So just a matter of determining if I can endure the pain for 26 miles! Stinks Ironman doesn’t permit deferments to next year.
I had both mine done (bilateral FAI and large labral tears) 8 months apart in Rochester by Brian Giordano. I’m not sure if URMC could/would coordinate post-op PT and so on after the fact locally in Buffalo for you, but it may be worth inquiring. I was ultimately happy with the result. I will never be the runner I once was, but much of that is aging and fear of training how I once did in my teens and 20’s.
Not saying your diagnosis is wrong since it probably isn’t, but shooting pain down the quad sounds odd. I assume femoral stress fracture has been ruled out? The MRI w/ contrast was no picnic but ultimately was part of the equation for me. I am happy to answer any questions you have, either here, via private message, email, etc.
Thanks for sharing the name. It’s worth a shot since Rochester is only ~1 hour drive. I’m 38 and new to tri so really would like to continue with it!
The pain in my quad only presents itself when my labral tear is really inflamed/agitated. I’ve had stress fractures before and what I’m feeling is too intermittent to be a fracture. Thanks for offering PMs with any questions!