[quote]LoRez wrote:
I don’t know how to say the same thing they said, without actually saying the same thing they said. So, what they said.
[/quote]
What he said.
May you soon resume conjugating with lions.
[quote]Ecchastang wrote:
Also, I love slopers and squeeze compression climbs.[/quote]
I hate slopers with a passion. I’ve been known to use bolt holes rather than slopers when climbing indoors.
I’m guessing there was no way to put that gigantic thing in you arthroscopically.
Heal fast.
[quote]dagill2 wrote:
May you soon resume conjugating with lions.[/quote]
+1
Glad to hear things went well. Wow that device. It looks like it has horns. Painful, painful horns.
In case you were wondering, loopy posting while on LOTS of pain meds is fully acceptable here.
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
In case you were wondering, loopy posting while on LOTS of pain meds is fully acceptable here.
[/quote]
I’d say it’s encouraged.
Thanks for all the encouraging words. I finally made it home last night, with the drive from Columbia to Atlanta, then a flight to Denver, and a drive home. The leg basically feels useless now and probably will for about 5-7 days. They cut through the glute, and then cut most of the external rotator and abductor muscles then use a crowbar like thing to dislocate the hip. From there they had to reshape the femur neck to take the metal cap and then bone graft under the cap to add some length. On the socket side, they had to carve out a place for the cup, and then since they couldn’t get a solid attachment with a normal metal cup, they used the tri-spike cup and bone graft at the top of it for fixation. They had to lengthen the psoas tendon, but I am not sure about many of the others.
I managed about 10 steps without crutches, and about 100 ft with just one crutch. Huge progress.
[quote]Ecchastang wrote:
They cut through the glute, and then cut most of the external rotator and abductor muscles then use a crowbar like thing to dislocate the hip. From there they had to reshape the femur neck to take the metal cap and then bone graft under the cap to add some length. On the socket side, they had to carve out a place for the cup, and then since they couldn’t get a solid attachment with a normal metal cup, they used the tri-spike cup and bone graft at the top of it for fixation. They had to lengthen the psoas tendon, but I am not sure about many of the others. [/quote]
Modern medicine. Ain’t it grand.
It is really amazing to think about this stuff. Good lord.
Did you get some good drugs? lol
Happy to hear the procedure went well. The details sound insane. Best wishes to your recovery bud.
Apr 13th workout
I managed two 1/4 mile walks with crutches and limited weight bearing on my right leg.
35 pullups over about 5 sets spread throughout the day.
Man that sounds intense. Hope you have a speedy recovery!
Apr 16th Workout
Hangboard work for finger strength
10 sets of 10 second holds on various small edges and pockets
Unilateral seated dumbbell curls
20’s x 15 x 4 sets
Delt lateral raises
10’s x 10 x 2 sets
Bench press (with feet up on another bench set perpendicular to the one) (paused all reps)
Bar x 10
135 x 10
185 x 10
205 x 10
205 x 6
Uniliateral seated OHP
20’s x 10 x 2 sets
Standing tricep extensions
3 x 10 @ 60
Notes: Mostly down to one crutch, and can move around some without any. Trying not to put any extra weight on the hip joint, which greatly limits what I can do, but man, it felt nice just being there picking up some weight.
Kinda impressed you’re allowed to start lifting. That will be an enormous help to your sanity.
Your post brings back memories…I broke my right femur as a sophomore in HS, although for about a week we didn’t know what the injury was (there was so much swelling we assumed that all of the ligaments were torn). Once I was properly diagnosed and put into a cast, I was allowed to start benching with my leg propped up as you’ve described here. Not-so-find memories, but memories nonetheless.
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Kinda impressed you’re allowed to start lifting. That will be an enormous help to your sanity.
Your post brings back memories…I broke my right femur as a sophomore in HS, although for about a week we didn’t know what the injury was (there was so much swelling we assumed that all of the ligaments were torn). Once I was properly diagnosed and put into a cast, I was allowed to start benching with my leg propped up as you’ve described here. Not-so-find memories, but memories nonetheless.[/quote]
How did you break your femur? The big risks early on with this surgery is dislocation 1% ,and Femural neck fracture 2%.
