L BHR with Mr Treacy

[hernanu]

Hey Danny, I understand the feeling, I think all of us want to have this last forever, and maybe it will. If it doesn't though, like Pete, I intend to live my life at its peak.

I got a quick lesson in perspective this week, when my 56 year old cousin-in-law (?) who is an american football and baseball coach at one of the prep schools here had to have a heart bypass. He's doing well, but he is a very fit guy who has been living in the country most of his life, a good life and no extreme pressures. He's being watched carefully, but is expected to make it back fully.

I feel we've been given a gift, to have our problem completely excised and to have the chance to fully return to the life we had. If later in life (and I think it will be much later, but that's me) I need to revise this thing, then have at it and I intend to present them with a comprehensively used up cup...

Chin up, Danny, why worry about one research paper when we've got much larger samples in the registries, and like Pete says, your world will go on just fine. There are plenty of martial artists who go on with THRs. Have at it and enjoy life.

[Dannywayoflife]

Pete&hern,
               Thanks for the replies lads. It's more of the timing of the report than the content to be honest. I am pretty fed up right now with a bunch of other stuff and then read this and it just tipped my equalibrium.
I was sure I'd seen other reports saying that high level sports had no effect on these devices but I could be wrong I often am!

[Luanna]

Hi Danny,
Remember what you said in one of your posts about your mum being a major worrier? You may have some of that in your genetic make up so you'll have to fight the tendency to worry even harder than most. Being that I'm a major worrier too, I've found a technique that gets my thinking going in a positive direction.

I get up each morning and say out loud a positive affirmation. You make up your own affirmations to fit your needs. One affirmation might be:

"I am a strong and healthy person. My hip is working perfectly and I am making excellent progress towards my goal of having an active and painfree life."

Cheers,
Luanna

[Dannywayoflife]

Ha thanks luanna. My main issues at the moment are more mental thing more than worrying. Although you might be right in that my beloved mum has passed on some of her worry gene:-
It's a lot to do with frustration. Im trying to rebuild my aspirations in a career sense and have other crap that's bugging me and causing my hardship and normally I'd go down the gym and go to war with a few guys and feel better but I can't do that. I'm the kind of guy that builds up and builds up then needs a release of adrenaline and feel good hormones. My wife said a few months ago when I had to stop night club bouncing that she thought I was addicted to fighting and conflict and to be honest shes not far wrong.

[hernanu]

Hey Danny, did Mr. Treacy say when you could get back to the heavy bag? That's always a good release.

[Dannywayoflife]

Last appointment I had I asked about return to sport etc (I saw one of Mr Treacy's team not the man) and he said because of my off the chart bone density he thought I could go back to impact @ 6 months. However I still intend on waiting the full 12 as I think it just makes more sense and I truely believe that it will make a difference to the long term

[hernanu]

Nothing was lost by being patient, Danny - I went back to it at about 8-9 months. By one year, you should be mostly healed, and like you said, us "hit things" people have pretty good bone density.

[Dannywayoflife]

That's defiantly one of the hitting things! Bones like granite:-)

[PistolPete]

I'm already beating the snot out of the heavy bag.  I'm doing mostly hands but I have been doing some kicking.  Nothing crazy and mostly on the kicking shield and not the heavy bag because it's a lot more forgiving.  I've got about 2 1/2 more months before I really ramp things up. 

Danny why don't you just go to the gym and pick things up and put them down.  You can get in decent shape and it will make you feel better.  You can do upper body, and some leg presses etc and start getting back to shape.  Don't wait an entire year to start getting healthy.  I think that's the wrong thing to do.

[Dannywayoflife]

Pete,
       I'm not waiting the full 12 months to get healthy again. I've dropped around 10-15 pounds already. I'm just not convinced that going back in the gym just yet will do me much good. I am still doing a little CV on my keiser spin bike and have started using my concept2 rower too. I am still very conscious of over doing things though. With my mind set if I don't think about not doing too much I would just ignor my body and smash the hell out of it again.

[Dannywayoflife]

Wow how time flys! Its now 14 weeks since my op and bar the minor set back i had earlier this week with the thigh pain im now doing great! I am feeling stronger all the time :D
I bought a wobble cushion this week and ive got to say if you dont have one get one!! They are great!!
I also got a foam roller which im sure will be an asset.

[mslendzion]

Danny, happy to hear your successes.  Care to share your weight loss program?  I'd love to take off 10 pounds before summer and it looks like you got the trick.

[Kiwi]

Danny - great stuff mate.
Foam roller - for scar tissue I take it. What's the wobble cushion for - balancing?

[Dannywayoflife]

Danny, happy to hear your successes.  Care to share your weight loss program?  I'd love to take off 10 pounds before summer and it looks like you got the trick.

To be honest there's no great secret to my weight loss. As with all things to do with your body it's 90% what you put in. The changes I've made are diet. Really being aware of nutrition, I'm motivated by not only loosing weight but also what goes into my body effects the long term health of my bone. As I've said before its my feeling that bone health will be one of the major factors In longevity.
So basically I've been eating lots and lots of fruit and veg, no processed food and good lean meats.

[Dannywayoflife]

Kiwi,
       Yep the foam roller is for massage when my mate isn't about(and my god its painful!) and the wobble cushion is for the instability it really gets all the small muscles working so is great for targeting the muscles that have been damaged in the op.

[Dannywayoflife]

Just got home after a session in the hydro pool. I have to say my ROM in the pool was way better on my op side than on my other un op side! It's still not quite there out of the pool but it's a good indication of things to come hopefully!
I always thought that the impingement on my hips ment I never had a "normal" ROM and I guess that this kinda proves my theory.

[hernanu]

I know what you mean, Danny. Before the operation (and the OA) no matter how much I stretched, I could never do a grownup version of the stretch where you put both feet together at the soles and pull them towards your groin while sitting and then let your knees go down towards the floor.

All the other black belts could touch the ground with their legs on both sides, I looked like a grasshopper with my knees sticking up at 45 degrees. It was humiliating... the comments I got !!!

Now I can do that stretch without much effort. At first when doing the stretch fully happened, I thought I had overdone it, would always have to walk sideways 'cause my muscles were gone, but now accept that that particular limitation is gone.

[Dannywayoflife]

Ah the butterfly stretch. I have always been totally useless at that one! But it's never effected my abilities. I always just found what worked for me. Some techniques I could never do because of my body being rather an odd shape but it has never really stopped me tapping other people. I was never able to kick above thigh high but with low kicks like I used to have it was never an issue.  :)

[hernanu]

No problem for me either, although I think maybe it will help my kicks a bit.

[Dannywayoflife]

Kicks are the thing I feel least confident in being able to perform post resurfacing. I just feel the power and impact generated by a proper Thai shin kick could only damage my new joint.
Hence why I'm going to concentrate on my boxing and grappling.