It had been suggested to me at one time that suppresing pain speeds healing. Prior to that I felt either condition was really irrelevant to that process.

Actually the last time in a hospital I noticed they now also had that information posted in the recovery rooms now. [/I]

We seem to self educate in my experience. If it kills you to move something. Just do not move and irritate the situation. Movement also may slow the healing of certain joint conditions.

My hip did not respond initially till I decided to lay off stressing the condition by usage. I foolishly thought a day or so resting it was enough. It felt fine so I used the leg on the second day.That was a bad lesson in spades. Pain went right back to day one.

For a little time I though it might mean surgery with a possible new joint. Really time from initial injury to a return of normalacy was almost two weeks of going very easy in total. Without using and further irritating it. As long as every day was slightly improved I just kept understressing the injury.

After about five days I started to lightly walk again with the only pain getting in and out of the drivers seats of cars. Now even that is totally gone.