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Hi Laura!
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Dr. Coleman performed my two hip arthroscopies, too, which were five months apart, back in 2011. You didn’t say what year you had your surgeries, but I’ll assume it was last year.
Setbacks, unfortunately, are part of the recovery process – at least they were for me (and others I know who also have had FAI surgery). If you peruse this blog, you’ll see I’ve posted about plenty of them. The affected area was still very sensitive, and likely not completely healed.
The way I handled setbacks was to back off for a while. I would, say, reduce my running mileage or not run for a week or two. I also felt that icing, anti-inflammatories and revisiting my physical therapy exercises helped to get me back on track.
Good luck, and stay in touch.
Vivian
Hi! I’m so glad I found your blog. I had FAI surgery and labrum repair by Dr Coleman on 4/4 and I’m about to get my second surgery (on my other hip) on 6/10. I’m currently around six weeks post op and I’ve been out of town so transitioned myself to a sitting elliptical/bike type machine because I dont have access to a vertical stationary bike. I don’t know if I pushed myself too hard but all of a sudden I’m having the same groin and side joint pain I was having pre-surgery, which brought me to dr Coleman in the first place. Did you have any fall backs where you feel like you’re taking two steps back again after feeling great for a week or so? It helps so much to read about other people’s experiences so I hope to hear from you. Thanks for sharing your story.