The latest post on HSS on the Move, the Hospital for Special Surgery blog, offers some tips from its Center for Hip Preservation on managing hip pain. It suggests, among other things, avoiding “repetitive hip flexion,” or moving your hip or leg toward your chest, along with deep squats and…
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Femoroacetabular impingement (F.A.I.), or hip impingement syndrome.
Positive News for Injured Pros
Research presented last month at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine in Baltimore provides more evidence that there’s (an active) life after hip surgery. And that includes the more complicated procedures. The study, by Dr. Marc Philippon, a pioneer in arthroscopic hip surgery who trained…
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One Year Later
I couldn’t let this day pass without acknowledging that exactly one year ago I had my first arthroscopic hip surgery, on my left side. (The right side was scoped five months later, in December.) And so began one of the longest years of my life. My very skilled surgeon at…
Posted in Hip Labral Tears, My Story, Physical Therapy
A Major Milestone (And Update)
Yes, I am running again. And I am thrilled to report that I actually covered three miles this morning – my longest run in a year, in fact, almost to the day. (Back then it was clearly a therapeutic endeavor: to calm my jitters two days before the first of two…
Posted in Hip Labral Tears, My Story, Physical Therapy, Running
Blog Birthday
This Memorial Day weekend marks the first anniversary of Catching a Third Wind, a blog that chronicles my long journey to recover from femoroacetabular impingement, a k a FAI – or more simply, a condition of too much friction in the hip joint. This friction – in my case it was caused by…
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Found on Facebook
While perusing through Facebook today, I came across an interesting posting from the Hospital for Special surgery: a Q-and-A interview with my hip surgeon, Dr. Struan Coleman. Dr. Coleman answered five questions regarding torn hip labrums — he repaired the two that I had – among them: Will a hip…
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A PT Big Milestone
I bid adieu to my physical therapist this past week. And while I really did like him, I hope to not see too much of him. (Except for an occasional tune-up, or maybe if my right knee keeps bothering me.) I’ve been in physical therapy on and off since December…
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Training to Run Again
Exactly 16 years ago, I was up in the Boston area running my very first marathon. (Yes, that one!) It was the 100th running of that fabled race, and to celebrate the occasion, the Boston Athletic Association, the race organizer, opened up 5,000 spots to a lottery. So running novices…
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Postsurgical Update
Fifteen and a half weeks since my second arthroscopic surgery, on my right hip (the left was scoped in July) and I am thrilled to report that my surgeon has given me the go-ahead to resume all normal activities. That means running (oops, I’ve already been doing a little bit of that), outdoor cycling, spinning, yoga…
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Getting to the Core: the Bosu Ball
A big part of my physical therapy (Round 1, 2 and 3) has been core strengthening. The core includes the gluteus maximus, a k a butt; abdominal muscles; hip flexors and abductors; and the illotibial band on the outside of the leg. Runners are notoriously weak in this area. But…
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