About 4 months ago, I tripped while trail running and sustained a bad fall, landing directly on my right hip onto a bed of rocks. For the next couple of days the hip was very sore and hurt to lift the knee, but resolved relatively quickly. Over the past couple of months I've noticed a progressive weakness and instability in my whole right leg. When running (and even walking sometimes) it feels like I have little motor control over the leg, and I can feel it rotating inward and collapsing at both the hip and ankle.
I've cut my mileage drastically (from 50-60 mpw to about 30), have been doing hip, glut and core work like crazy, and have gotten massage and ART. I've seen a physical therapist who confirmed the hip instability and prescribed some exercises, but nothing seems to be helping. I can still run, but only slowly for short distances and with frequent breaks. It's started to cause pain in my ankle and foot, which I can feel slapping the ground. I feel slightly better running barefoot than in minimalist shoes, so I've been running mostly barefoot. Still, the instability seems to be getting worse rapidly.
I suspect I damaged the hip (maybe a labral tear?) and it never healed properly. Docs, do you have any advice about what I could do to treat this (besides the 1000 things I've already tried!)? Thanks in advance for your help!
I've cut my mileage drastically (from 50-60 mpw to about 30), have been doing hip, glut and core work like crazy, and have gotten massage and ART. I've seen a physical therapist who confirmed the hip instability and prescribed some exercises, but nothing seems to be helping. I can still run, but only slowly for short distances and with frequent breaks. It's started to cause pain in my ankle and foot, which I can feel slapping the ground. I feel slightly better running barefoot than in minimalist shoes, so I've been running mostly barefoot. Still, the instability seems to be getting worse rapidly.
I suspect I damaged the hip (maybe a labral tear?) and it never healed properly. Docs, do you have any advice about what I could do to treat this (besides the 1000 things I've already tried!)? Thanks in advance for your help!