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TIFU by walking around with hip dislocated for about a week leading to 2 years of pain

Important context: I am a 30 y/o Female with hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and autism.

I work as a teacher and dance as a hobby (lots of moving about during the week)

At the time I was also teaching some dance classes

So this actually happened maybe 2 years ago but it just occurred to me that it would fit this thread. I do burlesque dancing as a hobby and on the weekend had just competed in a competition, this means I had gone extra hard in my routine including a run slide into a kneeled hip splay.(can totally post photos if people can’t picture it)

I had remembered some pain after the routine and was limping but just assumed it was muscle strain.

The next day I actually had another performance which again involved lots of moving and squatting…safe to say I was a little sore but again assumed it was just extreme muscle fatigue…

Now this is the point where a normal person would’ve taken time to rest but of course I went to work the next day and then because I’m a glutton for punishment went to my dance classes as I had to teach others a routine so couldn’t exactly skip…

Weirdly at this point I wasn’t actually in pain anymore just tired so going to work the next day wasn’t actually an issue.

Fast forward another 2 days I had assumed everything was on the mend and was going about my usual work duties. This is when everything all went downhill in the most ridiculous way…

So while mulling around work bending/squatting to plug in some laptops I suddenly felt this most god awful pop and twist feeling in my thigh and hip causing me to fall. I didn’t feel any pain so I went to get up, as soon as I moved the effect was obvious and I was in pain and bawling.

I stop moving and the pain goes, rinse and repeat this a couple more times as others come to help me and try to figure out what’s wrong…

We manage to get me up into a wheelchair and my parents were called to come pick me (lol they still joke about the time they came to pick up their teacher daughter from the sick bay aT school)

Anyway this is the point where I fucked up because despite the fact that I was in a fair amount of pain while moving we just assumed it was a normal injury so instead of going to an ED like a normal person I went home to bed 😅…

The story continues 2 week later and I am still in a mass amount of pain, off work and investigating my hip for a potential labral tear (yep can confirm that was the case and it totally needed surgery)

At some point I had gotten out of bed for the toilet when I again heard a loud pop and felt that twist, but this time I was suddenly in less pain…

It was at this point I remembered one leg had been shorter than the other and it all clicked that I had probably dislocated my hip that day and it just hadn’t gone back in until this point…

Anyhow 2 years later I’m still suffering and needing follow up surgeries so I can’t help but wonder what would’ve happened if I had just gone to the ED like a normal person…

TLDR: dislocated my hip at work, didn’t go to hospital leaving it in the wrong position for 2 weeks.

This caused a labral tear needing surgeries and pain even till this day

Moral of the story: GO TO THE DOCtOR!!!!

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