For those of you with lots of activities planned for this Fourth of July (and the rest of the summer as well), don’t forget to keep hydrated by drinking plenty of water or sports drinks, the latter of which help replace the electrolytes (mainly sodium) that are lost when we sweat!…
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Good As New?
What are the chances of returning to the same level of competition in your sport after arthroscopic hip surgery? Pretty good, it seems. Seventy-eight percent of surgery patients get back in the game after a about nine months, on average, and 91 percent of them are able to compete at…
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Surgery Countdown
Two weeks to go before arthroscopic hip surgery to repair a torn labrum — the result of femoroacetabular impingement (F.A.I.), or hip impingement syndrome. That’s when the femoral head of the thigh bone rubs against the acetabulum, or cuplike socket of the hip joint. This rubbing can damage the soft elastic…
Posted in Hip Labral Tears, My Story