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Nancy Muir’s diagnosis journey has been more difficult than any marathon she has ever run. During her 24th marathon, Nancy began experiencing hip pain that concerned her enough to seek medical care. She was diagnosed with hip dysplasia, a condition where the hip socket doesn’t fully form or cover the head of the femur.  Nancy was shocked to receive this diagnosis in her 30s, especially since she works as a pediatric physical therapist and had only encountered hip dysplasia in children.

In this episode of the Major Pain podcast, Nancy shares her knowledge of hip dysplasia from a patient and physical therapist perspective. After her diagnosis, she quickly discovered that hip dysplasia intervention is much more challenging in adults than in children. She initially had a labral repair and periacetabular osteotomies (PAO), which involved making cuts in the pelvis. Although this surgery went well, it began a chain of events that required over a dozen surgeries and monopolized a decade of Nancy’s life. She has had femoral osteotomies, reconstruction of her labrum using cadaver labrum, L5/S1 spinal fusion, and even circled back around to redoing her initial pelvic osteotomies.

Hip dysplasia challenged Nancy to grow and develop in ways that she never expected. While putting her passion for running on hold to recover from surgery after surgery, she felt like she lost a part of her identity. However, this led her to re-examine and redefine her sense of self, bringing new perspective to her work as a pediatric physical therapist. Nancy’s experience with hip dysplasia inspired her to create a patient driven organization called Miles4Hips that educates patients and families about hip conditions and treatment options, and aims to bring the hip community together through meaningful movement. Nancy doesn’t allow hip dysplasia to be a sentence for a lack of movement. Rather, she continues to make strides to overcome in the face of adversity.

Check out Miles4Hips on their website: https://miles4hips.org/

Podcast description by Kait Williams @alignedk8

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