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Recovery time?

1. Left iliopsoas tendon in contiguity with ventral half likely accounting for clicking.

2. Suggestive for bilateral FAI, femoroacetabular impingement, cam variety.

3 months of physical therapy for both issues failed. What’s the projected recovery time for surgery for iliopsoas release and recovery time for the impingements.

I play competitive hockey and most goalies get what I get.

Male | 16 years old
Complaint duration: 11 months
Medications: None
Conditions: None

5 Answers

For iliopsoas release surgery, the recovery time is typically around 3 months. For femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) surgery, recovery can take about 6 months.

Given your competitive hockey background, it’s crucial to follow your post-operative instructions and physical therapy regimen closely to ensure a smooth recovery.
You are 16? Don't do the surgery.
Find someone who specializes in this. I have seen this surgery so many times and it fails about 60%.
Look specifically for someone who does PDTR. and who is willing to look at the spine, Core function and pelvic floor as well.
I have seen this in hockey players and we know that long term, this surgery limits to goalie tremendously.
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Apparently you strained some muscles in the hip along with the adjacent fascia, not just iliopsoas. It is NEVER tendon sprain or muscle impingement, therefore NEVER any surgery at all please. The exact injured muscles can be identified by physical examination for 1-2 minutes and NEVER x-rays or MRI. Those muscles are mechanically jammed up, they must be mechanically untangled by light touch and hold (Touch-and-Hold Method) but NEVER massage, stretching, manipulation, exercises of any kind. The jammed-up muscles can't be released by any external means but by the body itself. It can only be done by way of light touch to initiate self-healing. That is why physical therapy never worked, it may even aggravate the injuries making it worse. Using this method, it usually takes 1-3 hours to resolve all injuries back to normal. It is detailed in my book "NO MORE PAIN  All Pain Considered - A Breakthrough". Please visit website: NoMorePainClinic.com  
Thank you for the question, it seems you have failed conservative management, however before considering surgery, you should research more about regenerative medicine, we have helped thousands of patients to restore damaged tissue and regenerate new tissue, given more stability and support to the specific join or tendons