Hip Labrum Tear
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I had a double labral tear in my shoulder and had arthroscopic surgery last summer. Pre-surgery my shoulder would pop in and out of socket if I moved it wrong and would click all the time. The recovery for surgery takes a few months but imo it's worth it. My shoulder's not 100% yet but it already feels much better than it did before I had surgery.
I had the same thing, I tore the hip labrum during fitness training year and a half ago and now I'm a little more than two months after arthroscopic surgery. now I have less joint pain but I still have a long way to full rehabilitation and my leg is weak as shit
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I'm 7 weeks out of hip arthroscopy for a labral tear, arthritis, and ruptured femoral ligament. The surgeon cleaned up the soft tissue damage, reattached the labrum, performed an osteoplasty to fix the bad machanics in my hip socket (FAI), and did a microfracture of the acetabulum to try to encourage cartilage regrowth. I was on crutches for 4 weeks. I can still only now walk like an arthritic 70 year old, but hurts less than it did before surgery.
Going to the supermarket is about as much exercise as I can take without sitting down for an hour and icing. Both my PT and surgeon say that it will be six months before I should consider anything that I would consider to be "working out" (biking, swimming, etc.). The expectation is that I can resume moderate activity after six months, but will probably feel it in one way or another for 1.5-2 years.
Next summer I get to have the other side done, so at least I've got that to look forward to.
I'm 7 weeks out of hip arthroscopy for a labral tear, arthritis, and ruptured femoral ligament. The surgeon cleaned up the soft tissue damage, reattached the labrum, performed an osteoplasty to fix the bad machanics in my hip socket (FAI), and did a microfracture of the acetabulum to try to encourage cartilage regrowth. I was on crutches for 4 weeks. I can still only now walk like an arthritic 70 year old, but hurts less than it did before surgery.
Going to the supermarket is about as much exercise as I can take without sitting down for an hour and icing. Both my PT and surgeon say that it will be six months before I should consider anything that I would consider to be "working out" (biking, swimming, etc.). The expectation is that I can resume moderate activity after six months, but will probably feel it in one way or another for 1.5-2 years.
Next summer I get to have the other side done, so at least I've got that to look forward to.
Wow, the microfracture part is scary. My day to day activity is not hindered all that much. Whenever I try to do anything athletic is when the labrum catches or grabs. Hopefully I just need it cleaned out or the impingement relieved.
You probably won't need the microfracture if your injury is a result of trauma as opposed to chronic impingement. I have (had) a bone deformity on the head of my femurs that causes low-level impingement in day-to-day activities. Over 15 years of martial arts that caused my labrum to more or less totally detach, although it wasn't torn and never bothered me during athletics. It also caused premature osteoarthritis to the point where it hurt to sit in chairs. The surgery fixed the bad mechanics and repaired what they could, but the damage is more or less done. I'll probably need a hip replacement within the next 15 years (I'm 35). Get yours fixed before anything more serious than the labrum goes wrong. Bum hips are not fun.
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As EGDM said, welcome to the club.
First thing that I recommend that you do is stop training. BJJ is not good for the hips.
I originally tore my labrum, and rolled on it for 3 years, making it worse and worse. Obviously, I did not know that I had a torn labrum until about 3 years later, as the pain was not that bad. It just felt like a pulled muscle that limited my mobility. If you stop now, and stop the damage before it gets worse, you might be able to continue BJJ in the future with out needing a hip replacement in the next 2, 5, or 15 years (it depends on the damage that you do now).
I had 20% of my cartilage removed, they repaired my cartilage in 2 places, performed microfracture to promote more cartilage growth in the removed sections, and they shaved down the bone in 2 places in order to prevent further tearing.
The recovery is much longer than that of a hip replacement, as the the surgery/area is delicate and needs a long time to recover. I could swim after about 6 months, and slowly tried to return to bjj at about one year. I am never supposed to run or jump again (as that will make me need a hip replacement sooner). It was/is an up and down process. I take a lot of natural supplements to help (they maybe placebos, but at this point, who gives a shit, I just want to role!) such as fish oil, glucosimine chondroitin, and tumeric on a daily basis. I tried to return to rolling 2 days a week, but could not do it. Now I role once a week, and have accepted that as my reality. I have fun, stay in ok shape, and tap to people I used to kill.
My best advice for you would be to be PATIENT!!!
Do not return to drilling or rolling until you are really ready.
If you have surgery, rehab well and take your time....it maybe up until 12-18 months. Not being able to run or jump....it really sucks.
If I had known I was fucking up my hip to anything near the level that I did, I would have stopped and gotten the surgery a lot earlier than I did, and potentially would be much more mobile than I am today. I was a 35 year old purple belt when I had the surgery.
I recommend that you check out the post below. I have also p'mailed a lot of these guys in the post below. Once again, be patient and and listen to your surgeon.
I guess that I should also mention that I have had my knees scoped 3 times. That was nothing compared to the hip. My knees feel fine. The hip is a much more complicated joint, henceforth the long recovery time.
Good Luck!!
http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f12/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-after-hip-replacement-1441739/
First thing that I recommend that you do is stop training. BJJ is not good for the hips.
I originally tore my labrum, and rolled on it for 3 years, making it worse and worse. Obviously, I did not know that I had a torn labrum until about 3 years later, as the pain was not that bad. It just felt like a pulled muscle that limited my mobility. If you stop now, and stop the damage before it gets worse, you might be able to continue BJJ in the future with out needing a hip replacement in the next 2, 5, or 15 years (it depends on the damage that you do now).
I had 20% of my cartilage removed, they repaired my cartilage in 2 places, performed microfracture to promote more cartilage growth in the removed sections, and they shaved down the bone in 2 places in order to prevent further tearing.
