Fix Hip Labral Tear and FAI Without Surgery? Tommy's Real Results

Tommy's doctor told him he needed surgery for his hip labral tear and FAI bone shapes. His budding surf career looked like it was over at the age of 19. He was wary of arthroscopic hip surgery and eventually canceled his hip surgery...Find out what happened in the years after.
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Even though doctors blamed his hip pain on a hip labrum tear and FAI bone shapes, Tommy chose to avoid surgery. He used the Healthy Hips program to heal himself. If you have hip pain that's been blamed on a labral tear or hip impingement, you need to watch the full story. Tommy has some incredible insights that changed his life and just might change yours. 💪🙏
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Start
01:16 - Interview Begins
01:56 - The Cause of His Hip Pain
02:56 - Hip Labrum tear and FAI bone shapes
03:53 - Surgery Scheduled
04:13 - Tough Times Emotionally and Physically
05:42 - Doing Research Into Surgery
06:36 - Skepticism at the Start of the Journey
07:31 - How to Handle Frustration and Stagnation
08:32 - Progress since canceling hip surgery
10:46 - Advice for others with hip pain
12:19 - Dyslexia and Gratitude
15:46 - Final Thoughts
17:40 - Why Hip Pain is “Good”
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[@Uprighthealth]

What was the favorite piece of wisdom that Tommy shared? Drop a comment below! 👉 Get Healthy Hips even with Hip Impingement! uprighthealth.com/fai 👉 Fix Your Hips with Healthy Hips: uprighthealth.com/healthy-hips

[@Errzman]

Tommy hit it on the head. Discipline is so important to improve in anything. Nothing worthwhile happens quickly.

[@jaredmccain4106]

Of the hundreds of youtube channels I've watched videos from, yours is one of 4 that I'm subscribed to. That's how powerful your presentation/thinking is. I don't even suffer from hip pain, I just listen to you to learn how to think about the body correctly.

[@Uprighthealth]

Happy to have you on board!

[@annettew.4134]

Inspired ❤ gratitude for this testimony and this interview 💯

[@woodiewood7333]

Inspirational! This has come at exactly the right time for me. Started the hip programme a month or so back but just couldn’t get focus. I’m a 71 year old just retired Aussie bloke and embracing Oestio arthritis and the usual tear. Next week I was due to start three PRP injections through frustration. Now, cancelled the injections, joined the gym and now have a new game plan with getting my act together and committing. All from Tommy saying that he embraced and his understanding of the journey. It moved me so much Matt. Great video presentation and the location was perfect to hold the interview

[@Uprighthealth]

Thanks for sharing your story! Happy we were able to inspire you to action!

[@Anikat]

What Tommy has learned will serve him for the rest of his life, especially as an athlete! In a way, it might be a blessing that this crisis happened to him so young. "Atrophy aches" and "always think muscles" runs through my head whenever I have a pain now. It's a much more useful mindset to believe that we each have the power to fix our earthly vessel 😛 Instead of running to a doctor for an issue that we probably inflicted on ourselves, from poor motion or lack of motion. 2ish years ago I healed my bad hip with "youtube university" and some of your exercises...I then went from skinny fat couch potato to working at a warehouse, as a 115lb lady. The lifting dredged up an old shoulder injury, but applying "always think muscles", the tennis ball+wall thing and hanging from my pull up bar, it was fixed in 2-3 weeks. Now, I get to blow the minds of new starters with how much I can lift and throw, lol. It's all thanks to the mindset change you encourage.

[@mckolabs5844]

Had followed the FAI protocol for 12 years now, with daily practice. Had surgery on both hips in 2009, bone shave labral debridement and cartilage repair and micro fracture due to large flaps of cartilage falling out of the joint. I never recovered and have yet challenges walking, despite keeping up the work, stretches, strengthening and other modalities to get through the day. Best wishes to everyone out there facing the hip and back challenges, they can truly derail a life.

[@cheekytitaable]

BJJ and MMA And Muay Thai practitioner of 5 years. So grateful to see this video. I’ve always had some hip, si joint, low back, levoscoliosis issues. PT off and on all my life.. gets harder now that I’m approaching 50 with menopause! Sucks ! I’ve had to stop training to do PT for hip impingement as well. I steer clear or orthopedic doctors as I have consulted them all throughout my life. PT is a huge resource and asset in my life. It can really change things when you do as you’re told 100%. Oh and medical marijuana is a lifesaver for spasms and tension.. also keeping weight down, eating well, and proper self care are critical when dealing with ortho issues. I’m very interested in this healthy hips program.. I’ll try ANYTHING lol😂

[@fboness368]

Very inspirational!

[@jdao6131]

Needed to listen to Tommy’s story for hope. I can agree that I need to stick to a plan. Currently on week 3 of Healthy Hips Program and notice how impatient I can be. I’m sticking to it and have faith it will help my hips - have osteoarthritis on left hip - deal with pain and I limp sometimes.

