THR Massage post THR

[Ric A]

Here’s some info -
Magnesium supports the following:
Bone health
Healthy blood sugar
Cardiovascular health
Muscle relaxation and nerves
Promotes healthy sleep (falling asleep and staying asleep)

An article on Magnesium -
https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/magnesium-is-a-star.20301/

Thanks. I will give it a try.

 

[Ric A]

Lubrication of our new hips, how is it done. I have approval to post this piece.

Interesting article here from 2015, and not much research in this interesting area at all to date.

https://res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/lubricants/lubricants-03-00394/article_deploy/lubricants-03-00394.pdf

 

[Spex10]

Very interesting read. Quite reassuring.

 

[FCBayern]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing @Ric A!

 

[Layla]

Great information, Ric
Thanks for taking the time to see if you could share the article here. Looks like a few have already appreciated it.
I hope you have a nice week!
@Ric A

 

[Ric A]

Just a quick update regarding my fitness levels.

Swimming now for 2 hours medium pace non stop. Once per week.

Walking about 5 miles plus every other day, if not a few thousand steps around the house doing housework.

Running 1 mile or so taking about 10 minutes once per week.

Indoor cycling for 1 hour, twice per week.

Everyday fit stuff us hippies do for about 1 hour per day. ie stretching using this as a guide.

Just basic stuff but really helpful,

How Fit Today

www.howfittoday.co.uk

Some days I may get tired or sore, so I ease up immediately and use RICE if required, maybe paracetamol.

So overall I'm very happy with my progress, my surgeon has signed me off now and said I can go and do whatever I like within reason. If its a return to say squash I must strengthen the appropriate muscle groups first and take it easy for the first few months of playing.

I do love this site and the fantastic team of moderates and friendly helpers, in particular @Layla on the forum so I will continue to keep in touch as i'm sure I will need further help in the years too come. After all, it can take up to 2 years or more to fully recover as we all know.

Thanks all.

Ric

 

[Spex10]

Gosh. Even at my best I'd never be able to do all that @Ric A ! Well done on your splendid recovery.

 

[Ric A]

Thanks. Good too you to.

 

[ljpviper]

Hello Ric,

I noticed you mentioned = Running 1 mile or so taking about 10 minutes once per week.

What does your surgeon feel about running on the implant?

Thanks,

Larry

 

[Ric A]

Hello Ric,

I noticed you mentioned = Running 1 mile or so taking about 10 minutes once per week.

What does your surgeon feel about running on the implant?

Thanks,

Larry

Hi Larry.

He said he is absolutely fine with it. Or squash. But make sure the muscles are strong enough too take it. So that's a personal call really as to how far you can push it. But he said. And he is a top world renowned surgeon, my joint will be fine but overdo it early on and you could tweak a calf pull a hamstring achillies or whatever if warm up and preparation aren't right. I think modern hip replacement joints and surgery techniques have improved over the years to allow us to do more. And the joints themselves are projected to last us hopefully 30 years plus now.

 

[Jaycey]

If its a return to say squash I must strengthen the appropriate muscle groups first and take it easy for the first few months of playing.

As a once avid squash player I am so jealous! Just one warning - please take it slow getting back to playing. As you know, squash is quite a workout on the joints. Lots of twisting and total flexibility needed. Warm up well and listen to those hips. They will shout loudly if they aren't ready to move in a particular way.

Please let us know how it goes. Our members will appreciate hearing your success story!

 

[Ric A]

Will do thanks. It was mainly squash that wrecked my hips in the first place. I played County level and training 2 hours or so each day. That was many years ago.

 

[Layla]

Wow, Ric, you’re doing great!
Thanks for updating and also for your kind words. It’s much appreciated. We’re happy to be here for you and enjoy hearing about your return to all you love and hold dear. It’s good to read you’re taking cues from your body and easing up when feeling you may have overdone it a bit. May it only get better as you approach your one year anniversary and beyond.
Stay in touch, we love updates. Wishing you a happy, healthy Autumn!
@Ric A

 

[Ric A]

Thanks Layla, I meant every word, and will certainly keep in touch. It's just like a worldwide friendly club here, and whilst everyone would prefer not to be in the situation in the first place, it is what it is as they say.

