Isaiah Thomas RETURNS! Doctor Explains Hip Injury

Isaiah Thomas of the Denver Nuggets is making his return to the court so let's take this chance to review the hip injury that kept him sidelined for so long.
We'll review FAI (femoracetabular impingement) and why we worry about labrum tears and arthritis.
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[@robojimtv]

You should do Chris Bosh since he's just announced that he won't return

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Yep I'm working on it!

[@XxxDeadShotXxx123]

Brian Sutterer MD great work 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@crown20aaryan28]

@@BrianSuttererMD bruh u the g i've been gaining so much knowledge from these videos u the real mvp

[@smokeboyholmes2605]

Robojim I’m actually sad for Bosh he was a great player

[@DrAdnan]

So it’s kinda like shoulder impingement with the rotator cuffs. I haven’t heard of it happening with the femur/acetabulum.

[@briarleyklassen3008]

Love these! Super helpful and applicable. Simple but informative 👍🏽☀️

[@rickstevenson267]

I had this same surgery in 2013. A normal PT program did not help even after the torn labrum was repaired. This is because my torn labrum caused IT band syndrome, and I've just been finally making progress after I foam roll all the knots that connect along the IT band from my hip down to my knee. I commented this bc I feel there may be a few of you out there who are having the same experience. Roll that IT band if you are.. Oh and pool therapy helps much, much more than a regular PT program for post labral surgery. Thanks for the insight doc it's much appreciated!

[@diegovalenzuela9721]

how long did it take you to get back on the field? and did you make a full recovery? I just found out I have hip impingement too

[@rokometer8]

Im 17 I ve been having this injury for 2 Years , didnt even know

[@hiimbob1092]

I asked for this video your the goat

[@mo-hunnit9184]

Congrats on 40k you are growing really fast.

[@JYsCourt]

Love this. I've been wanting to follow his progression back. I'm an athlete and have had similar troubles getting back to 100%

[@superiorcactus]

Just now found these videos, loving the channel. I find this one particularly interesting because I sustained the same injury he had. Wish the best for him in the rest of his career, I was never able to completely recover from mine but I'm also not a professional athlete lol. Awesome video.

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Thanks!

[@SethKasso]

These videos could be used in 3rd-5th grade science classes to get kids interested in anatomy on a level that they can relate to. Great work. Could you do a video on Penny Hardaway, Larry Bird, or Grant Hill?

[@demaurimitchell3167]

You really have that trust me I'm a doctor face. Can you do one on steve kerr's back injury and why retirement from coaching was a speculation

[@eba0202]

thank you for the video brian it really helped me understand the injury , can you do a video on the john wall injury and dive into wether the infection he got from his heel surgery made his achilles tear more likely to happen or not

[@marcoebeling3814]

I am 15 and had surgery on both of my hips for the same thing except I had cam impingement. Both of my labrums were torn and I had mild arthritis in both joints. I have not been able to play for 2 years but I will in about 4 months

[@Fr3shTiger]

I just had a nasty torn labrum this summer and had the get my bone shaved. not fun

[@marcoebeling3814]

Fr3shTiger I hope you’re doing better than ever now!!

[@GoldenToeKicking]

Thats rough. I had surgery on my torn labrum in September and am almost fully recovered. Cant imagine having two surgeries.

[@jackpettifor7060]

How much does the surgery cost?

[@GoldenToeKicking]

@@jackpettifor7060 Varies around $6k, but if you have good insurance that should cover most of it.

[@danielrowles223]

Do Zach miller from the Bears

[@brad887]

Daniel Rowles Fr its a really interesting injury

[@vivektripathi1511]

Do a andy murray hip injury one of most famous injury.... Ur channel is really informative man. Keep up the gud work👍

[@donaldwest9373]

So glad I found this Chanel

[@SR-gg3mm]

Great timing!

[@kostasstogiannopoulos9478]

Once again a great video

[@Kodboattours]

I had Bi Lateral Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis as a child. I'm 35 years old now and preparing for total hip replacement in November. This will be my 10th and final hip surgery.

[@Cibernautan]

Hi buddie, how was your surgery?. I am 52, and I got right hip replacement in juni last year. Now, 1 year later I am playing basket ( in a decent level) again (stretching everyday and lifting just with the hips). I wish you are also going well!!!

[@ericw4377]

Really interesting. Thank you.

[@TCOTEevari]

Another great video! Keep up the good work :) Just one question; who do you root for in the NBA?

