Lemonade from Lemons - Skating Lessons Learned from a Major Injury

Recovering from gluteus medius repair requires lots of ice... a machine makes it easier.

In January, I fooled myself into believing I was ready to try something I wasn’t.

I had been dealing with tendinopathy in the right hip for quite some time (close to two years). Believing my body was younger and stronger than it was, I waited way too long to start PT. 

I kept thinking the pain would get better on its own. When it improved a smidge, I dove into an advanced pose in yoga that I had no business trying. Immediately I felt the pop - like a rubber band that has been stretched too far. And I knew I had seriously messed up. 

(I wouldn’t know just how much I had screwed up until several months later when it hit me how long and hard recovery would be.)

Even though the surgery did what it was supposed to do – repair the tendon attachment and remove the bursa – I won’t know until several more months if it actually did what it was supposed to do. 

As my surgeon said, “A tear is a tear, and you have to rebuild, and it takes a long time.” Right now, the muscle is simply still too weak and sore to know the final outcome yet.

Below are seven important truths I have been reminded of as a result of this surgery, though. They’re important enough to make me grateful that I’ve gone through this process, so keep reading if you want to know them, too.

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