Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Had left FAI cam type impingement plus labral tear surgery yesterday. Not too bad. Need no pain meds today. Worst part was the anesthesia! Doing the right side in 6 weeks. Have had PN for 20 months. Will post on efficacy.

Hope your results are as awesome as mine! Who did your surgery?

Every best wish for a speedy recovery.
Take care
Helen

That's great to hear! I hope your recovery continues to go well and that you see relief from your PN symptoms.

I posted a comment back in June regarding a suspected Labral tear in my left hip. It took three months to find a doctor who accepts Federal Workers comp, adding to the delay of finding out if this was the case. I had the MRI Arthogram (dye put right into the hip joint) done on September 19th...today I found out that there isn't a tear (I should be happy ~right) in the hip joint. The doctor told me that since I was diagnosed with PN, he isn't in a hurry to do exploratory surgery because it would only aggravate the pn symptoms, Piriformis syndrome and Myofacial trigger points. I guess they have to put the leg into traction etc., so he recommended I go to the College of Osteopathic medicine for treatment of cranial and sacrum work to bring my muscles back into balance. I am so frustrated because I am always in some form of pain.

Anyone try cranial/sacrum treatments?

Yes, try the treatments. I have had lots of physical therapy and osteopathic manipulation. I love osteopathic treatments! You could get the fascia released around the hip and this could help.

BUT... Labral tears and structural issues with the hip such as femoroacetabular impingement can be very hard to diagnose.

Why is it workman's comp? You will have better luck using regular insurance and going to a very good doctor (academic medicine is very good for this type of thing).

So I guess I'd say try to get some relief, but don't let anyone put you in a box by saying that there is nothing wrong if you think there is a problem. I literally went 6 years seeing all sorts of doctors. No one could find anything wrong with me other than "muscle imbalances" and "sacroilliac instability" (along with the pelvic floor problems). I kept getting worse and worse (although I did get some relief from physical therapy and my pelvic floor did heal considerably, I don't believe it ever would have stayed that way with my structural hip problem). I finally had someone figure it out and find a labral tear. But even with a labral tear, no one still understood the femoroacetabular impingement. Bottom line, if you think something is wrong, keep looking. You do not want someone going in doing exploratory surgery (that's always a bad deal). You're better off with an evaluation by a really good hip doctor - one who understands labral tears. It's a specialty thing like pudendal neuralgia.