[@irayu6838]

40k already!!road to 50k

[@djiceryder1662]

Great Video Dr

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Thanks!

[@kurtwagner350]

Keep up the good videos

[@MisterXdotcom]

Doc take a look an interview before the games IT was asked do he ever think about what will happen if KAT didn't landed on his hip and injured him and from that moment on he played thru the injury and he made it worse as well as the last season when he rushed back. So you are basically right, it was for some time that he made it worse but you can pinpoint exact moment when injured happened. Regards mate, keep it up I support your channel from your first video, good job and I'm glad to see how this channel grow.

[@Pianofreke]

Nice video!

[@noahhancock3587]

Do joe thiesmen next

[@jm_0712]

Could u do Odell’s quad injury that kept him out the final 4 games of this past season?

[@RyanBeranek]

Do a video on Robert Covington of the MN Timberwolves-- he has been out 2 months with a "bone bruise".... why/how is this such a significant injury.

[@TradingGzwithG]

I suffered this same injury 3 years ago while i was doing dribbling drills with my trainer 😥

[@BboyJJRuda]

Hello Brian, I need some help. I’m a breakdancer that suffered a shoulder injury back in April 2017, and I have footage of the occurence. I definitely didn’t dislocate my shoulder but i did feel/heard tears and cracks when the incident happened. I decided to just let it heal on its own but didn’t stop dancing. I did not do any physical therapy on it or saw a doctor about it (at the time). Fast forward about a couple months (July 2017), I did a backflip and reinjured my shoulder again. I was not expecting it to return considering i thought it was healed. Althought not as severe, i unfortunately heard/felt the same cracks on that shoulder. I decided to go see a doctor, and i got an xray but nothing was out of place. He suggested i get an MRI, and even got it all scheduled, but I got too lazy about it and just let it go. All the advice he gave me was to do some shoulder exercises or PT. He gave me a packet with a list of exercises to do. So i was kinda lazy about it and fast forward about, A year and a half, i reinjured it doing a backflip again. Its so weird because ive been doing many backflips between the time I last injured, and never got it reinjured until then. I did however notice it would almost give out whenever doing flips, but i never reinjured it to that extent until it happened again. I don’t know if it’s a certain angle I do my flip where it causes that tear. I am currently a student but unemployed so i don’t have access to a doctor to see my shoulder again. I’m fine now but it most certainly feels weaker. and now i have crepitus whenever i lift my shoulder in specific motions (such as laying on my back and raising my arm from my side, and all the way up above my head, or even when I make the same motion when I injured it the first time). I have footage of both the first and second injuries of my shoulder, and I wanted to see if you, with your knowledge as a sports doctor, could help discover what ligaments I might have torn and how I can prevent it from tearing again. I have full range of motion, but it does feel a bit weaker in certain moments. Maybe you could even do a video on it the same way you do with professional athletes, but this time with your fans! I love your content, and hope you give me some feedback on my issue. Thanks!

[@obi_the_president]

I hope IT return to his pre injury greatness! Its great too see a guy shorter than myself make it in NBA

[@mo-hunnit9184]

Now I haven't taken advanced anatomy yet and we didn't go over the sacral plexus in that much detail but I was wondering would a nerve be affect with this injury because you said it your self plenty of people have this deformity but feel no pain. So is there a nerve around femer or acetubulum that gets pinched to help make this a injury

[@deerinheadlights9784]

Hi, Dr. Sutterer. I have this injury and it's plagued me. Do you think it's worth getting surgery for this? I have a labrum tear and FAI. I've had it since November 2019 and it took us over a year to diagnose it correctly. I've met with an ortho surgeon and go to PT. We're working to get my glutes stronger whether I get the surgery or not. My PT thinks we can make my glutes strong enough to become asymptomatic. The surgeon wants to shoot Novocaine in me for a test to see how much the surgery would help. Thanks if you happen to see this and be able to respond. Just so you or anyone that reads this knows, I do go to my providers and will trust them (since they see me in real life). I'm curious your take on it is all since all bodies and situations differ. For mine, they said the head of my femur is shaped round instead of oval like a lightbulb. They would fix the tear with arthroscopic surgery and shave off a little of the bone. They may only need to do the one hip since that one is symptomatic. I'm 37 as well and want to get back to activities which adduct my legs to my core, cycling, and more.

