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  "name": "Steady recovery claims — Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
  "procedure": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
  "bodyRegion": "hip",
  "url": "https://growsteady.me/recovery-data/hip-arthroscopy-fai",
  "attribution": "Steady — https://growsteady.me/recovery-data. Free to quote and reuse with a link back.",
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  "disclaimer": "Published cohort data. Not medical advice, not a prediction for an individual, and not a substitute for a surgeon or clinician.",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05",
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      "question": "What is typical pain at week 0 after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": null,
      "answer": "At week 0 after Hip arthroscopy for FAI, typical reported pain is 5 out of 10, within a reported band of 4 to 7.4. This describes a group of patients, not one person.",
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        "scale": "0-10 pre-op baseline; typical 5.2 from Cunningham (PMC5721367); low/high = pre-op rest 4.0 / activity 7.4 (PMC8530429)"
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      "topic": "pain",
      "question": "What is typical pain at week 52 after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": null,
      "answer": "At week 52 after Hip arthroscopy for FAI, typical reported pain is 2.2 out of 10, within a reported band of 1.7 to 2.7. This describes a group of patients, not one person.",
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      "kind": "milestone",
      "topic": "milestone",
      "question": "When is \"Protected flat-foot weight bearing with crutches\" typical after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "Protected flat-foot weight bearing with crutches",
      "answer": "After Hip arthroscopy for FAI, \"Protected flat-foot weight bearing with crutches\" is typically reached around week 0. Reported range: 0-2 weeks; longer if microfracture or chondral repair was performed. This one is a clinical judgement call, not a fixed date — it depends on your surgeon's clearance.",
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      "url": "https://growsteady.me/recovery-data/hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05"
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      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:milestone:off-crutches-normalized-gait",
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      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
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      "topic": "milestone",
      "question": "When is \"Off crutches / normalized gait\" typical after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "Off crutches / normalized gait",
      "answer": "After Hip arthroscopy for FAI, \"Off crutches / normalized gait\" is typically reached around week 4. Reported range: About 2-6 weeks, protocol-dependent. This one is a clinical judgement call, not a fixed date — it depends on your surgeon's clearance.",
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      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:milestone:return-to-driving",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "milestone",
      "topic": "milestone",
      "question": "When is \"Return to driving\" typical after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "Return to driving",
      "answer": "After Hip arthroscopy for FAI, \"Return to driving\" is typically reached around week 4. Reported range: Around 4 weeks, also depends on opioids and right-vs-left side. This one is a clinical judgement call, not a fixed date — it depends on your surgeon's clearance.",
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      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:milestone:start-running",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "milestone",
      "topic": "milestone",
      "question": "When is \"Start running\" typical after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "Start running",
      "answer": "After Hip arthroscopy for FAI, \"Start running\" is typically reached around week 14. Reported range: 8-18 weeks, criteria-based. This one is a clinical judgement call, not a fixed date — it depends on your surgeon's clearance.",
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      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:milestone:return-to-sport",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "milestone",
      "topic": "milestone",
      "question": "When is \"Return to sport\" typical after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "Return to sport",
      "answer": "After Hip arthroscopy for FAI, \"Return to sport\" is typically reached around week 30. Reported range: About 6-9 months, sport-dependent. This one is a clinical judgement call, not a fixed date — it depends on your surgeon's clearance.",
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      "pain": null,
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      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:phase:week-0-2",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "finding",
      "topic": "phase",
      "question": "What is normal at this stage after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "Protected weight bearing, on purpose",
      "answer": "The first two weeks are usually flat-foot weight bearing with crutches — partly to protect the repair, partly to keep the hip flexor from overworking. If microfracture or chondral repair was done, this window runs longer.",
      "weekStart": 0,
      "weekEnd": 2,
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      "pain": null,
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      "tier": "free",
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      "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05"
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    {
      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:setback:week-6-25",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "finding",
      "topic": "setback",
      "question": "Is it normal for pain to get worse after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "A new front-of-hip pain often shows up weeks after surgery, not on day one",
      "answer": "About 1 in 4 people (24%) developed hip-flexor (iliopsoas) irritation after hip arthroscopy. By design it wasn't even counted until the 6-week visit or later, specifically to tell it apart from ordinary early surgical pain — so a fresh ache at the front of the hip that arrives well after the operation is a documented pattern, not a sign of going backward.",
      "weekStart": 6,
      "weekEnd": 25,
      "basis": "reported",
      "pain": null,
