There's discussion about this in the 2017 recruiting thread for some reason read up a bit on hip impingement surgeries.
Originally Posted by jack72
Wonder why they waited so long to perform the operations? Sure let him finish the semester, but get him on the table the next day. They wasted a month. His 6 month recovery could have been done in October.
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Fair question. The answer may be that it is just really hard to diagnose:
http://www.nays.org/sklive/sure-shot...-misdiagnosed/
"The issue with hip impingement is not treating it, but diagnosing it," says Dr. Joshua Harris, a Houston Methodist orthopedic surgeon. "Ball and socket pain will be felt in the groin, which often leads to an initial diagnosis of a pulled groin. Some patients can spend six months to six years seeing three to five doctors before they finally get the correct diagnosis of hip impingement."
Hip impingement occurs when either the socket or ball of the hip joint is not round, which prevents smooth movement within the joint. In most cases, this abnormal joint movement will lead to a tear of the hip labrum, a rim of cartilage that helps keeps the ball of the joint in the socket... We believe that most cases of hip impingement will begin in boys from 12 to 15 and girls from 11 to 13 who play high impact sports, such as soccer, track and basketball," Harris says. "Between these ages, the bones are still growing and strengthening, so jumping too much can cause the socket and ball to hit repeatedly and will eventually cause one of them to lose their round shape."