[@fredsavage7380]

I had the exact same thing happen to me. I was squatting and my labrium just knocked off. I knew I did something wrong. Ive torn my ACL and I know what that kind of pain feels like

[@adamlipcsey9780]

Do peyton mannings neck

[@AnojanSivam]

Do a video about Caris leverts injury

[@Vibestr]

Toward the end you kinda mentioned adjusting his biomechanics...it'd be cool to expand on this or to refer to a source. I'm curious how one would go about treating such a thing? Is there anything he can do other than rest?

[@brunellocamera7633]

you have to retrain your lower body muscles a different way. takes a lot of time though

[@brad887]

Do Zach Miller’s injury

[@will220193]

How about the recovery after the arthroscopy? I’m getting one next month, I would really appreciate your input about the recovery. Thanks in advance.

[@diegovalenzuela9721]

Guillermo Moratalla how’d recovery go? doc told me I’m going through the same thing

[@rokometer8]

Me 2

[@adircuello5355]

Is it just me, but i feel like i enjoy the videos more when he uses shirts with collars. Whenever he uses t-shirts, the video feels weird. I guess i have this stereo type that doctors are dressed in collared shirts and shoes all day everyday. Overall, great content. I really love your video.

[@HD-er1qc]

for a doctor you really have hella time

[@ryanvas6]

DXMO BASKETBALL 😭🤣🤣😭🤣😂

[@TheCriminalViolin]

I've always associated the labrum with the shoulder, since it seems whenever there is a shoulder injury nit related to a separation, they note it's a labrum tear. Interesting. Is there perhaps two different labrums?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Yep, same function though more or less

[@felipem4685]

could you please increase the audio volume

[@cam7739]

I hurt my hip awhile ago and couldn’t move it up and down and couldn’t walk cause the pain it healed but now I can’t take off like I used to on the left leg and now it when I do work outs like scissors kicks it makes a gigantic knocking noise what’s wrong

[@villianbotev]

Brandon Roy Knee Injury!!

[@jamesyoast5425]

Greg Oden also.

[@FoxyChariot]

Tracy McGrady, Derrick Rose

[@ryandigiovanni2724]

Liked it before I even watched it

[@emadtalukdar6340]

Wait so was he born with that deformity or did it randomly grow? And if it did randomly grow, what causes that growth?

[@molaa39]

I had that during my teenager stage, and it is due to a problem on your growth, its only bad luck if it happens or not

[@GoldenToeKicking]

It is something you are born with. I had surgery on my labrum but luckily no impingement

[@djtsiantoulas3]

Connor Madden how ru doing now after the labrum surgery

[@stevenmatuszak7536]

I actually suffered the same injury as IT within a few months of his injury. I had to have the bone shaved down and my labrum essentially sown back together. It changed me my life. Massive respect to IT for coming back through it. It is a bitch

[@rokometer8]

Hi , did surgery help

[@babakey6731]

Mr. Brian i know there is no treatment for arthritis yet but what can someone who has it do to alleviate pain ?

[@brunellocamera7633]

muscle and mobility training

[@danielfrederick652]

Would Thomas being taller have any effect on this injury?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Shouldn't, no

[@angelnunez4459]

Do the Chris Bosh problem

[@smokeboyholmes2605]

You fucking rock dude mpj video gave hope on him

[@ChandlerTingle]

Do Hulk Hogan because he said that he was 6’’7 and now he’s 6’3. I think he said it was injuries to the spine which caused it

[@theluckygamer5236]

Hey Brian my dad’s knee hurts from time to time. What do you think is wrong with it?

[@sadsiah8594]

The Lucky Gamer he old man

[@mo-hunnit9184]

The Lucky Gamer that really vague I would tell him to see a doctor

[@ArkbladeIX]

He's an old man

[@ethanlopez9069]

Just pain is too vague, best to see a doctor, but tendonitis can be a pretty good guess

[@Vibestr]

celadrin

[@nachitoyh]

I am 19 years old, and I'm been having this impingement on my right hip/deep groin area for a couple years. I went to a physician and he massaged the area and suggested it could be the start of a sports hernia, or Isaiah's injury. What should I do? I play basketball too by the way.

[@GoldenToeKicking]

Nacho Yzaguirre i would get the surgery. I tore my hip labrum in June then had surgery in September. Im almost fully recovered and my hip feels so much better. Im not gonna lie, therapy is a long grind, but trust me it is worth it.

[@DoomerZ666]

You might need your leg amputated

[@JGold6274]

whats a hip pointer

[@BossFinale]

So if it happens on one side it will 100% develop on the other side?

