SO!
I've been dealing with a shitty hip situation since halfway through college. To summarize, there are three happily coexisting problems; osteoarthritis (I've worn through a lot of my cartilage), snapping hip syndrome (have an extra tiny little bony process on the bone that is catching a tendon that should ideally glide across the hip surface), and a labral tear (soph. year jazz class induced, sore subject.. no puns intended), which is best described here.
It's been sucky and painful and limited, and sort of depressing. I saw an orthopedic doctor 4 or 5 years ago who half-heartedly conducted an arthrogram and MRI and said I could do PT or just go for a hip replacement, but also I should really stop using the joint as much as I was in an attempt to heal. Uh... ok. I did the PT, it sort of helped for a bit before I plateau-ed which happened about the same time as I got kicked off my parent's health insurance and had to do the exercises from home. For the past couple of years I've just been trying to cope/deal with it... either working through hip pain and sleeping with an ice pack, or just not moving at all. I know what I need to stretch, what needs to keep strengthening, but there is never enough improvement to feel great.
Anyways, I am happy that after waiting for way too long, I am going to see a new specialist and get this stupid injury fixed! I've been annoyed with my hip way too much lately, and have come to the conclusion that you shouldn't have to live with or accept day-to-day pain (if I do anything more than normal-people movement, which is obviously going to happen) and limited mobility!
It's probably going to take awhile to solve the problem/heal the injury, since I would rather not go invasive right away, but hopefully there is a fix out there for me. I don't remember what it feel like to have two normal/functioning/pain-free hip joints!
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