FAI (Femoro-acetabular Impingement) & Karate

My personal experience with FAI and what you should know about this condition

A week to go to round 2

I am now definitely at a pain level better than I had been since well before my surgery. I may never be rid of my hip pain completely, due to the irreversable deterioration of the cartilage. My strength and stability continue to improve. I am sometimes frustrated with my recovery rate. But my physical therapists tell me that I am way ahead of the curve. I have been doing 90-minute sessions with them twice/week, working up to slow jogging this week that involved the therapist tugging at me from behind while holding onto a cord.  In addition, I am training/teaching twice/week at the dojo, spending about one hour at workouts at the gym once or twice per week, and doing plenty of extra exercises in between at home.  I am not neglecting my upper-body in workouts at the gym and dojo.   6 sets of 20 pushups on Thursday, for example, and an assortment of exercises at the gym.

<>Surgery on my right hip is a week from tomorrow. I would think that I should recover from that one even faster, since the condition of my right hip has never been quite as bad as my left. But what worries me and the therapists the most is that my left leg/hip may not be completely ready to support all my weight immediately following my 2nd surgery. I suppose that really shouldn’t be such a problem, however, since I will have crutches to help. Major Karate activities to take place 5 weeks after the 2nd surgery. So I will need to recovery quickly…

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