Can you share your experience or knowledge of having cartilage loss (I have 7-9mm loss in one mirroring area on ball/socket), and getting a PAO? Surgeon said I will need a THR eventually but a PAO may save me 5-20 years, but it may not work at all. He says its 50/50. Would like to save the hip but wondering if it's worth the trouble
Has anyone had full thickness chondral loss on the mirroring sides of their ball and socket, but had healthy marrow and no obvious signs of osteoarthritis? I have bone on bone, but I'm wondering if it's normal to get a hip replacement prior to osteoarthritis. I had been looking at hip preservation surgeries (I have CAM impingement, dysplasia, labral tears), but I dont know if they'll be successful with full cartilage loss
Has anyone had full thickness chondral loss? I'm assuming this means I am not a good candidate for a PAO and I'm going to need a hip replacement but thought I'd see if anyone had this on their MRI report. I am assuming my answer is hip replacement (which I don't want given I am 30)
Has anyone had full thickness chondral loss? I'm assuming this means I am not a good candidate for an arthroscopy and I'm going to need a hip replacement but thought I'd see if anyone had this on their MRI report. I am assuming my answer is hip replacement (which I don't want given I am 30)
Found out today i have hip dysplasia and likely need a PAO. Did anyone who had a PAO maintain their hip flexibility/extreme range of motion? For example, my hips touch the floor in the middle splits. if you maintained your flexibility, what surgeon did you use?
losing my flexibility would be like losing a part of myself and i would probably stupidly deny the surgery to keep it. even tho cant even walk without pain now......
Has anyone successfully gotten an order for an MRI from a first appointment from one of Joshua Harris' PAs at Houston Methodist? I'm wondering if it's gonna be camp runaround to get an MRI (for example, they won't let you get one unless you've done 6 weeks PT. Which I did do for 3 weeks about a month ago but it worsened my symptoms...). Thank you!
hi all. for those of you with failed arthroscopies, how long after the pain started did you get the surgery? im currently in insurance company limbo and wondering if delaying the surgery will make it more likely to fail
I have to get 6 weeks of PT before insurance will approve me for an MR arthrogram. I have had at least 1 flare-up a week in my groin area for 7 weeks. The only way I can go without a flare up is by not doing anything (like <1k steps a day type nothing). I had my first PT appointment yesterday, and I'm flaring up again today. Joint feels like its loose and pain radiating through the entire thigh. Does this sound like your experience with a labral issue? I thought PT would help it. The PT said yesterday's session shouldnt have caused any pain, and is accusing me of doing something to have flared it after the session (which i didnt). He massaged it obnoxiously hard so perhaps that did it.
is physical therapy reimbursable using the wellbeing fund?