08-11-2023, 10:53 AM
Hi Ed, hope all is well.
It's been a while but I thought to give you an update on where I am at the moment. Since the last post I really struggled to get back into running. The issue was focussed on my hip so I went to another specialist and had another MRI done and they found that I had bursitis, an insertional gluteus medius tear and possible hip labral tear, so basically a lot going wrong! Fortunately there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the hip joint in relation to arthritis at this point in time.
I had a cortisone injection for the bursitis in August and I was recently offered a further MRI scan with contrast to confirm the labral tear, however I don't think I will be pursing this. If the tear is confirmed then that would probably require surgery and I don't want to go down that route.
For the last two months I've been just working on general hip/kinetic chain strengthening exercises along with core and mobility exercises. My hip has settled down a lot but I'm not confident to try running at the moment. I am cycling to maintain fitness as this generally does'nt have a bad reaction with my hip and I plan to continue with strengthening exercises. If things go well into the winter then I'll reasses my running goals.
It's been a while but I thought to give you an update on where I am at the moment. Since the last post I really struggled to get back into running. The issue was focussed on my hip so I went to another specialist and had another MRI done and they found that I had bursitis, an insertional gluteus medius tear and possible hip labral tear, so basically a lot going wrong! Fortunately there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the hip joint in relation to arthritis at this point in time.
I had a cortisone injection for the bursitis in August and I was recently offered a further MRI scan with contrast to confirm the labral tear, however I don't think I will be pursing this. If the tear is confirmed then that would probably require surgery and I don't want to go down that route.
For the last two months I've been just working on general hip/kinetic chain strengthening exercises along with core and mobility exercises. My hip has settled down a lot but I'm not confident to try running at the moment. I am cycling to maintain fitness as this generally does'nt have a bad reaction with my hip and I plan to continue with strengthening exercises. If things go well into the winter then I'll reasses my running goals.