Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Edith... It was a pretty nasty turn. Actually the I-T band snapped over the trochanter and back into place. They told me at first that I'd never play handball again. Proved 'em wrong for almost 8 years. Now...I'd like to do it again. I have the advantage of being a gym-rat... Three days a week in the weightroom...three days of handball (up until about a month ago; now, on what would have been the handball days, I ride the Stairmaster for 20 to 30 minutes (though sometimes the pain makes me stop at ten minutes.) I'm hoping Dr. Amstutz would be willing to tell me that I don't need more than arthoscopy...if that's the case. I get concerned at times that surgeons get so wedded to their procedures that they can't admit when they're not needed. We shall see. Monday's the consultation day. I'll be in touch. Alan -- In surfacehippy , " ecrow " wrote: > Hi Alan, > > That sounds like a very nasty accident indeed......... Sadly once the > support structure of the hip gets damaged/is lacking for any reason it seems > that the result is friction between the bones and arthritis follows at some > point............... Lets hope you are still back at the stage where > something more can be done for the support muscles to take the pressure off > the joint itself............and therefore the need for any form of > prothesis............. > > I still have that gait after a resurface because I had no muscles left > working after years of a fused hip........... so just the prothesis alone > will not make the gait go away...........and will still leave potential > hassles with the spine.......... which also takes great exception to being > used this way........... > > Best of luck, > > Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02 > > > > ***Dan... > > Thanks... There truly are times when the obvious takes a bit longer > > to figure out. My sports med doc misspelled Trendelburg on the > > diagnostic notes he gave me. The descriptions you found for > > mechanics and cause give me even a bit more encouragement. My hip > > problem (until about a month ago) had always been in flexors and > > glutes. I never had pain in the joint itself, always in the glutes > > and outer quad along the IT band. It happened when I started to > > swing at a handball shot with the left hand, planted the left foot, > > swung through to send the ball to the right front corner...and the > > left footed locked in some water on the wood court floor. My whole > > body...except for the left foot torqued with considerable force about > > 110 to the right. The flexors snapped. I've been left with chronic > > weakness and swelling in the flexors and the abductor. > > > > A second " read " of my x-rays by a physical therapist and sports > > trainer suggest some OA, and some accretion of bone mass in the areas > > where flexors attach to the acetabulum and trochanter. But they he > > didn't see " end-stage " OA. > > > > I'm in for a consultation with Dr. Amstutz in LA on Monday. I'm > > going to hold hope that, as much as he knows about hips, he may be a > > less severe solution for mine than resurfacing or THR. > > > > Thanks for your research...and for recognizing the obvious when I > > didn't > > > > All the best.. > > Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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