There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. ~Confucius On the homestretch, ten weeks out from hip surgery number THREE and stoked as can be! I don’t know if it is because…
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FAI Recovery Week 9: Iron People
“Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life?” ~Mary Oliver I work with sick people, very, very sick people. A place where treatment success is measured in months rather than years…
FAI Surgery Recovery: The First 6 Weeks!
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” ~Haruki Murakami Let’s just say that I am happy to have the first six weeks behind me. At the six week point I have successfully ditched the crutches and have essentially zero pain in the hip although I have some tightness in the hip flexor and an achy SI…
FAI Surgery Recovery Week 6: Goodbye Crutches, Hello SI Joint
“I often lose motivation, but it’s something I accept as normal.” ~Bill Rodgers Six weeks down from FAI hip surgery number two – hallelujah. Okay so after my first FAI surgery, I started weaning off the crutches after five weeks and this time they had me start weaning at four weeks, which felt way too…
FAI Surgery Recovery Week 4-5: The Flu and Serious Meltdowns
Recovery feels like shit. It didn’t feel like I was doing something good; it felt like I was giving up. It feels like having to learn how to walk all over again.” ― Portia de Rossi I quickly abandoned my weekly posting after going back to work since it took all of my energy to…
FAI Surgery Recovery Week 3: Back to Work and PT
“It hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.” ~ Ann Trason Week 3 of FAI hip surgery recovery started on a good note with my first trip to physical therapy. Thank goodness, let’s get this hip moving! I rated my pain as zero since well… it was not hurting at…
FAI Surgery Recovery Week 2: Running Blogs and Kind Words and Pie!
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” ~Mother Teresa Since week 2 fell during Thanksgiving week and little was happening at work, I decided to postpone going back to work and focus on the healing for another week. I spent the week switching between my CPM and…
The Other Side: FAI Surgery Number Two
“Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.” ~ Dean Karnazes I am typing this post with my right leg in the CPM nine days out from FAI surgery number two (third hip scope altogether). Essentially my right hip went to hell shortly after finally recovering…
Return to Running After FAI Surgery Program
“The idea that the harder you work, the better you’re going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.”~ Bill Bowerman After my previous hip FAI surgery, I got frustrated by the lack of tips and advice for getting back into running after a…
Hip Capsular Repair Week 1: January 17, 2013
“It hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.” ~ Ann Trason After much contemplation, I decided to go ahead with a second arthroscopic surgery on January 17, 2013 because of some resultant instability issues and pain that hadn’t resolved since my first FAI surgery in December of 2011. Overall, I’ve…