[@Weasel_Blaster49]

What are your thoughts on CTE in football players?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

I think the more concussions you have the more long term problems you can have regardless of sports. I think we keep doing what we can to prevent them but continue to make players away and then let them make their own decisions

[@myjciskate4]

Jumpers knee jumpers knee jumpers knee jumpers knee

[@kenglim17]

How about tennis elbow?

[@No_Name_FR]

if i tell you what i have on my knees could you make a video or just send me an email to explain me about it ?

[@bigcoley1246]

Ryan Shazier’s injury soon?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Yea was editing it when I saw news of IT returning and wanted to jump on the news cycle

[@bencaldwell9931]

My hip!!!

[@antonbadiang467]

I.have same.injury of isiah thomas huhuhu

[@MrWrestleman22]

What state do you work out of?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Minnesota

[@kakashi653]

Jumpers knee please

[@rafaelcastro5255]

i dont know if you like soccer but you should do ronaldo nazario R9 knee injury

[@BrianSuttererMD]

I did a Neymar vid

[@rafaelcastro5255]

oh i didnt see that one, will check @@BrianSuttererMD

[@fw_chris8081]

Isaiah thomas is back you guys

[@brinho109]

FAI as a diagnosis is quite problematic, given a majority of the population meets 1 criteria for this and yet are asymptomatic.

[@jordansaylor6840]

Didnt bo Jackson have a cartilage injury in his hip?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

I did a video on him!

[@jcampbell50130]

Should definitely do Zach Miller’s injury. Was awful to watch😬

[@denilsonb1022]

ryan shazier next

[@christianalfaro1578]

Curry’s ankles?

[@josephlink7733]

Speaking of arthritis you should do Brandon Roy

[@c619cuesta]

He said it happened recently when towns fell on him

[@keyanh2702]

any whats up

[@cooperblackburn5517]

Patrick chungs broken arm in the super bowl please

[@noahmauro2945]

Do Turf Toe

[@clarrentzgilles3473]

jumpers knee

[@lynju_]

yea hes done :(

[@moniquewrites9046]

Would a hip replacement help him?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Would definitely hurt. Not good at all with running and sports. Can't think of anyone who's played with joint replacement

[@inquizative44]

So this is not the result of an injury.

[@TheMagmafire]

Isaiah kinda risked his career for the Celtics, he knew these complications can occur and he still played for the club for almost whole playoffs ignoring his injury.. and they traded him in a blink. Smh

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Eh idk. The medical staff pulled him in that game against the Cavs cause they knew the risk.

[@gally9218]

you look like someone and i can’t remember who and it really bugs me 😡 nice vid tho mate!

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Dave or James Franco?

[@MrAndre7640]

@@BrianSuttererMD james franco definitely, you sound like him too, anyway great vid doc :)

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Haha thanks. I get that in public a lot

[@gally9218]

Brian Sutterer MD haha damn it!!! James definitely haha

[@rowdyrefs]

Who else is a med student trying to revise some anatomy?

[@phillybryan3762]

I made a video on Isaiah Thomas go check it out really inspirational on how he’s underrated lmk if y’all like it 💪🏽❤️

[@jackhirtle9751]

I was the 666th person to view this video

[@freddyjimenez2632]

1

[@mockingmicah5045]

He had to much heart

[@brokenlife1263]

You realize he played with Lebron? He didn't need hips to play with Lebron ! He needed ears! 🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓

[@1983khd]

He lost millions sad.

[@enigmathegrayman2953]

....seems Isiah Thomas career is effectively over. Cartilage that can't regenerate, groin pain, loss of mobility that all points to the end of his career.

[@zacharypierson4932]

One, he said that if you don't correct the torn labrum soon enough, you can damage your cartilage which won't grow back. He said it seemed like the doctors caught it early enough so that arthritis, which is caused by bones rubbing on each other due to deteriorating cartilage, shouldn't be much of a problem. So it seems that he hasn't lost much if any cartilage in his hip. Groin pain will go away as he heals, and his mobility will return as he heals and strengthens his hip again. I'm not a doctor, but since they fixed the overlying cause of the pain, the symptoms should theoretically go away as long as there is no irreparable damage, which there doesn't appear to be.

[@TCOTEevari]

Another great video! Keep up the good work :) Just one question; who do you root for in the NBA?

[@abdikarimmohamed5438]

Jumpers knee please