I was experiencing hip pain after too much sitting and not moving enough. Went for some consultations and ended up with a surgeon that wanted to operate because I was told I had a labral tear, amongst other things. I read more about this and it turns out that most people when evaluated with imaging have a variety of indicators that doctors use to suggest that surgical intervention is required to fix. The problem is is that most people don't have any pain associated with the indicators.
Also, the recovery seemed painful and long and from reading around, the outcome seemed dubious, if not net negative. They really put their thumb on the scale in terms of measuring success. Anyways, long story short, I spent about 2 months with a variety of stretches and deep tissue work on the muscles on my legs and hips and the pain completely vanished. I started lifting weights again (squats and deadlifts with plenty of deep tissue work and stretching) and I haven't had hip pain since.
Ha, I had exactly that same experience, with the same injury, no less. The physiologist told me that sure, the surgeon is always going to recommend surgery - but if you’re going to have to do PT, why not do it first and see if it fixes the problem?
PT is the closest I have come to experiencing a miracle cure from modern medicine. Speaking as someone who frequently breaks themselves.
A lot of surgeons only know how to cut so that’s what they will recommend. There is also a lot of money to be made. Better to try physical therapy, therapeutic yoga or similar first and see how that goes.