[@LateMarch3]

I'm already thousands into paying for physical therapy and haven't yet opted for the MRI to diagnose a labral tear. I'm really hoping your program can help. I totally feel like Tommy described--uncertain that I'll be able to do the things I enjoy doing

[@fnutsamchoe7729]

@Uprighthealth I am exactly going through the same (FAI, degenerative and labrum tears). I am glad i came across your channel. beginning to some hope for good. Can I know how can i join your program please? do you have one on one session?

[@carolynwatterson4411]

Which upright health videos are the first ones that I should look for to start on a hip labral tear?

[@Woodstock271]

Thanks so much Upright Health and Tommy for this eye-opening story. I was also a competitive surfer, in Hawaii and super active my entire life. Hiking, climbing, bike riding, skydiving, the whole bit. My first real bad injury from surfing was my shoulder. I woke up with my right arm stuck behind my head and could not lower it. It was just stuck. No event led to this happening, I had no wipeout or accident. Some wipeouts you hit the reef and get banged up but that heals. Cuts and scrapes heal. I called into work with my left hand explaining that my right arm is stuck over my head and I can’t lower it. Extreme pain even trying. “What happened?!” Was the question, and I had no answer. “It happened while I was asleep. I just woke up this way and I’m going to the doctor.” I eventually pulled my arm from behind my head and screamed like a little girl as I did so. Most pain I’ve ever felt but I wasn’t going to see the doctor or walk anywhere in public with my arm stuck behind my head. At the doctor’s office he immediately recognized me as a surfer and knew the problem. “It’s common among surfers and from paddling. Repetitious movement of the joints.” Okay, he’s right about that, I surf before and after work and all weekend long. I spend more hours in the ocean than I do on land. I have contests to surf and I have to be at my best at all times. So the doctor gave me a cortisone shot in the shoulder and a rubber band thing to tie to a doorknob or something and do these exercises every day. The cortisone worked and I felt no pain, so I didn’t do the exercises. I was young. 26 or so. The surf was up and I woke up with the same problem the next morning. The doctor was a sports medicine doctor and physical therapist. I walked back into his office like a kid who stole the cookies from a cookie jar. Guilty. I didn’t listen to him. He told me no surfing for 30 days and I only waited two days. He told me (and this time I was listening), “One more cortisone shot and that’s it. If you don’t do your exercises, as boring and ineffective they may seem, surgery is next and good luck with that.” What an excellent doctor. He scared the crap out of me! I did what he ordered me to do and my shoulder has been fine ever since. I quit surfing competitively and just free-surfed on occasion. Can’t throw a fastball, that would be bad, but my shoulder doesn’t hurt at all. It’s fine. I know my limits. Fast-forward, now I’m 60 years old. Been doing everything all these years with no problems, no pain, riding my bike, hiking for miles, and all of a sudden it’s my hips. Happened in one day. I was fine the day before and today I’m in extreme pain and can’t walk. Can’t even think about riding my bike. Can’t lift my leg over the top bar so I laid the bike way over on its side because this is ridiculous! How did I go from perfectly fine and pain-free, to crippled in one day? I’m riding but I’m afraid my hips won’t let me deal with an emergency like skidding to a red light in time. Or, even stopping and perching on one leg. Something terrible is going on and again, it was out of the blue. Went to the doctor. Not my old great doctor in Hawaii, but an orthopedic surgeon in Seattle. He took ex-rays and whatever and immediately recommended a double hip replacement. “Ummm….aren’t there a few things I could do before it comes to cutting off both my legs and re-installing them with screws and titanium and Teflon?” He’s like, “Your hip cartilage is really worn out. Surgery is really your best bet.” I went home and did lots of research online. Turns out, most active 60 year olds have hip cartilage that looks exactly like mine and they have no hip pain at all, so it’s something else. Surgeons want to do surgery and they don’t give a rat’s ass if it solves the problem or not. It’s a ton of money for them, while the unwitting patient goes completely broke and homeless, crippled for life. The doctor has a new Lamborghini and his patient is on the streets still in pain, digging through the garbage for food. That’s the scenario I envisioned and so I looked for a different doctor. But he said the same thing. Surgery. That’s when I found a whole lot of people on the internet saying, “Don’t do the surgery!” And here on Upright Health, I’m always thinking muscles. Because that’s where the pain is, it’s not in the joint itself. I have the popping and cracking thing going on but it’s in the muscles, tendons, ligaments, that connect to the joint. And I had to think back to how I could have atrophied these things while always being so active? The “worn-out” cartilage theory I don’t buy, since everyone my age has worn out cartilage and most in no pain at all. Lots of variables could have led to my current condition of constant hip pain. My diet hasn’t changed much since I was a kid, mostly protein and no fast foods, the only thing that has changed really was my misdiagnosis of Graves’ disease and the prescription of Methimazole. So I looked that up. It’s bad stuff and I took it daily for a year. Side effects include “Sudden and severe arthritis.” But only on rare occasions. Hmmm. I’m kinda rare, that doesn’t mean impossible? The studies on methimazole were spooky. It’s still on the market and has been renamed, but it’s the same chemical. I’ve been off it for a year and the damage is already done. I don’t have Graves’ disease and now I’m crippled from the supposed medicine. Doing my physical therapy in my apartment as Upright Health instructs but so far I haven’t seen a miraculous recovery. Well, there’s no such thing as that. It takes time, persistence, and not pushing your limits. I figure by the time I’m 70 I’ll have beat this pain and can finally retire, cruising the country in a camper van. I’ll definitely find my dream-girl my age on the road. Get married again. That’s my dream now. Hope it works out. That’s going to take a whole lot of work from me. Not sure I’m up for it but I’ll try. Thanks Upright Health for helping me understand what I need to do.

