happy healthy hippy
A blog following my Triple Pelvic Osteotomy in January 2016
So since my last post, I had a very frustrating week, followed by a great week. I'll start with the bad week. The groin pulling I mentioned carried on and was very uncomfortable every time I walked. It was there as soon as I woke up and didn't ease off at all. It stopped me from getting back to the gym and progressing my physio. I felt fed up and my motivation lapsed.
I had physiotherapy and my physiotherapist prodded about to see what was causing the groin pain. Fortunately, my adductors, which have been a nuisance in the past were fine. It was one of my hip flexor muscles, Psoas, that was very sore. She did some trigger point release (painful!) She said it’s overactive and carrying tension. It’s common if other muscles (core and glutes - what a surprise) aren’t doing their job properly. A few weeks ago, I thought I hadn’t lost that much strength following this operation but I’ve realised now I’ve still got quite a bit of work to do to get to where I was. So onto the great week! I ramped up my reps with my exercises and feel I turned a corner, less groin pain - hooray! There’s a big difference in my glute strength - I can feel them firing up a lot more! I’ve also been working on some yoga-inspired Psoas relaxation. I think this is helping and I’m more aware of how to “let go” the tension in that area at any point in the day. I’m really into yoga philosophy and hopefully going to take it up as a more regular hobby soon! For now though, I think I need to focus on my core and get back to pilates. Another milestone was going back to work, just for a morning. I didn’t have to do a great deal but it was good just to get back in that environment. I’m doing a phased return again over 4 weeks so I’ll be eased in. Next week will be 3 half days. Now saving the best news until last. I had my 6 week follow up yesterday in Birmingham and Mr McBryde thinks I'm doing great for this stage. So great in fact that he's discharged me!! I was not expecting this! I said I've still been getting a pulling but he reminded me the extent of the surgery I have had and that it's still only 6 weeks since my last operation. He thinks it is likely muscular and that it should improve further but I may always be left with some sort of ache in my hip. At my first appointment with Mr McBryde, I remember him saying that I might always have a niggle in my hip even after the osteotomy and I remember thinking "This sounds really shit, so even with this massive surgery, I'm still going to hurt!" But now I'm on the other side and a year down the line, I'm so happy with the outcome even though it's not perfect. I'm optimistic that I've not reached my full potential yet and I believe I will just keep getting better and better! I guess if I was told this is as good as it will get I might feel a bit different! The void left in my life or the elephant in the room is definitely the fact I haven't got back to running. It might not be a big deal to everyone but it's something I've always done for exercise and worked at for my fitness. Though now, I'm realistic that pounding the pavements is probably not the best choice if I want to look after my pelvis in the long run! Mr McBryde echoed this. That said, even if I don't decide to jog on a regular basis, it's still one of my goals to physically be able to. So the past few days, I have started my training - 1 min jog then 4 min walk x 3. So an impressive 3 mins of jogging! It doesn't feel comfortable but I'm going to keep at it! Wish me luck! Andrea x
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