Even though I wasn’t able to run in any of the numerous turkey trots today (still recovering from hip arthroscopy and awaiting yet another surgery), I did the next best thing: I volunteered at a local race. But next year … I plan to do both! I hope everyone has…
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Doubts About Hip Arthroscopy
Is hip impingement surgery really necessary? This was the focus of a front-page story today in The New York Times — Hip Procedure Grows Popular Despite Doubt, by Gina Kolata. The article looks specifically at the shaving of the femoral bone, often done in conjunction with the repair of a…
Posted in Hip Labral Tears
Surgery Update, Take 2
I moved up the date of my second arthroscopic hip surgery (This time on my right side!) to Friday, Dec. 9, from Friday, Jan. 13. It’s not because I’m particularly superstitious. (I’m not, really.) The surgeon’s office just had an earlier opening, and I wanted to get it over and…
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Here We Go Again …
I received good and bad news today from the surgeon who repaired a torn labrum on my left hip, caused by a hip impingement (a k a femoroacetabular impingement, or FAI). The good news is that I am healing very well from the arthroscopic surgery this past summer and can return to…
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I’m Running Again (Sort of)
It’s been awhile since I last checked in – too much going on with work, grad school, physical therapy … (ugh!). Last weekend I actually had a post all written and ready to go … when I suddenly lost power from a freak Nor’easter that slammed New Jersey and Connecticut.…
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