help surgery advice laburm tear

I had the surgery. Had intermittent symptoms and then one day I was no longer able to run and barely able to walk. Do the surgery if you want to run again. I was a pretty solid runner before hand, struggled for 6 months after surgery and got a lot stronger, and now I've run pretty well in my first year back. It'll be a rough recovery and there will be times when you think that you're never going to get it back, but I promise you that you'll be better than you could ever imagine.

im little nervous about this traction device and the nerve damage it may cause

I did not get the surgery. My experience was similar to yours, started feeling better after 4wks off and opted against the surgery. Took a total of 8wks off then started running again. Some pain at first but eventually I got back into regular mileage pain free.

Been running normally now for 1.5yrs. Did have a sacral stress frx this past winter, but not sure if that is related to the impingement/labrum tear or not. Can't speak to the longterm outlook, but with the exception of the stressie I have not had pain in the area. Definitely have some flexibility issues in the affected hip (noticeable when doing squats).

did you get cortisone shot?

The traction they use during surgery will have you numb for about 5-6 weeks, but after that everything was fine. The machine you use after surgery moves your leg for you to prevent joint freezing, but it helps a ton and isn't painful in any way. Lots of ice on the hip and groin area for the first few weeks and everything will be just fine. I've got another tear in my non-operative hip and it's manageable, so I'm not saying that you absolutely need to have it, but you run the risk of damaging or causing permanent deterioration of the cartilage in the torn hip due to loss of synovial fluid if you let it go and keep running on it.....which would ultimately lead to a hip replacement at a relatively early age.

My advice is that if you can afford to do it and take the time to recover properly, it'll make a big difference in your life and you should do it. Don't suffer through it longer than you have to just to do permanent damage

Do you have a way to talk via email ?

I was told the same thing in regards to the long term outlook, that I would need hip-replacement at an early age. As terrifying as this is, I found an interesting study that showed a high prevalence for asymptomatic labrum tears in hockey players. Certainly not all of them are needing or will need hip replacement surgery, and only a few of them reported any pain at all. The study seemed to point to the fact that labrum tears in athletes are not uncommon at all.

So it is safe to assume that if hockey players have them now, they probably had them 40years ago as well. Are all those hockey players from the 70's and 80's needing hip replacement? I don't think so. Also, arthroscopic surgery to fix impingement /labrum tears is a relatively new thing, so the long term outlook on the surgery is still to be determined. I'm not trying to convince you one way or another, just presenting some of the info that lead me to hold off.