Running/Pain question

[MaryEllen]

So, I got up today and did 6 miles.... walking. Hip feels fine... walking. I will wait. But I really want to run. I had HR so I can run.  :(

[sroberts]

MaryEllen,

You will be able to run. Heal first, walk uphill, ride a bike, then start jumping rope to get the hip used to impact. Also do mobility exercises as a warm up.


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[David]

Polar bears can't run... ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q62lVpfn1uI

[MaryEllen]

 :D That totally looks like me!!!
Seriously, thanks to everyone for the advice and support. I just need to be patient. (I can give that advice, I just cannot seem to follow.  :-[  )

[Dan L]

Just my 2 cents, but patience is both the most important and most difficult aspect of a successful recovery, and patience is also the key variable in avoiding all the much worse, to me, implications of a failed resurfacing.

I really hate waiting to do what I want to do, but I do not want to face another hip surgery and the top of my femur cut off and 6 inch spike implanted in my femur, or more cut off and a 9 inch spike in a THR to THR revision, so I follow the restrictions and work to be patient.

It is not easy to be patient, but it seems essential to try as best you can to wait.

Dan

[Dannywayoflife]

Dan I think your right I think the most important thing. And to be honest by nature I think I'm probably the least patient person on this forum! However even though I was told that due to my off the chart bone density I could return to running at 6 months I have decided to wait until January 2013 as I really want this to last a lifetime and feel if I let my body fully recover then I will hopefully stand a better chance of that.

[Arrojo]

Have you looked into Active Release Technique?  This can cure soft tissue issues, like scar tissue that I am sure has built up. 

google activerelease dot com

What is Active Release Techniques (ART) to Providers?
Most healthcare providers use techniques of massage, trigger point, electrical modalities and ultrasound with varying degrees of specificity to treat soft tissue problems. These all provide reasonable results but there is a much better way.

ART is patented because it is different than anything else. This protects the public from healthcare providers who are willing to do it half way. To learn ART you must be serious enough to invest a great deal of time and effort to learn over 500 treatment moves or "protocols." More important than that, you must be able to develop a very advanced "feel" for the tissues and their texture, tension and movement. You must come to understand and evaluate the movement of each tissue relative to the one next to it and as an absolute value unto itself. This is an anatomy class like no other.

The basic premise is simple, just not easy. Shorten the tissue, apply a contact tension and lengthen the tissue or make it slide relative to the adjacent tissue. It's as simple as playing a piano and just as difficult. We will teach you to find every tissue by touch and to make fast permanent changes in them. We will practice every single treatment protocol with you. You work on the instructor and we work on you so that you can learn at a much faster rate.

How do overuse conditions occur?
Over-used muscles (and other soft tissues) change in three important ways:
•acute conditions (pulls, tears, collisions, etc),
•accumulation of small tears (micro-trauma)
•not getting enough oxygen (hypoxia).

Each of these factors can cause your body to produce tough, dense scar tissue in the affected area. This scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that need to move freely. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength, and pain. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness.