Danny;

Approaching 11 weeks and seem to be hitting another period of more noticable improvements in gait, walking, pain reduction, so thinking with your background and walking history, maybe the 12 weeks could be doable to get you to 7 miles plus.  I feel well enough to walk a few miles, for the first time since the surgery, and still get better each day.

Dan

Thanks for that dan fingers crossed. I'm really looking forward to been able to do some cv in the gym. I'm in the worst shape I've ever been in thanks to now nigh on 2 years of inactivity. Really really want to get back in the gym!

Just done my first session in a pool. I just did some water walking,general strengthening and rom stuff.
Spuriseingly my rom in the water was not that far off my un operated side. But out of the water it's no where near?! I think the pool is defiantly the way to go and I'm going back tomorrow.
Danny

       I liked the water too Danny, and my back stomachs from being out of shape really pump up my buoyancy!!

Curt

Ha, yeah I know what you mean curt.! I'm rather bouyant right now! I'm paying for my exertions now tho! I really want my normal rom back! Never mind getting back in the gym, I'm looking forward to been able to put shoes and docks on and tie my shoe laces again!

Hey Danny, I went to pool yesterday for the first time too. Really feels relaxing for the muscles doesn't it?
I just did 30 mins walking & standard ROM, I also went for a 1 mile long walk in the afternoon which probably wasn't required.
It resulted in me over doing it (again) as I had another one hour long multiple muscle cramp / spasm just as i was getting into bed last night. I think I worked a lot of redundant muscles in the pool & like you said, the ROM was much better, but probably should have just done 15mins to start with.
Restful day today for me!
Kiwi

Isn't it weird why the rom in water is way better than out of the water? I wonder why that is?
Well I'm going back to the pool tomorrow as there's a physio led session there I thought I'd give a try.

I'm guessing it has something to with the buoyancy you get in water, therefore your muscles aren't required to work as hard as they would under normal circumstances ...or are they - but there's just less resistance?
Someone else can probably explain it more scientifically / accurately.

Yeah bound to be something like that. I understand that rom is usually the last thing to return >:(

 :o Bugger! It hard to be patient when your rehab suffers from severe bouts of testosterone!

Ha yeah I know it's hard. It's like the old army saying hurry up and wait!

That saying explains our situation perfectly. Must be just after midnight up there...? You're as bad as me, I was up until 2am this morning after my cramp episode.

Yep sums up our position fairly well I think.
Man I've just woken up and I'm sore from the pool yesterday!

Yeah I took it real easy today. Are you stil planning on visiting pool again today?

Yeah I'll still go and just try different stuff let my hip flexors rest for the day.

Hi Danny,

Sorry i've not been keeping up to date with your progress. I'm hoping you're starting to see some postive results now.

How goes things?

Ruby

Hows it going Danny?
Just an update, i seen Mr Treacy today, going in next March. Turns out i have AVN in my hip so i might end up with a large ball ceramic on ceramic THR but he wont know until he starts working on me, but as he is doing the op i'll take whatever he puts in lol.

Hi Danny,
I had to back off on pool work a month ago, rest for a week and then start over. I pulled something and it almost felt like a spring boinging up and down. Anyway, (pep talk) I'm back at the pool and working back up to a full work out now. Hang in there.

Luanna

Ruby,
        I think I'm defiantly getting better now it's slow progress but slow progress is better than no progress! Hope that you get your problems sorted soon!
Steve,
         When I first saw mr treacy I discussed avn with him and he's tackled some pretty severe avn cases such as floyd landis. And I belive he's now done over 7000 bhr's now so you will not find a more experienced surgeon anywhere. I'm sure what ever he installs will do you great!

I've just done my second pool session. I'm still feeling it from the session yesterday but Im finding the water useful!

CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK POP.
Thats been the theame for the last few days. I saw Mr Treacy on friday and had a really good chat with him for about 20 mins(man he knows his shit!!!) he said that my issues that im now having are all soft tissue related and i really need to walk walk swim and really just use my legs as much as i can bear. So ive taken the man at his word and really up'd my activity. And to be fair im getting stronger, but the flip side is im getting more pain and shed loads of clunking!!!! But i know its only natural and its for the greater good! A little suffering is good for the sole!
But once again he reiterated that my device was in a perfect position and told me that thanks to my rather large bones i got one of the largest devices and he said that the bigger devices really are linked to the absolute best out comes which really made me happy! I asked what my bone quality was like and he replied that it was like iron and he put that down to my former occupation and my martial arts training for the last 16 years.
In all although i am still behind where he thought i would be in the recovery curve he says he KNOWS ill have a great outcome and that everyone reacts differently so thats set my mind at ease alot ,more.
Danny