[@landking3742]

Is hip impingement the same as osteoarthritis of the hip joint?

[@mikeclites8407]

Did I miss what he did to avoid the surgery? I heard a lot of mindset type story but not "I did program x daily and am great" or "my hips suck and I just mentally accept the pain".

[@flipdawhip2573]

very inspiring, I am considering surgery for a labral tear. I do not want surgery, also considering stem cells and rehab instead. what are your thoughts on stem cells? thank you so much

[@Uprighthealth]

You are your own best savior. Take the responsibility and power by focusing on what YOU can do for YOURSELF.

[@marycoppin9040]

What exactly is the Healthy Hips program? I naturally easily do Asian squats, have been a life long daily runner & active person, have lower body strength, great agility, have no arthritis anywhere-but after being bed ridden for a time, now when I do my daily run, sometimes my hips hurt. Different shoes and shoe inserts do seem to make a difference but I’m not running 🏃‍♀️ regularly because I don’t think it’s a good idea if it causes pain. Is it just tight hips from being sedentary for a while? In the past, I have relieved it with great body workers using things like ART & scraping (Graston). Do I just need to stay on loosening the hips. I really miss running so much. It isn’t really painful but I think any pain is a sign something is misaligned.

[@czurbandanaz]

I feel ir pain ..I got it I'm soooo active ...I'm so sad that happen to u too

[@bigjim5423]

I'm 48. I have a cam deformity on the head of my right femur which has caused impingement, a labrum tear and the beginning of osteoarthritis. The NHS orthopaedic surgeon said he could operate and shave the bone to get rid of the cam deformity with about 50/50 chances of success.

[@Uprighthealth]

Very nice of the surgeon to tell you it's only 50/50 chance of success. That means they're getting more honest about the actual success rates...which probably hover in the 20-30% range. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqLHnIF9ebqomsk

[@bigjim5423]

​@@UprighthealthI didn't know that. I am considering MSBT therapy now.

[@user-wz2yz2so4e]

Can u help me with my body im from switzerland i got 4 little kids i cant be for them here?

[@dennissaner2151]

One truth that came out; surgery rarely ever puts anyone back to 100%. The ATM method goes back as far as our civilization has been civilized. Movement and using all of our muscles keep us moving forward.

[@janetmacdonald9209]

I had rotator cuff surgery. With a great surgeon and equally great physical therapist, I am 100%. And I was 80 yrs old at the time.

[@bekabeka71]

Can you also upload a video on weak stream, urge to pee? How to shrink prostate gland without surgery for guys who are their late 20s?

[@czurbandanaz]

After how long should u worry about fai issues will never be fix ??? Please answer I'm desperate

[@Uprighthealth]

Never. Nobody can fix your hips but you. It can take a long time to restore and/or establish pain-free range of motion. For some it will take a long time. For some it will be short. Be patient and keep learning.

[@Koronajewell]

I’m wondering if dialysis related hip joint issues can be alleviated. Amyloid proteins accumulated from dialysis accumulates in the joints and causes damage. This is a common issue but isn’t being addressed because they feel there isn’t anything that can be done.

[@sherriclearlake1611]

Best comment was getting through the slack times when you're not seeing progress. Trust in the process. Say No or orange chicken (for me, the sofa), and get back to work.

[@Uprighthealth]

Heck yeah!

[@user-wz2yz2so4e]

How long u had that im since 20 years with this problems now i found out im in non stop fight or flight modus and im in bed nonstop

[@markiriable]

Did you exercices?

[@user-wz2yz2so4e]

@@markiriable cant walk

[@edwardponder66]

Only 22 yo and spoken like a mature adult

[@Uprighthealth]

This.