Guest guest Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 This came to me as I was hobbling to my Stairmaster destination today. Yesterday 2.5 miles. Today...1.75...down from my handball- conditioned prime of 5 miles. (two miles before I played on the days I played...just to warm up) I'm losing pain-free time and range by the week. Some days are better than others. I've made a deal with myself. I'll do the Stairmaster every day...until the hip hurts. The first time I feel pain there...I quit for the day. (I'm really not obsessive. But handball is such a phenomenal calorie burn that I know, if I don't do the SM -- now that handball hurts too much -- I'll weigh 220 pounds by the time I get to the operating table. This would be WAY BAD in the post-op recovery. My " playing weight " is 198. (I'm 6 feet tall.) Even in the shorter times, the Stairmaster is just about the most boring thing a body can do. So, over the past couple of days, I've forced myself to play a game that I usually use as a mental exercise to figure my way through things I can't grasp quickly. I've had a hard time explaining to people at the handball club what's the difference between resurfing and THR. But in other parts of my life, I have a mental game I call.. " Looks like... Works like " , and over the years, it has helped me to reduce a number of complex concepts and issues to manageable levels and proportions. Won't bore you with the mental gymnastics that got me there...but I think this is true. Take the hip out of the picture. Imagine, instead, that you're a dentist. You have a patient with a damaged, but not ruined, tooth. Do you pull it out? Only as a last resort. More likely, you do a root canal...THEN YOU CAP THE TOOTH OR CROWN IT. (Is this not like resurfacing, or what?) Unless the tooth is damaged beyond repair, and doing damage to the jawbone itself, it's not likely that you'd pull the tooth so you could put in an implant. Mirabile dictu, as some non-English-speaking Roman once said. A THR, like an extraction and implant, SHOULD BE THE LAST RESORT. A crown/cap/resurf...should the first choice after all other courses have failed. American medicine, once again...seems to have it completely upside down. Tell if the logic or the analogy don't work for you...or why they shouldn't work for me. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Hi Alan, the dentist was often here while he went for his Resurface and he too told it in the same way......... And if you think about it, the forces that crowned teeth cope with in the mouth is way way above what a hip gets put through, especially if the supporting muscles are redeveloped around it........ So yes why pull it out and put something else in there when a simple crown will work......... and the scary part for me is I have governments telling me we should envy the US health system..........groan. Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02 > > Even in the shorter times, the Stairmaster is just about the most > boring thing a body can do. So, over the past couple of days, I've > forced myself to play a game that I usually use as a mental exercise > to figure my way through things I can't grasp quickly. I've had a > hard time explaining to people at the handball club what's the > difference between resurfing and THR. But in other parts of my life, > I have a mental game I call.. " Looks like... Works like " , and over the > years, it has helped me to reduce a number of complex concepts and > issues to manageable levels and proportions. > > Won't bore you with the mental gymnastics that got me there...but I > think this is true. Take the hip out of the picture. Imagine, > instead, that you're a dentist. You have a patient with a damaged, > but not ruined, tooth. Do you pull it out? Only as a last resort. > More likely, you do a root canal...THEN YOU CAP THE TOOTH OR CROWN > IT. (Is this not like resurfacing, or what?) Unless the tooth is > damaged beyond repair, and doing damage to the jawbone itself, it's > not likely that you'd pull the tooth so you could put in an implant. > > Mirabile dictu, as some non-English-speaking Roman once said. A THR, > like an extraction and implant, SHOULD BE THE LAST RESORT. A > crown/cap/resurf...should the first choice after all other courses > have failed. American medicine, once again...seems to have it > completely upside down. > > Tell if the logic or the analogy don't work for you...or why they > shouldn't work for me. > > Alan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Hi Alan, the dentist was often here while he went for his Resurface and he too told it in the same way......... And if you think about it, the forces that crowned teeth cope with in the mouth is way way above what a hip gets put through, especially if the supporting muscles are redeveloped around it........ So yes why pull it out and put something else in there when a simple crown will work......... and the scary part for me is I have governments telling me we should envy the US health system..........groan. Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02 > > Even in the shorter times, the Stairmaster is just about the most > boring thing a body can do. So, over the past couple of days, I've > forced myself to play a game that I usually use as a mental exercise > to figure my way through things I can't grasp quickly. I've had a > hard time explaining to people at the handball club what's the > difference between resurfing and THR. But in other parts of my life, > I have a mental game I call.. " Looks like... Works like " , and over the > years, it has helped me to reduce a number of complex concepts and > issues to manageable levels and proportions. > > Won't bore you with the mental gymnastics that got me there...but I > think this is true. Take the hip out of the picture. Imagine, > instead, that you're a dentist. You have a patient with a damaged, > but not ruined, tooth. Do you pull it out? Only as a last resort. > More likely, you do a root canal...THEN YOU CAP THE TOOTH OR CROWN > IT. (Is this not like resurfacing, or what?) Unless the tooth is > damaged beyond repair, and doing damage to the jawbone itself, it's > not likely that you'd pull the tooth so you could put in an implant. > > Mirabile dictu, as some non-English-speaking Roman once said. A THR, > like an extraction and implant, SHOULD BE THE LAST RESORT. A > crown/cap/resurf...should the first choice after all other courses > have failed. American medicine, once again...seems to have it > completely upside down. > > Tell if the logic or the analogy don't work for you...or why they > shouldn't work for me. > > Alan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Hi Alan, the dentist was often here while he went for his Resurface and he too told it in the same way......... And if you think about it, the forces that crowned teeth cope with in the mouth is way way above what a hip gets put through, especially if the supporting muscles are redeveloped around it........ So yes why pull it out and put something else in there when a simple crown will work......... and the scary part for me is I have governments telling me we should envy the US health system..........groan. Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02 > > Even in the shorter times, the Stairmaster is just about the most > boring thing a body can do. So, over the past couple of days, I've > forced myself to play a game that I usually use as a mental exercise > to figure my way through things I can't grasp quickly. I've had a > hard time explaining to people at the handball club what's the > difference between resurfing and THR. But in other parts of my life, > I have a mental game I call.. " Looks like... Works like " , and over the > years, it has helped me to reduce a number of complex concepts and > issues to manageable levels and proportions. > > Won't bore you with the mental gymnastics that got me there...but I > think this is true. Take the hip out of the picture. Imagine, > instead, that you're a dentist. You have a patient with a damaged, > but not ruined, tooth. Do you pull it out? Only as a last resort. > More likely, you do a root canal...THEN YOU CAP THE TOOTH OR CROWN > IT. (Is this not like resurfacing, or what?) Unless the tooth is > damaged beyond repair, and doing damage to the jawbone itself, it's > not likely that you'd pull the tooth so you could put in an implant. > > Mirabile dictu, as some non-English-speaking Roman once said. A THR, > like an extraction and implant, SHOULD BE THE LAST RESORT. A > crown/cap/resurf...should the first choice after all other courses > have failed. American medicine, once again...seems to have it > completely upside down. > > Tell if the logic or the analogy don't work for you...or why they > shouldn't work for me. > > Alan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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