Official Member of the Club/Dr. Gross

[morph]

Great stuff Andy, it's good to hear your progress at the 5 month mark. You are doing loads of stuff.

Correct me if I am wrong but I seem to remember reading that it is the smaller stabiliser muscles which they cut across the fibres, the larger muscles are with the fibres and are parted like curtains. So this and the fact that the smaller muscles are harder to isolate to strengthen, it makes sense I suppose that it requires quite a bit of work to get back to tip top condition.

[imgetinold]

Hey, Morph.

From what I understand, Dr. Gross only cuts one of the smaller (abductor?) muscles, and "parts" all the larger ones, like you said.  I also think that part of it is the process of dislocation.  They contort, stretch, and move your leg in ways it was never designed to to, so I think a lot of the smaller muscle's weakness is that they have to recover from the trauma of dislocation.  I'm not a doctor, but I play one on this post....

[imgetinold]

I'm at 8 months today.

Today......I'm sore.  For the first time since surgery, I actually over-did it.  On Sunday, I rode the exercise bike for 45 minutes before church.  In the afternoon, I went hiking/jogging with my son on a 4 mile trail near the house.  Mostly walking/hiking, as my hip (groin) get sore after about 1 minute of jogging.  Then, after that, I played tennis (doubles) for 1.5 hours.  So, now, I'm paying for it a bit.  At least now I know my limitations.  I don't think there's any damage done.....just soreness.

So..........at this time I'm back to almost everything.  I did email Lee Webb today to ask about tennis, and if I should be playing.  It is even hard to remember the debilitating pain that followed most activity before.  Remarkable.

[hernanu]

I think at this point, your hip really begins to be able to handle much more activity.

It's when I noticed a couple of "dissimilarities" in the fitness of my muscles. Some (larger muscles, most commonly used smaller ones) were rarin' to go, others (groin, lower buttocks) were nervous nellies.

I also had a setback around that time. I called, was calmed down, struggled with pull like symptoms in my groin area for a couple of weeks, then never heard from it again. Weird - I have had some groin symptoms like that since, but not the predictable twinge of those couple of weeks.

Cool that things are going well, Andy.

[jb46]

Good news on the activity level Andy...but can't say I'm excited about the jogging part. Hopefully you will "break through" that pain issue and be able to get back at it.

I've learned that even basic soccer activity causes days of discomfort...but got to keep up with my girls so hopefully it will get better....happy healing...jb

[imgetinold]

Thanks, JB.  Yea, I'm a little bummed about the running thing.  I tried again two weekends ago, running for one minute and walking for one minute.  I got to about six intervals and felt the soreness.  The weird thing is, I then went home and did one of the "insanity" workouts, which is easily 3 times more demanding than a run.  Literally 50 minutes of 90 to 100 percent of my maximum activity level, and no hip soreness.  I think it's because running hits the same muscles, over-and-over, whereas - while doing the video - you're changing your movement every minute, so the same muscle doesn't get tired.

Anway, that's a small price to pay.  I'll keep trying....maybe every other week.  It'll come.

As for your soccer activity causing pain.  I found that when I started tennis, I could only do so much.  But, as i kept at it, those particular muscles got much stronger.  I think you'll clear up as you do it more often.  Good luck!

[imgetinold]

In the event any newbies are going through posts in their entirety (as I did), I'll make one last post to complete the picture.

I'm at just about 10 months now.  Here was today's workout with my wife:

We did a 13-station circuit, 3 times, each station for one minute, no rest (except transition between stations):

1 - Alternating squats on a step, where you jump over, squat, jump back, squat, repeat
2 - Sit-ups (any type)
3 - Push ups on an upside-down BOSU ball.
4 - Toe-taps on a medicine ball (stand in front of medicine ball, tap right foot on top, jump to switch feet so left foot touches the top, repeat right-left approx. every second)
5 - Superman (hold 10 seconds, rest 4 seconds, repeat)
6 - Squat with ~20 lb. kettlebell
7 - Chair dips
8 - Squat with dumbell held in both hands, press dumbell overhead on the way up, lower it on the way down (brutal)
9 - Pull ups
10 - Dumbell chest presses
11 - Exercise Band (heavy) rows
12 - Dumbell Curls
13 - Plank punches (Start in "up" pushup position. Alternate "punching" straight forward with each hand, holding the plank position. This was from an Insanity workout).

We did a total of 45 minutes, so we did a few stations in a 4th circuit. It about killed me.

I'm posting so that any people contemplating getting this done can see how quickly things can get great!

[hernanu]

Sounds to me like you're getting younger  ;D

Cool, hard workout.