r/HipImpingement

hi! about 10 months ago I felt a sharp pain in my groins/hip while doing a single leg skater squat that caused my hip to give out. since then it has been constantly achy and flares with pain if I do rotational movement.

recently I’ve noticed that I get a sharp groin pain and catching sensation while straightening my leg during bicycle crunches. I’m wondering if this is more likely to be labral related or muscular from hip flexors or adductors? I do have FAI in the hip as well. thanks!

I just had an appointment with the hip surgeon today. For background, I went to the doctor for a suspected labral tear. After a MRI, it was determined that it’s torn, and the arthritis is so severe that he wants to yeet the whole thing and do a replacement. I’m ok with that, but then he told me I won’t be able to do yoga anymore. I’ve been doing yoga for 40 years, and my heart is a little broken. I guess it is what it is, but this was devastating news.

Edit: thank you to everyone who responded! You’ve inspired me do more research, and I’m going to get a second opinion from another surgeon.

Hey all! In December of 2025, I had my first labral repair done on my right hip. In June of 2026 I had my left hip done. My left hip feels amazing! My right hip, not so much.

I had my 12-week follow-up on my left hip about a month ago and expressed that my right hip was still was hurting. My surgeon wasn't worried at all, saying that was normal and my right hip was likely overcompensating. Personally, I felt like my left hip was already doing the lion's share of the work again, even only three months out, but my surgeon cited some studies and I took his word for it. He said that in 3 more months if there was still pain to call and they'd set me up with some PT again or something.

Since that visit a month ago, I've tried to get more back to normal - going for more walks, I even jogged for a couple minutes the other day. However, as my activity has increased, so has the pain in my right hip, to the point where it hurts to sit, walk, and forget about any internal or external rotation. In short: my right hip hurts a lot, and it's increasing as time goes on. At this point, it's much worse than my pre-op pain was. One of my friends thinks that I should call my doctor, but I'm thinking I should wait a couple more months so that they take it more seriously I guess? I should also say that I haven't been as forceful in my appointments as I could've been. I've just tried to follow their guidelines and be optimistic. I'm a college-aged female, for reference.

Anyways, at what point do I go ahead and call his office with my concerns?

Source: Side sleeper with 4 hip scopes

Tl’dr: This and - if a side sleeper- this have been game changers for me.

Recently had my 4th hip scope (and first recon) and my sleep set-up this go round is allowing me to have (what is for me) pretty high quality sleep. My restrictions: 0° IR, 0° ER and <90° flexion and I am a slide sleeper.

This leg pillow from Amazon - with a towel inside the negative space to make it a bit smaller - has been a complete game changer to prevent IR or ER during the night. I’ve tried countless reccos and this is the only approach that has worked for me over the course of 4 surgeries.

And then, this weighted pillow - placed over my head and tucked in a bit - allows me to turn my head to the side and mimic the sensation of side sleeping enough where I can fall asleep.

My last 3 surgeries I probably slept no more than 5 consecutive hours because my hip hurt from IR/ER or I just didn’t like sleeping on my back.

I'm going on 3 weeks post very complicated labral repair, cam+pincher impingement. Softening level 1, bruising and delamination.

I see a lot of people that had less than ideal results but I want to share where I'm at this point in recovery.

I'm walking with no crutches with a small limp. Pain is at a 1 to a 2. And honestly so happy I followed through with it I could cry.

I was in a car accident in Feb and it resulted in the worst pain in my life for 6 months due to the tear in my hip. Outside of work I was bed bound. I didn't socialize even with my own partner because I was exhausted trying to stay afloat as a self employed hairstylist.

Even though I'm still progressing if this was as good as it got I'd be more than grateful. So to all those who may be questioning if it's worth it. Do ur research and pick a good surgeon, build ur strength before even if it kills you because there is hope. Yes not everyone will have a positive experience. But in my case it was worth it. Not every outcome is the same but if I would have waited I would have guaranteed that my condition would have been way worse down the road. I will be starting back at work in almost a week and though I will need to be aware of what my body is ready for and work my way back into it I feel so much better than I imagined i would at this point in recovery.

Anyone had surgery as pain limited your ability to perform sport/s but was not disabling otherwise?

I prone paddleboard, which includes knee paddling (a pretty niche sport!) which flares my R anterior hip pain as it involves repetitive deep hip flexion. If I don't paddle, I generally don't have pain (though I've had a couple of flares from prolonged car travel.) If I reduce my volume, it is often manageable. However, my pain limits my ability to train for endurance paddling races, which I really want to do.

It's a big call: get surgery to continue paddling, when a successful outcome isn't guaranteed? Or potentially give up paddling? (I'm also starting to get what I believe are secondary pains- R proximal hammy irritation and R medial knee pain/snapping.)

When you are debilitated by constant pain, surgery, whilst scary, becomes less of a choice.

Just wondering whether others have been in this situation?

44F. Anterior labral tear. Small cam. Consulted with very good high volume hip preservation specialist. Pain has worsened last 3 years. Have done exhaustive rehab with a fabulous hip physio which slightly improved, but didn't resolve my pain.

Still weighing up my options...

I’ve had this pain on forward hinging for 7 years, just got an MRI showing gluteal tendonitis and a partial longitudinal gluteal medius tendon tear. Xray also shows an impingement. All of this is consistent with symptoms.

I’m in PT and getting dry needling - improvement is slow to none. It’s pretty constant pain.

Anyone had a similar diagnosis? Any benefit of an ortho surgeon over sports medicine?

Edit: I should say I only have impingement pain if my glute pain has gotten beyond belief. Impingement pain almost gone if glute pain is under control. Only issue is I don’t have enough strength for long walks, stairs or picking things up off of the floor

As someone who used this sub for the majority of his information heading into surgery, just wanted to give back and provide a different perspective than what I had seen on here. I hope others have had similar experiences!

Background: Healthy, active 34M. Last Monday I had surgery to repair my torn labrum and femorplasty on my cam impingement in my right hip. Nine days post op, have nearly weened off all pain meds (still taking aspirin as the doc requested it). I did receive a shot of Exparel which I guess is a long lasting anesthetic while I was under, this was a surprise as I hadn’t heard it mentioned in this sub or on YT. I start PT next week but I’ve been doing a pretty basic routine at home the last few days (glute squeezes, ankle rotations, heel slides, etc). Normal walking causes no pain, but I’m still using crutches as the doctor wants to ensure the area is fully healed before I push too hard. I have moderate bruising still but no pain. For recovery my doc only issued me crutches (no CPM, ice machine, or hip brace), and I bought some compression socks to help with circulation.

I had braced myself after reading several posts on this sub about how bad the first few weeks are but my journey has been the complete opposite. I’m in a great spot mentally and physically.

Wondering how many have had similar recoveries and what I should expect as I continue moving forward?