Today was my preoperative examination and check-in before my hip arthroscopy. The purpose of any pre-op exam is to evaluate a patient’s readiness for anesthesia and surgery through a battery of tests, and mine was no exception. The first stop: the office of the internist, which required me to fill out…
Yearly Archives: 2011
Not Just for Runners
My husband is in France for part of this week, riding a portion of the famous Tour de France race course (as part of a sub race). He is doing Stage 19 – the Alps! There are 21 stages in this grueling race, which covers 3,450.5 kilometers, or 2,058 miles, and…
Posted in Cross Training
Hip Podcasts (And Knees and Shoulders)
There’s certainly no shortage of free podcasts for runners, like Motion Traxx, which has up-tempo music to keep the pace up; and RunCast.net, which offers advice and insight. (If you’re looking for a longer list, check out this site.) But recently I stumbled (bad word choice, I know!) upon a…
Posted in Uncategorized
Happy Birthday, America (Now Drink Up!)
For those of you with lots of activities planned for this Fourth of July (and the rest of the summer as well), don’t forget to keep hydrated by drinking plenty of water or sports drinks, the latter of which help replace the electrolytes (mainly sodium) that are lost when we sweat!…
Posted in Uncategorized
Good As New?
What are the chances of returning to the same level of competition in your sport after arthroscopic hip surgery? Pretty good, it seems. Seventy-eight percent of surgery patients get back in the game after a about nine months, on average, and 91 percent of them are able to compete at…
Posted in Hip Labral Tears
Surgery Countdown
Two weeks to go before arthroscopic hip surgery to repair a torn labrum — the result of femoroacetabular impingement (F.A.I.), or hip impingement syndrome. That’s when the femoral head of the thigh bone rubs against the acetabulum, or cuplike socket of the hip joint. This rubbing can damage the soft elastic…
Posted in Hip Labral Tears, My Story
Running Webinar: Part Two
There was far too much useful material coming out of this week’s marathon Webinar, “How to Design and Follow a Healthy Running Plan,” part of the New York Road Runners Learning Series and hosted by the Hospital for Special Surgery. So, I decided to break it into two posts. Here…
Posted in Core Strengthening, Running
A Real Hat Trick
Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins was awarded this week the National Hockey League’s Vezina Trophy for best league goaltender. Aside from the fact that this is his second one (the first was awarded in 2009), what makes this trophy even more remarkable is that Thomas’s career almost ended more…
Posted in Inspiration
Running Webinar: Part One
The Hospital for Special Surgery last night hosted a Webinar for marathoners, “How to Design and Follow a Healthy Running Plan,” as part of the New York Road Runners Learning Series. If you couldn’t attend in person or watch it online, don’t worry, I took plenty of notes. The presentation,…
Posted in Running
The Next Best Thing
Serious runners sidelined by injuries can identify with the frustration and disappointment of having to find other activities to fill the void during their convalescence. Even as I cross-train, while biding my time before arthroscopic hip surgery next month, I’ve found nothing else, really, that could replicate the “runner’s high”…
Posted in Cross Training