While many of my friends spent their summer frolicking at the beach and pool, or vacationing in fun or exotic places, I sat mine out, at home, preparing for and then recuperating from arthrosopic hip surgery. And I’ve got the surgical photographs to prove it. You won’t see them on the main…
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Femoroacetabular impingement (F.A.I.), or hip impingement syndrome.
Stick to Foot-Tapping
Note to Self: Just because you’re feeling better, and your doctor tells you that you’re a fast healer, doesn’t mean you have to be stupid cocky overly ambitious enough to try to dance at a concert. Such was the case this past weekend while I was attending a music festival…
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In Search of Milestones
Oh how I love waking up every morning. As I continue to recover from arthroscopic hip surgery in mid-July, I’m finding that each new day brings a new movement, or a movement performed better than the previous day. Like climbing or descending stairs. Picking things up from the floor. Getting…
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Joined at the Hip
What a thrill to be at Yankee Stadium today to watch the Yankees trounce the Toronto Blue Jays, 9 to 3. (Don’t you just love the sports lingo?) But a great deal of my attention was on a certain third baseman. Alex Rodriguez, the serial slugger and fellow hip impingement…
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Joined at the Hip
Add Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to the list of well-known people (well, at least in Oklahoma!) to undergo arthroscopic hip surgery. The 56-year-old Republican governor had surgery on her left hip (same as me!) last month (ditto!) and is now recovering at her mansion (O.K., she wins!). Fallin told newsok.com that her…
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So What’s the Latest on FAI?
There have been a number of clinical studies published about femoroacetabular impingement, a k a FAI, the hard-to-diagnose (and even harder to pronounce) condition that causes painful friction in the hip joint. As a fellow sufferer, I’ve tried to keep up with as many of these studies as I can…
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Me vs. the Beer Man
It’s been four weeks since I had arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn left hip labrum and – dare I say? – I seem to be healing pretty fast. According to my physical therapist, the range of motion in my left hip area is already close to 100 percent. And the…
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When to Get Help? Listen Up
Let’s face it, injuries are an occupational hazard for most athletes – they simply come with the territory. For some people, recovering from any injury is almost seen as a badge of honor, or at least deserving of bragging rights. Runners, it seems, suffer more than their share of injuries and…
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Let the Rehab Begin
Physical therapy plays a crucial role in the recovery process after arthroscopic hip surgery. Most post-surgical patients typically begin some form of PT the day after the procedure – at home, on their own – with the use of an ice machine (I used a rented Game Ready) or ice packs, if…
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Sans Stitches and Crutches
Day 12 in my recovery from arthroscopic hip surgery marked a small milestone. The stitches came out. Four Steri-Strips were put in their place; they will eventually fall off on their own, I am told. (And then I am free to swim.) These are what Steri-Strips look like, if you…
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