Eleven Weeks Post-LPAO

My hip has been doing spectacularly well for the last week or so, with no significant episodes of pain or limitation at all.

Prior to that there was unpredictable, variable pain that seemed unconnected to my activity level. The pain would appear without warning, sometimes in the front of the hip, sometimes in the back, on the ischium, and sometimes, more rarely, on the outside of my hip. It would last for a random amount of time, and then it would disappear, seemingly without cause.

For example, one morning I woke up and had pain with every step I took with my left hip, for no apparent reason. I hadn't pushed the hip the day before, or done anything out of the ordinary. I rested all that day, hoping that would help, but the hip continued to hurt in what felt like the small muscles surrounding the hip, as if I'd overdone it walking or something. Which I hadn't. The pain lasted into the next day and then, as suddenly as it had appeared, it disappeared. For no reason. Frustrating.

The last episode of that inexplicable pain was about a week ago. Since then, my hip hasn't complained at all, despite an increase in my walking, intensification of my workouts with my trainer, and the addition of both swimming and spinning to my regimen. In fact, my hip has taken all these challenges in stride (pun, sorry) and has felt great.

So I don't know how to explain any of it. All I can report is that I've been doing more and more with my hip and it has been feeling good. My right hip, which is now ten months out from its PAO, feels great as well. My fitness level is improving markedly and I'm starting to feel like my old self again.

Next week I will get another x-ray taken and I'll have more to report once Dr. Millis has commented on it.