Fat fighters "Matt the pillar Miller"

[Dannywayoflife]

I was just Channel hopping last night and came accross "Fat Fighters" on channel 4(in the UK).
One of the trainers Matt Miller who is a bodybuilding champion talked about his own struggle with adversity and he said that he had a massive injury which he came back from (oh really i thought i had a torn muscle or ligament in my mind!) then he said i smashed my hip, at which my ears pricked up! He went on to say that he was a really young recipient of a Titanium THR. Now i was really impressed by this as we on this board are all aware of the draw backs of a THR in comparison to a HR device but to see some of the stuff that he was able to do really made me feel better about my shiney new friend! I mean if he can do all his stuff with the draw backs of a THR then i should be able to do even more with the advantages of my HR device!!!
Just made me feel a little better about things. Sorry Pat if ive posted in the wrong section.
Danny

[PistolPete]

There is a guy I train with that has had 2 total hip replacements and he doesn't have any restrictions.  He had his hip shattered at a Kung Fu Torn. when he was 13 and needed to have it replaced and had to have a revision on it in his 30's as well.  He's strong as an OX and doesn't seem to have any limitations.

[Dannywayoflife]

Really!? What THR did he get do you know? It's nice to know "if" or HR's don't last forever then there could still be options out there for us

[PistolPete]

I'm not sure which hip he has but it's a traditional total hip and it's the 2nd one he's gotten.  He said he doesn't even notice it and hasn't had any issues at all.  He's a Pro-MMA Fighter and next weekend is even competing at a NAGA grappling event.  You would never know he's had it done and he's insanely strong.

[Dannywayoflife]

Thats awesome!!

[Tin Soldier]

That's pretty cool about the THR story.  I've heard of some folks that have gone way beyond where their surgeon said they should go with a THR.  Last spring I was out on the soccer pitch with my high school kids nursing my left HR and taking it really easy (Drs. Orders) and next to me was a 70 yr old Bolivian coach who had a THR about 5 years prior.  He was told by his surgeon not to run.  So he would sort of run, like a little light tippy-toe'd jog thing. He was inspiring.  Although my doc said I'd probably need a revision in short order if I had had a THR, thus the HR.  I'll stick with the numbers.

[Jeremy76761]

Pistol, would you be able to provide the figher's name? Maybe he's on the net.

[Dannywayoflife]

Pete did you manage to find the mma fighters name? I'd love to check him out and see if there's any tape of him fighting out there.