My journey has still a way to go yet, and if I can pass over some of my experiences to the good people on the forum I will.

It's just so amazing how everyone has a different story to tell and have their own individual issues, whilst at the same time a core of the issues are very similar for us all.

 

[Layla]

It is nice to recover with those that have walked the path, or are healing from surgery right along with you. I think the camaraderie is comforting during the early days and weeks when we have so many questions and concerns with each new odd sensation we experience. I know I took consolation in knowing I could come here and most often find answers or encouragement from those who truly understood through their own experience. Your progress will be an inspiration to those reading your thread. Thank you for your ongoing participation here. We appreciate you sharing your progress and supporting others.
@Ric A

 

[Ric A]

My pleasure.

 

[Mojo333]

Pop by often @Ric A
New hippies love success stories.
I know I did

 

[Coddfish]

Hi @Ric A Rather than clutter up someone else’s thread with a discussion of running, I thought I would put a post on your recovery thread. As I said briefly on the other thread, I have gone back to Couch to 5K. I had been a regular but not a fast runner prior to the osteoarthritis kicking in. I started out fairly late in life, in 2015, when I was already in my late 50s. Couch to 5k worked well for me then, and I built on it, became a regular parkrunner, ran a handful of 10k events, and the Great South Run a couple of times. Alongside this I was (and still am) a regular swimmer and gym user. I had to stop running in May 21 due to the deteriorating hip. I went to the physiotherapy team who support Ben Ainslie’s Americas Cup yacht racing team and got them to tell me who they thought the best hip surgeon in the area was. That led me to Andy Langdown and a private operation as I couldn’t face losing more function whilst waiting 18 months or so on the NHS. My first question to the surgeon was “will I be able to run”.

4 months on from surgery, the hip is great. I had a really easy recovery from surgery and was back at parkrun complete with Nordic urban poles about 6 weeks after surgery. I got back swimming in the pool as soon as the wound had healed and also restarted water based classes after a couple of months. I worked with my personal trainer from 10 days or so after surgery to supplement the physio that was provided with my fixed price operation package. The key determinant of when I was ready to start running was general glute, quad and hamstring strength, plus whether my adductor (cut during the surgery) was back to being able to support a single leg glute bridge. Basically I trusted my trainer, who I have worked with for several years, to help me judge when I was ready.

My biggest challenge is that I have lost quite a lot of aerobic fitness since I stopped in May, and it’s clear that the swimming alone isn’t going to be able to restore that. Hence working back in gently with Couch to 5k. The hip and musculature could go in more aggressively if only the heart and lungs could keep up. I have no particular pace I am trying to achieve, I just want to get back to being able to run a parkrun without stopping, and I aim to get to that point late March or early April. After that I will consolidate a bit and then see if I want to rebuild to 10k. I don’t currently have longer ambitions but the 10 mile Great South Run is on my doorstep. It’s not going to be viable in 2022 but who knows beyond that. I don’t have any worries about whether the hip will be ok - I have complete faith in it. If I happen to wear it out more quickly doing this (and I don’t think that’s likely) then I will have spent time doing something I love and will have better cardiovascular health than if I hadn’t tried.

The Hiprunner site is a good resource for running after hip replacement. There are a few of us on there recently starting out. I have the same user name on there.

 

[Ric A]

Just a quick update folks.

Hip 1 now about 20 months old
Hip 2 now 12 months old.

Walking 5 miles plus.
Swimming 1 or 2 hours in lanes once per week
Static indoor bile 1 hour twice per week.
Pilates and weights for about 1 hour per day.

Added jogging for a mile or so once per week.
Massage once per month. Chiro every 2 months.

Now then, in the next few months I hope to add squash on to the list, conservative level though.


Its been a long road.

Still get many aches and random pains as the spine, ligaments etc get back in sync., but reduced medication to paracetamol only.

 

[Layla]

Happy One Year Anniversary, Righty!
You’re doing well. Thanks for taking the time to share an update. I hope with more time the smaller residual issues resolve also. They’ll be no stopping you then!
Have a great Spring!
@Ric A