my journey with femoral acetabular impingement

H ad my 6 month post op appointment yesterday! Prior to my appointment I went to physiotherapy to have my strength and ROM measured. My ROM has improved and my strength is excellent, which I am very happy about!  I had a few concerns going into this appointment. First, I have been quite concerned about the amount of pain that I am still having in my right hip. It's like a deep aching pain and it's really been limiting what I can do and I have had many sleepless nights because of it. Second, my left hip has been getting progressively worse over the past 3 months since I last saw Dr. Wong, so wanted a game plan for how to address the issues with my left hip. I first saw Dr. Ahmed Al-Hussain who was working with Dr. Wong. He was so kind and caring and took the time to really listen to my concerns. I explained to him my concerns with my continued right hip pain and also my concerns about my left hip. I told him that I am still unable to even start a modified running plan, as...

W ell, it's been 6 months (that's half a year) since I got my hip fixed! It's been a while since I made a blog post. Progress has been slow, so there wasn't much need of a post.  I made grea t progress after having my psoas dry needled for 4 weeks. My passive ROM went from 90 degr ees to 120 degr ees (as of last week). My active ROM is stil l limited but has gone from about 90 degrees to 95 degrees. My physiotherapists have been rotating dry needling different areas of my body in cluding my right and left hips, right and left glutes, right and left quads and my lower back.  Since I was two weeks post op, I have been going to pool therapy on ce per week. As of last week my PT suggested we put pool therpay on hold, as my h ip has been very irritable over the past month or so, constantly aching (to the point where I can hardly sleep, EVER). So, I didn't go to the pool last Thursday and what a difference. The pool has helped me greatly with my endu rance over t...