Tuesday, 30 April 2013

The morning after


The surgeon popped in this morning and I was amazed when he said there was a lot more damage to repair in the right hip. I was certainly sorer last night after this bout of surgery but I put it down to different pain medication considering I had a bad reaction to the Tramadol last week.

Turns out there was labrum damage which was debrided and a CAM lesion that required removal but there was also considerable cartilage damage that was removed. The surgeon then performed micro fracturing on the site to promote growth of a bone “scab” and causes new cartilage to develop.

Very strange as the left hip has always given me the most trouble and pain.

Here’s my right hip with and without the waterproof dressing. Arthroscopies are an amazing technology.




The lovely Irish physio came in and suggested I back right off on the isometric exercises until I see my local physio. I mentioned I had been sore from doing them on my left side and she gave me a simpler quadratus muscle exercise that I could do.

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