After Seven Months

I've learned to recognize snapping hip syndrome for what it is.

Returning to running increased my snapping hip, and the ache associated with this new bundle of fun was similar to the femoral fracture - so similar that I started to panic.

The ache of snapping hip is deep, and mine was located right over the compression fracture site. I'd run or bike, and within an hour the ache would begin - dull and never sharp.

After two weeks of this, I started to understand the subtle differences.

1. I never had a sharp pain of any kind.
2. I didn't ache getting out of bed or out of a car.
3. There was really a lot of snapping going in this area, and I'm convinced that I was (stupidly) aggravating things.
4. Self massage and ice helped tremendously, whereas with the FNSF ice did absolutely nothing.
5. I could balance and hop just fine.
6. Stretching seemed to make it worse.


By the end of January, the ache began to fade, and now it's mostly gone.