Hip Arthroscopy Q&A with Dr. Alex Johnson

[@UndeadEyes]

The problem with 'classic' symptoms is that doctors begin to rely only on those to decide what the problem is instead of using common sense. I began hurting a year ago next month and knew I had bursitis again. However, over time, the pain began to change and become worse. I finally saw a doctor and got an MRI (no contrast) and he saw the bursitis and treated it. I had been trying to tell him the pain isn't really at the bursa anymore, but he ignored me. In the end, he told me "Your pain doesn't match the MRI and you just need, in my professional opinion, internal pelvic floor PT." Because, obviously, as a woman, it must be something about being a woman that has me in such pain. The pain I felt was just where the hip and buttock line met, deep inside. It was so bad that I could collapse trying to get up. The femur bone was fragile to the touch. I knew he was wrong and immediately got a new doctor. Even he wasn't sure. I was starting to have groin pain as well by that time. He at least admitted he didn't know and we'd do diagnostic. A lidocaine shot into the joint took 80% of the discomfort away for a short while. My new PT did testing and thought it was the posterior labrum as it fired off and on. However, not every time. Sometimes, we could do a test and have a pain so great I'd yank away. Other times, it barely hurt if it hurt at all. Doctor decided to do another MRI with contrast. Viola! CAM and Labrum tear. Surgery is scheduled for April 2nd. Oddly, despite most of the pain being posterior, the tear is anterior. This is why classic and text-book pain shouldn't be the only factors when deciding what is wrong.

[@rickkane8043]

How many incision during the procedure?

[@UndeadEyes]

Usually 2 to 3, but some do 4 from what I've seen researching.