"Labral tear, hip arthroscopy suggested. 14 weeks of targeted physio — it disappeared."
— Geeta Bhatnagar, 54 · Karol Bagh, Delhi
Before Orthosist
"I'm a yoga teacher in my 50s — Lodhi Gardens every morning, weekend hikes when possible. Six months ago I started getting a sharp catch in my right hip when walking. The orthopedic surgeon at a Sector 14 Gurgaon hospital ordered an MRI, saw 'labral tear', and said hip arthroscopy was the answer. Quote: ₹2.8 lakh."
"I'd seen what happened to friends who had hip arthroscopy — months of recovery, mixed outcomes, sometimes a second surgery needed. I wanted a second opinion that wasn't from another surgeon at another hospital. A yoga student of mine mentioned Orthosist."
The Orthosist Council Verdict
Diagnosis: Small labral tear, right hip. Significant glute medius weakness on examination. Imaging finding consistent with age-related changes, not necessarily symptomatic.
Surgery required? No — try 12–16 weeks of targeted strengthening first.
Recommended path: Glute medius + deep hip rotator strengthening, manual therapy for capsular restrictions, modify yoga sequences temporarily, re-assess at month 4.
After 14 weeks
"My physio identified that the catch was actually muscle imbalance, not the labrum itself. By Week 8 the catch was 70% better. By Week 14, gone. I'm back to teaching full classes, including the postures I'd given up. The labral tear is still on the MRI, but it isn't causing me anything."
"The MRI finding wasn't the problem. The muscle imbalance was. Surgery would have addressed neither."
- • Free Council Assessment
- • 3-Month Care Program + 1 month extension
- • 16 home physio sessions
- • Yoga sequence modification by senior MPT
- • Back to full yoga teaching
- • Catch sensation: gone
- • Saved ₹2.8 L vs quoted surgery
- • No anesthesia, no recovery time off