“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” ~Haruki Murakami The first six weeks post-FAI surgery are definitely hardest so let’s just say that I am happy to have the first six weeks behind me. At the post-FAI surgery six week point I have successfully ditched the crutches and have essentially zero pain in the hip although…
FAI Surgery Recovery
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…
Park City Trail Half Marathon Race Report
Ummm… that was SO HARD! I have been toying with the idea of running the Park City Trail Half all week and when I won a Facebook drawing for a free entry a few days ago I guess I was in. I had a blast running the Park City Trail 15K a month ago and…
My Hip Impingement Recovery Timeline: The No Good Months 3-6
I was so thrilled with the first four months of recovery from my FAI hip impingement surgery that I almost signed up to have my other hip done. Then as luck should have it, I likely overdid with the easing into running and caused a nasty flare up of psoas bursitis and ended up back…
My Hip Impingement Recovery Timeline: The First 3 Months
Truth be told, the recovery from FAI surgery is long and arduous. In general I was pretty much glued to my CPM the first week. I went back to work after 10 days, flew home for the holidays at 3 weeks (don’t recommend that to anyone ever!), and was driving (a manual transmission) at 4…
Hip Impingement (FAI) Surgery: A Success Story?
One morning last July [2011], I stepped out of bed and felt a sharp pain in my hip. I figured it would go away, but it only got worse throughout the day. I tried to run through the pain thinking it would loosen up, but it just wouldn’t budge. The pain was deep and it…