I'll be starting again next week after seven weeks off after my major hip replacement. My healing is much longer than usual - it was a complex surgery since I was born with arthritis hips.
What can I expect? I have a feeling flip turns are out. Will I be able I use my fins? Do breaststroke and fly?
I plan on cutting the workouts our coach puts up in half and seeing how that goes.
Anything else I should know?
Do you feel much better now without the hip pain?
I do. And, interestingly, aches and pains that I had in my back, and knees also seem to be subsiding. I think that's becasue that while compensating for the pain in my arthritic hip, that I would stand/walk/run with my hip askew/misaligned. As you know, misalignment of that nature, over time, can have a domino affect and cause those aches and pains in other areas.
Dan
Do you feel much better now without the hip pain?
I do. And, interestingly, aches and pains that I had in my back, and knees also seem to be subsiding. I think that's becasue that while compensating for the pain in my arthritic hip, that I would stand/walk/run with my hip askew/misaligned. As you know, misalignment of that nature, over time, can have a domino affect and cause those aches and pains in other areas.
Dan