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      "sourceNote": "Retrospective cohort, n=252, min 2-yr follow-up (J Hip Preserv Surg)",
      "tier": "free",
      "url": "https://growsteady.me/recovery-data/hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05"
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    {
      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:phase:week-2-6",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "finding",
      "topic": "phase",
      "question": "What is normal at this stage after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "Crutches wean as gait normalizes",
      "answer": "Most protocols wean the crutches between weeks 2 and 4, aiming for a normalized walk by the end of week 4 — the gate is how you walk, not the calendar.",
      "weekStart": 2,
      "weekEnd": 6,
      "basis": "reported",
      "pain": null,
      "source": "https://academic.oup.com/jhps/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jhps/hnaf055/8303980",
      "sourceNote": "2024 ISHA physiotherapy agreement",
      "tier": "free",
      "url": "https://growsteady.me/recovery-data/hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05"
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:phase:week-6-12",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "finding",
      "topic": "phase",
      "question": "What is normal at this stage after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "The quiet middle: building toward the running gate",
      "answer": "These weeks are capacity work. Consensus protocols spend them building strength toward the criteria that unlock running — 80%+ strength and single-leg neuromuscular control — so less visible progress here is still progress.",
      "weekStart": 6,
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      "basis": "reported",
      "pain": null,
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      "tier": "free",
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      "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05"
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      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:phase:week-12-18",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "finding",
      "topic": "phase",
      "question": "What is normal at this stage after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "The running window",
      "answer": "Consensus protocols introduce running between weeks 12 and 18, gated on criteria like 80%+ strength and single-leg control rather than a date.",
      "weekStart": 12,
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      "basis": "reported",
      "pain": null,
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      "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05"
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      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:phase:week-19-26",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "finding",
      "topic": "phase",
      "question": "What is normal at this stage after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "Easing back toward sport",
      "answer": "By this stage most protocols are in the return-to-sport phase: change-of-direction work, light plyometrics and sport-specific drills layered in once strength and control are there. Progress here is judged by criteria rather than the calendar, so a careful, gradual ramp is the normal shape, not a delay.",
      "weekStart": 19,
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      "basis": "reported",
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      "tier": "free",
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      "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05"
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      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:phase:week-27-52",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "finding",
      "topic": "phase",
      "question": "What is normal at this stage after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "The long arc back to full sport",
      "answer": "Full return to sport tends to land in the back half of the first year, with a pooled average around seven months and a wide spread depending on the sport. These months are about rebuilding capacity and confidence under load, so the hip still asking for more well into this window is the documented norm.",
      "weekStart": 27,
      "weekEnd": 52,
      "basis": "reported",
      "pain": null,
      "source": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29595996/",
      "sourceNote": "Return to play meta-analysis, 22 studies",
      "tier": "free",
      "url": "https://growsteady.me/recovery-data/hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05"
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    {
      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:phase:week-53-104",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "finding",
      "topic": "phase",
      "question": "What is normal at this stage after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "Year one to two: the gains hold",
      "answer": "Most of the improvement is banked by the twelve-month mark and then holds steady. The Danish registry shows pain and quality-of-life scores essentially level between one and two years, so this stretch usually feels like consolidation rather than dramatic change.",
      "weekStart": 53,
      "weekEnd": 104,
      "basis": "reported",
      "pain": null,
      "source": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5467416/",
      "sourceNote": "Danish Hip Arthroscopy Registry",
      "tier": "free",
      "url": "https://growsteady.me/recovery-data/hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-06-05"
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-arthroscopy-fai:phase:week-105-on",
      "procedure": "hip-arthroscopy-fai",
      "procedureName": "Hip arthroscopy for FAI",
      "bodyRegion": "hip",
      "kind": "finding",
      "topic": "phase",
      "question": "What is normal at this stage after Hip arthroscopy for FAI?",
      "title": "The long-term picture",
      "answer": "Two years out and beyond, the registry numbers are stable: pain at rest and on walking has settled to a mild, steady level with little further change. This is the long, quiet part of the curve, where for most people the hip is mostly just part of daily life again.",
      "weekStart": 105,
      "weekEnd": null,
      "basis": "reported",
      "pain": null,
      "source": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5467416/",
      "sourceNote": "Danish Hip Arthroscopy Registry",
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      "url": "https://growsteady.me/recovery-data/hip-arthroscopy-fai",
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