FAI (Femoro-acetabular Impingement) & Karate

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

chugging along…

Not much has changed.  I am in a holding pattern with my right hip.  It feels fine and I am able to do certain exercises so not letting atrophy set in.  My left leg/hip is strong.  I am doing lots of exercise at the physical therapist’s but since I cannot do much with my right leg/hip, there is only so much I can do on the left.  Many of the exercises are very similar; wall-sits, squats, squats holding something for stability, leg-press/holds…all on one side only…  I am trying to focus more on stretching, since walking on my left leg all the time while keeping weight off the right is doing enough to strengthen my left without any extra exercises. The problem is that all this walking with so much weight on my left has a tendency to reduce my range of motion.  Hard to believe I am not even half-way done with my crutch-time on the right side.  I expect the frustration to build further…particularly with the approach of the big karate seminars coming up in less than 2 weeks!

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