Hi Jim, you mentioned surgery and your PT doing a Psoas release. I'm interested to hear about your experience when that was carried out and the procedure involved.
On the subject of sharing experiences, there are a couple of other snippets of info possibly worth sharing. In 2015, whilst playing squash, I managed to dislocate my Metal Hip. It came out and stayed out! I hit the floor with a scream, apparently! I landed on my LH side in a state of semi-consciousness. I could hear people around me who had run onto the court to help me tho my eyes were closed and in this "other world" . In this weird state I managed to drag my right leg from somewhere behind me into a position where the Right knee was directly behind the left knee. In a secondary move, I then lifted the right knee onto the left and thats when all hell broke loose. The hip must have slipped back in because I came "back to life" gasping for air, sweating as if I'd been hit with a Tazer. I spent the next 10mins recovering and then another 10mins or so before i was helped to my feet and led off court. Within the hour, I felt pretty good, was walking around and even drove myself home. Went to A&E the next day, x-rayed, no damage, referred to a second Orthopaedic consultant who also didn't believe my story and referred on to the Main surgeon, the brilliant Mark Norton. He did agree that it was possible for hips to come out in extreme circumstances and sit on the edge of the pelvic cup! After this event, all i could say was, "I don't remember the Pain until it wasn't there"
Also, I have been taking Glucosamine sulphate with Chondroitin for approx 7/8 years now for a Knee injury. I wouldn't be able to do what I do without it. I still come across people that have never heard of this amazing supplement.
J