Longest flare? Looking for some hope
Hey all, had my hip impingement / labral tear surgery in April. I did extensive PT and was actually pain free (!) and back to basic gym weightlifting by November (7 months post-op).
However, I (very dumbly) thought weighted crunches (!) would be a good thing to get back to, and I totally inflamed my hip beyond belief (lesson majorly learned). However, it's now been over a month and I'm still inflamed daily, even though I've cut out all weights and have gone back to only light PT/stretching. I understand from this sub that this is likely just a long-lasting flare, but wanted to see if anyone else had flares that lasted over 30 days, and this far into recovery.
It's super demotivating to have been pain free and then right back to post-op pain, but hopefully this is just temporary. I'm starting to lose my mind with this daily pain.
Posted Jan 14, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC