L BHR with Mr Treacy

[Dannywayoflife]

Can any of the more experienced hippies shed any light on this side ways ROME thing?

[hernanu]

Thanks guys,
                  The one thing that's bugging me is my ROM in the box splits movement I get a pain as soon as my legs are much more than shoulder width apart which feels like my femur knocking into my cup. I hope that improves with time!

Think that might be just tightness in the capsule / muscles. Try side leg raises, they helped me loosen up in that direction. Don't push it, but you know how to stretch without hurting. Otherwise, you really sound good, Danny.

Arrojo - no one's late to the party, just join in!

[Dannywayoflife]

Thanks hern,
                  I'll try that. I've been slacking on my rehab stuff thanks to my crazy hours at work. I remember Mcminn said that ROM was the last thing to return.

[Dannywayoflife]

While I was at work yesterday I did a load of sets of lateral leg raises and I'm definatly still weak in that range and was really feeling it in the glute mead tendon area too. Must do more of them!

[hernanu]

It's funny how the big muscles come back no problem, but the smaller ones need more. I'm still doing balancing exercises and see a difference with the right vs. the left (first done).

[Dannywayoflife]

Well last night i went out shooting. It was on my local shoot which is a golf course. I walked a good few miles carrying a 9lb rifle ammo lamp and several rabbits. Its a hilly course at teh best of times and i managed it with little problem. My opperated leg felt a little weaker powering up some of the steep inclines but handled it pretty well. Was tired by the end but atleast i wasnt limping horendously like i would have been last summer!

[Spanielsal]

makes it all worthwhile Danny, getting back to doing things you love.  keep at it!  Sal

[Dannywayoflife]

Thanks sal. I'm now just gagging to get back boxing and grappling again now! A while left to wait for that though!

[Dannywayoflife]

20 weeks today! Starting to feel better and better. I think my recovery has been slightly slower than most to this point but hell i dont care so long as i get there in the end! Im able to walk several miles now with no real issue and now ive handed my notice in on my second job i will be able to concentrate on fully rehabing soon :)

[hernanu]

That is awesome, Danny!

Good that you're off your second job and that you're back on line after missing work and all. You're starting to get the payoff that you sacrificed for. Excellent news.

[wriggra]

Keep going dan. I've been following your posts closely. Maybe because I am one of the younger ones (though not as young as you). You give some really good advice as I feel like a novice in comparison! All I can say is keep going and stay positive. I'm day 3 post op and already behind everyone else in terms of PT. I guess everyone has their own pace

Grant

[hernanu]

Don't think of it as falling behind, Grant - there's no behind or forward. Check Danny's journey and you'll see some setbacks and many victories. There's no schedule but your own.

[wriggra]

Thanks hernan. I'm not thinking of it in a negative way and as you say I'm sure there will be plenty of ups and downs along the way!
Grant

[Dannywayoflife]

Grant it's a rollercoaster ride alright! But as Derrick Mcminn said in an interview if you have a good surgeon with a proven device like the BHR then you will get a great result.
We all heal differently and while my recovery has been slower than some I am being conservative anyway and I always set out a full 12 months as my recovery time so I'm sure I'll make that. I truely believe that being conservative in the begging will pay dividends in the future!

[wriggra]

Mcminn and his staff seem to be on the cautious side. But like you, this suits me fine. I want this thing to last as many years as possible so I'm gonna be cautious no matter what

[Dannywayoflife]

I've got some slight muscle discomfort today it's right up at the top of my hip on the outside just a niggleing little thing. How long did most of you have little aches and pains for?

[John C]

Hi Danny,
As you already know, the progress is a wonderful thing, and you will notice little aches and twinges like that less and less. Having said that, I still noticed twinges with certain movements for up to 18 months. If I push it really hard, I will still get a little muscle soreness around the hip, but now it is just like any other muscles after an unusually hard workout.
I would have to say that in my case, I was still subject to lots of little niggleing things like you describe at six months, mostly gone by one year, and not much of an issue by 18 months.
The spot that you are describing sounds just like a regular issue that I had. If it is tender to the touch right on the top of the greater trochanter, you might be dealing with a similar issue. It was diagnosed as trochanteric bursitis, and my eventual solution was using a roller on the IT band. My non-medical way of understanding it, is that if the IT band is tight, it puts pressure on the bursa where it crosses over the greater trochanter. Less tension in the IT band means less pressure on the bursa.
The good news is that you are about half my age, so I am betting that your "niggles" will go away a lot faster than mine. :)

[Dannywayoflife]

Thanks Jon. It's a weird feeling but you may well be right. I'll have to get on that dam roller again! I hope that at a year I will be able to start boxing again and slowly get back into some judo and grappling again(that will be a gradual process so as to allow my body to adjust to it again). One thing I noticed the other day at the gym was when I did a round of shadow boxing just to warm up ive lost the spring in my leg on that side is this common and will it come back as I need fast feet to box

[hernanu]

It'll come back, Danny. I've got that push partially now, just a matter of practice.

I think it's like Nemesis described when he was getting back to some grappling - the muscle memory that combined to get that snappy push from your muscles (in this case, legs, hips, etc.) needs to be relearned; another price to pay, but very cool to see once it's happening. I'm not totally there yet, but I do see it coming back.

Just like everything else, take it easy as you go into it, it gets better as you go. Patience (bummer, I know).

[Dannywayoflife]

To be honest Hern so long as in time i get back to my ''normal'' then ill be happy!  :) Im hoping that now i have left one of my jobs and will now have spare time that my persistance with rehab then i will start to see big results.