Instructions say I can start doing easy upper body work at about 2 weeks. (8 days is almost 2 weeks, right?) But I can’t do anything that actually puts weight on the hip. That’s the tough part in a gym without a bunch of seated machines. Wish I had a nice chest supported row, or a curl machine.
[quote]Ecchastang wrote:
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Kinda impressed you’re allowed to start lifting. That will be an enormous help to your sanity.
Your post brings back memories…I broke my right femur as a sophomore in HS, although for about a week we didn’t know what the injury was (there was so much swelling we assumed that all of the ligaments were torn). Once I was properly diagnosed and put into a cast, I was allowed to start benching with my leg propped up as you’ve described here. Not-so-find memories, but memories nonetheless.[/quote]
How did you break your femur? The big risks early on with this surgery is dislocation 1% ,and Femural neck fracture 2%.
Instructions say I can start doing easy upper body work at about 2 weeks. (8 days is almost 2 weeks, right?) But I can’t do anything that actually puts weight on the hip. That’s the tough part in a gym without a bunch of seated machines. Wish I had a nice chest supported row, or a curl machine. [/quote]
Believe it or not, in a wrestling match (with a guy who I later became good friends with). I was about a 225-pound sophomore wrestling a 265-pound junior (who would eventually attend University of Richmond on a football scholarship and get a camp invite or two from the NFL). Match was tied 4-4 with eight seconds to go, I was in the top position and he stood up - if he had escaped, he would have scored a point and won the match. I attempted to lift him and sweep his legs out by kicking with my leg. I was not strong enough to execute said maneuver, lol, and instead basically dropped him onto the inside my (locked) right leg at the knee joint.
We took an X-ray that day, but it was inconclusive, I assume because there was so much swelling and crap floating around that the break wasn’t easily visible. For about a week we assumed I had just torn the whole knee to shreds. I had an MRI a week later and we were relieved to see that it was “only” a broken femur (and a clean, non-displaced break) with some minor MCL damage that the docs assumed would heal on its own. They casted me for 8 weeks, had me in a brace-and-crutches for another 8, and I’ve more-or-less healed with few lasting complications (although I swear to this day that my right leg is a teeny bit shorter than my left).
Anyways, while our injuries were quite different, I suspect that our lifting allowances in the aftermath are similar. I benched 3 times a week along with a few sets of all the seated machines in the gym (chest press, shoulder press, lat pulldowns, seated rows) - not really the ideal lifting program, but it was enough to keep me sane and let me feel like I was actually doing something.
I think one benefit, to put a positive spin on it, is that you can really build your chest and arms because you’re effectively forced into pure isolation movements. No leg drive or hip engagement on your bench turns it into a chest-and-shoulders only movement. Likewise with things like seated raises or concentration curls, I’d say. You can’t use any body-English for now.
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
I haven’t updated in a while, but I have been to the gym probably 4 times in the last 5 days. More focused on getting this hip healed. I am down to a cane walking, and can handle short distances without any assistance device. Still a ton of tightness, and I am not allowed to stretch until 6 weeks, so It will remain. As for lifting, mostly doing bodybuilding type stuff at the city rec center since they have some seated machines and chest supported row.
Although the other day I did do 100 strict pullups on a 10 every minute pattern. Near the end I was doing 4, drop, 3, then 3 just to get my 10 in a minute. And I did 225 for 50 total reps on bench (flat back feet up). That took me more sets than I expected. I have gotten 225 for 19 twice before, but this took me 7 sets, with reps of 10, 10, 8, 8, 6, 5, 3. Cant believe how sore my chest is today from that. As for climbing, I have been doing lots of hangboard work to maintain and build maximum finger strength since I can’t climb. Oh well.
Hey Ecchastang, how’s the recovery going?
[quote]Ecchastang wrote:
the other day I did do 100 strict pullups on a 10 every minute pattern. [/quote]
Must get more pullups until I have 10 sets of 10… 
Glad to hear things are healing and you’re back to training upper body at least.
Best of luck with your continued recovery! Will you be climbing by the end of the summer then?
Hey, I had noticed your absence in a few climbing-related topics, then I bumped into your training log and found out about your hip surgery.
I’m glad that it went well and you’re past it.
Here’s to a speedy recovery and big big climbs.
Heal soon.