hip pain

[FreudianSlip]

I'm going to behave myself and rehab my hip correctly, but does anyone know if I do risk injury by pushing myself too hard? I guess I'm trying to determine how slowly I should go at this point and how much I'll be risking if I don't take it carefully enough.

[azfiddle]

Pushing yourself too hard on the exercises or riding?

Your body will tell you if you are pushing too hard on the bike.
What I found frustrating in my PT experience was that my problems got worse before they got better. My first go-around started in earl April 2010 and I wasn't really "better" until after July. Showed up in my IT band originally but was diagnosed as being caused by my hip being out of alignment. But then I had things hurting in muscles attaching to the hip. The PT included stretching and strengthening. I did short easy flat rides after a while. By July I was back to riding pretty normally- rode Mt. St. Helens on a trip to the northwest.

[FreudianSlip]

Pushing yourself too hard on the exercises or riding?

Your body will tell you if you are pushing too hard on the bike.
What I found frustrating in my PT experience was that my problems got worse before they got better. My first go-around started in earl April 2010 and I wasn't really "better" until after July. Showed up in my IT band originally but was diagnosed as being caused by my hip being out of alignment. But then I had things hurting in muscles attaching to the hip. The PT included stretching and strengthening. I did short easy flat rides after a while. By July I was back to riding pretty normally- rode Mt. St. Helens on a trip to the northwest.

I worry about possible injury if I push myself too hard on the bike. I'll admit that one of my biggest problems is ignoring signs when I shouldn't. For example, if pain flares up in the middle of a ride, my first instinct is to push through it, not stop riding. Similarly, even though my hip is still aching, I want to go out this weekend. I'm not going to do the challenging 60-mile ride with friends, but I still need to convince myself that short and easy is perfectly acceptable. I need to learn to listen to my body more.

That was my experience with PT too, azfiddle. It seemed to get worse before it got better, which is not helping my current impatience (lol). Your story should help keep things in perspective for me though: if I behave myself and work on healing and strengthening properly, this should only be a short setback. Thank you for that reminder!

[azfiddle]

Feel free to PM me if you want to talk more about the kinds of exercises you're doing and what I was given, etc.

Sharon

[alb_photog]

I don't have much to add- but that I sympathize. I started biking bc of hip pain from running- and biking did help. 9 months later they find a label tear on top of my hip tendinitis. Hip pain sucks.