Dislocated Hip

alpha.moose

alpha.moose

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Yesterday I over-rotated a backflip pretty bad at Woodward PC and dislocated my hip. Does anyone have any experience with skiing again after an injury like this? The thought of not being able to ski the way I want to kills me, but so does the idea of dislocating my hip again. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
topic:alpha.moose said:
Yesterday I over-rotated a backflip pretty bad at Woodward PC and dislocated my hip. Does anyone have any experience with skiing again after an injury like this? The thought of not being able to ski the way I want to kills me, but so does the idea of dislocating my hip again. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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Didn’t dislocate it, but I screwed up my hip to the point the whole area was different shades of purple last season. Couldn’t really walk for like 5 days, but I just took it easy and after like a week and a half I was back on skis just doing gentle groomers. And not too long after that I was 100% again. Just don’t push yourself, take some Advil, and let your body do it’s thing.

I also have a really bad shoulder that’s been dislocated a few times and for a while it made all kinds of noises whenever I’d move it but for the last year or so I’ve been doing a lot of swimming as well as daily exercises with resistance bands and light weights and it’s become a lot better.
 
topic:alpha.moose said:
Yesterday I over-rotated a backflip pretty bad at Woodward PC and dislocated my hip. Does anyone have any experience with skiing again after an injury like this? The thought of not being able to ski the way I want to kills me, but so does the idea of dislocating my hip again. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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Have you had hip issues in the past? Do you need surgery or anything? If not, what are the chances of dislocating your hip a second time?
 
14239478:mystery3 said:
Have you had hip issues in the past? Do you need surgery or anything? If not, what are the chances of dislocating your hip a second time?
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No, I haven't had any hip issues in the past. Right now it is not looking like I will need surgery, but there is a small chance if my femoral head develops avascular necrosis. I haven't been able to follow-up with my orthopedic doc yet, but from what I can tell the chances of dislocating your hip again are only slightly increased if you go through the appropriate physical therapy and recovery process. I am hopeful, but I'll just have to see.
 
that sounds real painful. only have had shoulder problems so I'm no help, but wishing you a speedy recovery g!
 
14239681:casual said:
I’ve never seen a hip dislocation. How did it relocate/reduce? On its own?
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It is more commonly associated with car accidents, but I guess as far as sport-related hip dislocations go skiing is up there. They knocked me out in the ER and reduced it. My partner told me it was pretty gnarly to watch them reduce it though. So happy I was unconscious!
 
14239786:alpha.moose said:
It is more commonly associated with car accidents, but I guess as far as sport-related hip dislocations go skiing is up there. They knocked me out in the ER and reduced it. My partner told me it was pretty gnarly to watch them reduce it though. So happy I was unconscious!
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Excruciating pain until that point? Sounds insane.

how’d they splint it? Could they even put you on a scoop/backboard? 10/10 pain? How was the toboggan ride?
 
14239799:casual said:
Excruciating pain until that point? Sounds insane.

how’d they splint it? Could they even put you on a scoop/backboard? 10/10 pain? How was the toboggan ride?
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It was so painful. 7/10 baseline and 10/10 whenever someone moved my leg. Someone knocked my injured leg over 6 inches on accident in the ER and it was the most painful thing I have ever experienced in my life. Plus I could feel my femur moving around which was super disconcerting. No one ended up splinting it. Thankfully I was basically at the bottom of the hill when it happened and the toboggan ride was pretty short. Getting on the backboard sucked and the pain was best when I kept my knee slightly bent, but my muscles started spasming from being exhausted in addition to the dislocated hip. Ski patrol and the paramedics honestly did such an amazing job though, super grateful for those dedicated men and women.
 
Did they say anything about a possible rip/tear in your labrum? I think it is a pretty common injury following a dislocation since it deals with the hip joint socket.

I tore my labrum in my hip a few years back not from dislocating my hip but just from overuse and landing weird. Do you ever feel or hear your hip pop when moving around? It almost feels like an elastic band being stretched over a ball and then releasing one side of it.
 
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Did they say anything about a possible rip/tear in your labrum? I think it is a pretty common injury following a dislocation since it deals with the hip joint socket.

I tore my labrum in my hip a few years back not from dislocating my hip but just from overuse and landing weird. Do you ever feel or hear your hip pop when moving around? It almost feels like an elastic band being stretched over a ball and then releasing one side of it.
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They said it is a possibility, but I won't know for sure until I get an MRI in a month or two. I do not remember hearing/feeling a rip or pop, but it all happened so fast it could have just not registered.

