Hi Kim
Here's my story about overdoing it before surgery. I was still rock climbing before my first surgery and one day I went out and forced some very compressed moves over my left hip (the one scheduled for surgery). That evening I felt fine, but the next day the pain evolved into the most intense pain experience I've ever had. On a scale from one to ten this was eleven. Maybe I should mention every hip doctor I've been to has expressed surprise at the lack of pain I feel over my hip condition. In other words, I'm apparently not very sensitive to hip pain. Well this was very, very painful. Besides taking some pretty heavy pain meds, the only way I could relax sufficiently to breath comfortably was to lay flat on my back on the floor with my knees bent up. Driving was impossible, and one time, when I had to get in the car to go for a medical study, the pain forced my to kneel on the passenger seat and face backwards with my arms draped over the seat. As I recall, this very intense pain lasted about 5 days when it finally began to subside, although my entire thigh continued to feel numb until (and after) the surgery. However I did manage to recover somewhat and I recall hobbling along for a three mile walk a few times without much adverse effect.
I'm being pretty careful not to do this to my right hip (which will need surgery in the near future). I'm climbing regularly but I'm not forcing any extreme movements over my hip. So far, so good.