Results

Today was my follow up with my orthopedic dr to get results from Monday's MRI/arthrogram. There's not a whole lot to say except what the dr told me.

I do, in fact, have a couple of "subtle" tears in the left hip labral as well as a cyst on my left femur. He said that the cyst isn't of much concern but that it could be causing some hip impingement. He also told me that he isn't a hip specialist and referred me to his partner who is. I see him on July 9th (post vacation). He will be able to tell me his thoughts regarding surgery and other options. The dr today did tell me that these things don't normally just heal and go away on their own but that at this point it didn't look like surgery needed to be done.

What does all this mean? I honestly do not know.
I have 2 more physical therapy sessions next week and I am looking forward to those. I am also looking forward to hearing my PT's thoughts on this. He suspected a tear in the first place and has done a lot of work with me to make the progress that I had made before Monday. My appoint with the PT Monday had to be cancelled due to the pain I was in. I knew I couldn't bear being touched when I didn't even want anyone speaking to me all day. haha. Yesterday's appointment was basically a bust too. The procedure on Monday just jacked my whole left side up so bad.

I had made real progress before Monday in PT. For instance, I was able to barely bend my left leg up towards my chest to 90 degrees when I first saw the PT. 4 weeks later I was able to almost bend and touch my chest with my left knee. Yesterday I was back to barely 90 degree. Major set back. After a few minutes trying to work on my left hip flexor the PT decided to just help me with the back issue. So we did stim and ultrasound to work out the newly extra tight middle back muscles.

All that to say, I really am not sure. I have logged a total of 6 running miles this week. As long as I am running there is minimal to know pain. When I stop running it hurts. This is new this week as before with the PT and adding running I felt fine as long as I took it slow and didn't over do things. Since the procedure on Monday we have a very different story. I have barely been able to move since then so adding any running at all is slow and painful. Basically at this point I just want to be well enough to have a successful half marathon in July and in October.

I just want to be a happy, healthy distance runner. I'm going to take every step possible to get back to that girl.