If you don't mind me asking, how was your recovery after your labrum tear?
 
14240530:alpha.moose said:
They said it is a possibility, but I won't know for sure until I get an MRI in a month or two. I do not remember hearing/feeling a rip or pop, but it all happened so fast it could have just not registered.

If you don't mind me asking, how was your recovery after your labrum tear?
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For sure a possibility, and it wasn’t to bad, it’s a speedy recovery if you do it right but that’s the case after any surgery.

Immediately after surgery they put you into a brace that restricts the movement on your hip to move no further than a certain amount of degrees. The degree of which you can bend/move your hip increases as your recovery progresses. Crutches are used and they will promote putting weight on your leg the very first day which hurts like hell but it’s what you need to do.

Overall man the recovery is not bad, I was back to 100% after 3-4 months and I learned some very good movement techniques through recovery to keep everything loosey goosey which is a plus to know.

Let us know what you find! Hope all goes well
 
14239802:alpha.moose said:
It was so painful. 7/10 baseline and 10/10 whenever someone moved my leg. Someone knocked my injured leg over 6 inches on accident in the ER and it was the most painful thing I have ever experienced in my life. Plus I could feel my femur moving around which was super disconcerting. No one ended up splinting it. Thankfully I was basically at the bottom of the hill when it happened and the toboggan ride was pretty short. Getting on the backboard sucked and the pain was best when I kept my knee slightly bent, but my muscles started spasming from being exhausted in addition to the dislocated hip. Ski patrol and the paramedics honestly did such an amazing job though, super grateful for those dedicated men and women.
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Jeez hahaha makes my kneecap dislocation sound like a paper cut. Good luck with the recovery strengthen those hips g
 
missed this from last year.

i dislocated mine end of jan 2017, but it was a clean pop and didn’t break anything on my pelvis. got it reduced at the keystone urgent care while sedated. started pt a couple weeks later and was on skis and filming again mid march and then got to pushing myself pretty hard on skis by the end of april. it hurt a lot but overall i can appreciate the experience. my hip pops more now and maybe like 5-10% reduction in movement/full stretch.
 
If anyone else gets this injury down the road, I wanted to post an update after my first season post-dislocation.

TLDR:

I came back stronger than ever and had the best season of my life. The injury sucks, but I think it is possible to make a full recovery, continue to push your skiing, and gain some important perspectives.

Longer version:

Physical Recovery-I took physical therapy seriously, and it made all the difference. I had been dealing with some runner's knee before the accident, but that was nonexistent this season with all of the rehab I ended up doing for my hip. The injury opened my eyes to how important it is to take care of your body. My hip hasn't bothered me at all. It does pop more often than it used to (randomly 1x/2x per month), but that is the only difference. However, it is worth noting that my dislocation didn't involve significant effacement of the cartilage in my hip joint or damage to my pelvis or femur. I was back at 100% physically within 4ish months without any long-term pain or functional limitations.

Mental Recovery- The mental side of recovery was more difficult for me. I have a lot of life responsibilities as a dad and husband. My partner is amazing and has supported me 100% in the last two years since I decided I wanted to learn freestyle skiing. I always knew that this was a dangerous sport, but it became more real after the accident. The big grapple I had during recovery was whether progression was worth it. Tbh I wouldn't blame anyone for deciding to dial their skiing back after an injury like this. Even though I was/am terrified of a serious accident happening like this, continuing to push myself as a skier is too important for my personal fulfillment to stop now. I let myself ease into getting confident on my skis again and unashamedly bailed when I wasn't 100% feeling it. My biggest takeaway from the accident is how important it is not to force anything. Now I only send when it feels right and the conditions are appropriate for what I am trying. Having the confidence to tell myself (or the well-intentioned homies) no has been huge for me in continuing to progress as safely and responsibly as possible. I was patient the whole season and the last weekend at Snowbasin finally felt ready to go upside down again. Sending that backflip felt like the final thing I needed to put the dislocation behind me. Looking back on everything, I am thankful for the perspective my injury gave me and that I am privileged enough to continue my evolution as a skier.

p.s. Thanks to everyone who reached out after the injury. Also, thanks to the Newschoolers community in general for all the advice and inspiration.
 
Jesus christ this is terrifying. I was wondering if this happens in skiing, especially hucking massive cliffs and landing hard. Fuggggggg op glad to hear you're doing well as well as everyone else who had this. Fucking christ I'll take a shoulder over this any day my god.
 
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