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So I'm a birth defect. I joke, but I've always thought of kids and I've always been dead set about genetic strength...so I'm short, old, and now it turns out my hip joint (leg bone portion) didn't form properly in my teens (so he theorizes). My outer "dimple" isn't really there - the bone is straight, very minor issue, but it means my joint does not allow my hip to flex high. When my knee goes way up, my bone presses on bone / the (labral? Cartilage?) pulls away too as the bones lever away at each other.
Great.
But the more modest than his introduction orthopedic surgeon said I have 3 options:
1) Nothing. I'm functional, just consider not doing squats past 90 degrees like I was in the olympics.
2) Cortisone shots - I can try a shot and see if it helps by reducing inflammation in the area. Something tells me another part of that is to not do what causes it to hurt in the first place.
3) Surgery - 4-12 week recovery time before lifting, but days to weeks on crutches (varies greatly). This would suture the (goop? labral? cartilage) back to the bone AND file down the bone to the shape it should be to allow greater freedom of movement in the lower squooty positions.
Terror - my dream of comfortably using foreign toilets is either crushed or may require surgery.
This is better news than I hoped, but also...my god I can't do anything. I boxed, my elbows fell apart. I ran, got shin splints. I lifted weights, my elbows and shoulders are killing me while I have a hip condition that may require dropping it or surgery, or just being not as good as I'd like
FOREVER
Great.
But the more modest than his introduction orthopedic surgeon said I have 3 options:
1) Nothing. I'm functional, just consider not doing squats past 90 degrees like I was in the olympics.
2) Cortisone shots - I can try a shot and see if it helps by reducing inflammation in the area. Something tells me another part of that is to not do what causes it to hurt in the first place.
3) Surgery - 4-12 week recovery time before lifting, but days to weeks on crutches (varies greatly). This would suture the (goop? labral? cartilage) back to the bone AND file down the bone to the shape it should be to allow greater freedom of movement in the lower squooty positions.
Terror - my dream of comfortably using foreign toilets is either crushed or may require surgery.
This is better news than I hoped, but also...my god I can't do anything. I boxed, my elbows fell apart. I ran, got shin splints. I lifted weights, my elbows and shoulders are killing me while I have a hip condition that may require dropping it or surgery, or just being not as good as I'd like
FOREVER
