I've played basketball and then football for most of my life and a few years ago I started noticing a popping sound in my right hip when doing certain movements. At some point I self-diagnosed my self with snapping hip syndrome which basically needs RICE treatment when it gets painful.
Now our team moved up to the 4th league and I increased my training levels. I've had more pain in my hip this year and I mentioned it to my GP when I was at an appointment for other reasons. He ordered an x-ray of my hips. The local radiologist said everything was normal. I showed it to my mother, who's also a radiologist and she didn't see anything wrong either. Then she coincidentally went to a seminar where they also talked about hip joint pathology and after the seminar she noticed that I might have a condition called Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI Cam in my case) on both my hip joints and calcification in my labrum, which indicates labrum damage. She confirmed with her friend who specialises in joint radiology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femoral_acetabular_impingement
There's a specialist orthopedic doctor who deals with this problem in Estonia. It took me about a month, but I finally got a hold of him and managed to get an appointment and MRI in June. If I hadn't any connections, I'd wait much longer since he only takes a few patients on fridays and official channels said he was booked for a year. He also confirmed my condition when he saw the initial x-ray and told me to forget about football. I really hope he meant till I get treatment, but I have a feeling he meant I'll never play again. It's really frustrating, since I love football and it's one of those things that helps me cope with hard times. I can forget about everything else on the pitch. Probably have to cut out junk food from my diet for now, since I'm not sure what sports is permitted for me anymore. I'll probably need surgery
TL;DR
my hips are fucked, probably need surgery, might never play football again.
I'm sorry to hear that Kazemaky..I had to stop playing football at competitive levels some years ago because of my chronic back pain (hernia+slipped cervical disk), so I know that feel. Same for tennis, although physical therapy and exercises still allow me to do sports, as long as I don't overdo it.
Hope you manage to find a definitive solution, good luck mate..
33 years of ice hockey (10 semipro), 20 jumping out of planes for the military, the rest back packing the world and my two metal knees and two metal hips raise you 3 aspirin and a truckload of oxy.
Had an arthrogram MRI today (with contrast dye) and it was terrible. The pain was very weird and specific when I got injected with lidocaine for analgesia and later the contrast dye. I shouldve eaten more before the procedure, cause I felt really sick for the first few minutes in the mri machine. Thought I was going to have a panic attack. Luckily managed to calm myself down enough to endure through the 30 or so minutes it took. Now waiting for results. I should get some kind of preliminary assessment today.
went to the doc and the prognosis isnt that good. I have to stop all running and jumping activities. That includes football of course. Ill get surgery within a year and it might alleviate some symptoms, but ive already damaged my joint a lot on both sides. He said id be disabled in 5 years if i continued to play. There are much worse things that could happen to my joints and bones, but still sucky stuff :/ just bought new cleats aswell...
If I stick to less damaging sports I should be ok with my own joints till I die.
Maybe you should stop with actual sports and stick to just training to stay fit. There are other hobbies out there, I'm sure of it, that won't destroy your body.
Would be worse if you couldn't walk at all anymore in the future.
Just kidding of course, I'm doing it too for my hernia (not exactly pilates, but close enough)
It does work indeed though, I can play football/tennis again without feeling like my body is dying on me, a pleasant sensation that makes up for the amount of manliness lost.
gonna get physio next week. already walking in my own, so feels good. i do have back pain since the surgery tho
Damn.. it's good news you're starting to feel better and walk easier but the back pain bit is worrying Hopefully it's just temporary after-effects of the surgery, so good luck at physio
gonna get physio next week. already walking in my own, so feels good. i do have back pain since the surgery tho
Damn.. it's good news you're starting to feel better and walk easier but the back pain bit is worrying Hopefully it's just temporary after-effects of the surgery, so good luck at physio
its probably from all the lying down and limited leg movement. It feels like it would go away if I could stretch
gonna get physio next week. already walking in my own, so feels good. i do have back pain since the surgery tho
Damn.. it's good news you're starting to feel better and walk easier but the back pain bit is worrying Hopefully it's just temporary after-effects of the surgery, so good luck at physio
its probably from all the lying down and limited leg movement. It feels like it would go away if I could stretch
I believe that too (fingers crossed). Some weeks of proper stretching and physiopilates-like exercises can do wonders for inflamed tendons and muscles, especially after such a complex operation. It's just a matter of having patience and determination, hopefully the worst has passed.
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I really hope he meant till I get treatment, but I have a feeling he meant I'll never play again. It's really frustrating, since I love football and it's one of those things that helps me cope with hard times. I can forget about everything else on the pitch. Probably have to cut out junk food from my diet for now, since I'm not sure what sports is permitted for me anymore. I'll probably need surgery