The recovery is much longer than that of a hip replacement, as the the surgery/area is delicate and needs a long time to recover. I could swim after about 6 months, and slowly tried to return to bjj at about one year. I am never supposed to run or jump again (as that will make me need a hip replacement sooner). It was/is an up and down process. I take a lot of natural supplements to help (they maybe placebos, but at this point, who gives a shit, I just want to role!) such as fish oil, glucosimine chondroitin, and tumeric on a daily basis. I tried to return to rolling 2 days a week, but could not do it. Now I role once a week, and have accepted that as my reality. I have fun, stay in ok shape, and tap to people I used to kill.
My best advice for you would be to be PATIENT!!!
Do not return to drilling or rolling until you are really ready.
If you have surgery, rehab well and take your time....it maybe up until 12-18 months. Not being able to run or jump....it really sucks.
If I had known I was fucking up my hip to anything near the level that I did, I would have stopped and gotten the surgery a lot earlier than I did, and potentially would be much more mobile than I am today. I was a 35 year old purple belt when I had the surgery.
I recommend that you check out the post below. I have also p'mailed a lot of these guys in the post below. Once again, be patient and and listen to your surgeon.
I guess that I should also mention that I have had my knees scoped 3 times. That was nothing compared to the hip. My knees feel fine. The hip is a much more complicated joint, henceforth the long recovery time.
Good Luck!!
http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f12/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-after-hip-replacement-1441739/
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Sorry to hear this. This is getting so common in BJJ. I have the same issue and know at least 5 other black belts with the same problem.
I think what judo is to the knees and wrestling is to the shoulders, bjj is to the hips.
I think what judo is to the knees and wrestling is to the shoulders, bjj is to the hips.
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Dang bros.... :-/ I was just diagnosed with a hip labrum tear today...and I am not liking what I am hearing. I have to schedule a consult with a surgeon to see if surgery is needed. I actually think I might try to postpone for a while if I need it. I am making decent strides in my game right now
Don't do that. Once the labrum is damaged you don't have a good seal seal in the joint and the synovial fluid (the lubrication) leaks out. This leads to a great deal more friction and eventual arthritis like rgr and I seem to have. The surgery sucks, but the arthritis is way worse. You don't want to be crippled and/or have a hip replacement. It sucks not being able to train, but that's not a patch on not being able to sleep because of pain.
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question...does the hip feel like it gets numb sometimes with fluid? also can you hear fluid moving around? like a watery sound? maybe someone whos went through this can tell me if its what they initially felt. i can still train. but i can hear a popping sound when im at work and put both of my legs straight out in the air as if i was stretching. ive put it off for a while now, i cant get mris because i have titanium plates in my face. also, sometimes i feel like if i hold my leg out too long it feels like the hip is barely holding my weight up, like a door with only one hinge if that makes any sense. this is all the right hip
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Interesting. This happened to my friend.
My orthopedist told me to have surgery right away, but their hip specialist prescribed rehab and told me to only have surgery if they pain became too much.
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Damn!!! The hits keep coming. Thanks for the info. My ortho said that I already have some arthritis. He pointed to a cyst in my MRI as an indicator. I just thought all of this time I needed more flexibility and mobility in my hips not that i was broken...lol...i'll see what the surgeon recommends.
Ive had hip pain since mid 20s.I was a serious bodybuilder for a good 5+ years, then got into kickboxing. After a few years of that I started getting hip pain on left side. Got to the point that I couldn't train through the pain any longer so took mini breaks. Eventually after getting it seen to, and realising that mini breaks aren't enough, I was diagnosed as havin a tear plus the ball and socket alignment were out causing them to rub together.
I started BJJ before id had surgery and found that it never bothered my hip, which was great.
About a year into that I got it done and missed about 2 months of training just. Always felt the hip pain for a good 4 months though after that.
I had to get a new job as mine had been very physical ( on feet all day ) for over 10 years. I find that it bothers me some days just walking or standing for periods of time now ( 18months after surgery ). Ive been back training BJJ with no real problems , it just seems to be a weight bearing issue for me ( running, walking etc ), so I don't do anything outside of BJJ now unfortunately.
There are sometimes where I have to take a week or so off because my right side now slightly bothers me. Looks like 1 day ill probably need to go down that road, but as I said, BJJ hasn't ever affected mine so far, so it might not be all doom and gloom. Im just hoping I can continue this for years to come, but if not, id give it up in a minute to have healthy hips.
I started BJJ before id had surgery and found that it never bothered my hip, which was great.
About a year into that I got it done and missed about 2 months of training just. Always felt the hip pain for a good 4 months though after that.
I had to get a new job as mine had been very physical ( on feet all day ) for over 10 years. I find that it bothers me some days just walking or standing for periods of time now ( 18months after surgery ). Ive been back training BJJ with no real problems , it just seems to be a weight bearing issue for me ( running, walking etc ), so I don't do anything outside of BJJ now unfortunately.
There are sometimes where I have to take a week or so off because my right side now slightly bothers me. Looks like 1 day ill probably need to go down that road, but as I said, BJJ hasn't ever affected mine so far, so it might not be all doom and gloom. Im just hoping I can continue this for years to come, but if not, id give it up in a minute to have healthy hips.
I'm sure it varies with the specifics of your situation. If your doctors appear to disagree, though, I'd get a second (third?) opinion.
Cysts turn into bone spurs and bones spurs really fuck up your life. Get that taken care of ASAP if your docs think it's appropriate.
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Yeah for sure. Surgery sucks, and post-surgery rehab is even worse. And 6 months off the mat isn't fun either. It's a balancing game.
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