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Nick Powell RBHR Dr Whately 21/03/2010

nick For as long as I can remember I have always played and enjoyed sports, as one of 3 brothers and now with 3 active children of my own, sport and competition has been a fundamental part of my daily life. Through most of my teens and twenties it was predominantly team sports, football, cricket, rugby, hockey…you name it I probably played it at sometime. My main activity during my late twenties was hockey which I probably played twice a week accompanied by training twice per week. During this time I can remember many injuries but being young I always seemed to bounce back quickly.

Mike Greene November 4, 2009 Dr. Gross

I have always been extremely active (my wife calls it a sickness). I've played basketball pretty much weekly since I was 11 years old. I currently run a men's basketball group at a local gym where I went 7 years without missing a week until I started having too much hip pain in May of this year. I run competitively and have since 1985. In 2008 I ran 34 races from January through the first of November when the pain finally made me quit. I also play 35+ baseball, tennis, and lift weights twice a week. I just turned 47 years old on November 1.

Robyn Benincasa is a full time firefighter by profession and she has a full time passion. She is a World Champion Adventure racer that has completed 10 Ironman competitions and 36 "expedition length" adventure races. She has been in Sports Illustrated, Vogue, The New York Times, Hooked on the Outdoors, Adventure Sports and Inside Triathlon magazines, to name a few.

Robyn had her right hip resurfaced on August 29, 2007 by Dr. Kimball in San Diego. She was back to full duty fire fighting and was actively involved with battling the blazes in the Rancho Bernardo fires, at only 5 weeks post op! Then she had her left hip resurfacing by Dr. Su on July 30, 2009 and was back to full duty at only 4 weeks post op!! A personal interview with Robyn is below. Here is her bio and an update below:

Patrick Kenealy quote: "Life is too short to be suffering in pain!"

I have been an active cyclist since 1987, racing most weekends from March to September. While out training one January in 2005 I was hit by a car which resulted in a dislocated right hip. I was in hospital for a month after having it relocated and on crutches for another 6 weeks. I then returned to my training and racing but the pain gradually got worse over the years and for 2007 I hardly did any cycling and no racing.

Linda Smith- Bilateral Dr. Gross

RBiomet 3-8-06 LBiomet 10-25-06
Cincinnati, Ohio Age 58

I am about to celebrate my 3 year anniversary of my right resurfaced hip and 2.5 years for my left resurfaced hip. I can't believe it's been that long since I got my life back. With both resurf surgeries, I had no complications and easy recoveries. However, I will never forget how traumatic it was for me to find out that all that pain and stiffness I had been experiencing for years was actually osteoarthritis and I needed major hip replacement surgery. 3 years ago I was panic struck!!!.

I am a 49 yr old male (50 on Nov 2) from Tucson, Arizona and had RBhour performed by Dr. John Rogerson in Madison, Wisconsin on June 26th,2008. I have been an active athlete since childhood. I played football in high school and college. I turned to endurance sports while serving in the military and bec ame an age group triathlete and duathlete (run/bike/run) in 1988. From 1988-2004 I competed in over 100 events and even made Team USA World Duathlon Team in 1999, 2002, and 2003. My only injuries began to surface in 2002 with hamstring and Achilles tendon issues. Little did I realize at the time but it was an arthouritic hip that was tweaking my running gait.

November 1, 2008 I underwent hip resurfacing surgery with Dr. Vijay C. Bose on September 10, 2007. Just over one year since my surgery, I am extremely satisfied with the results and have returned to an active lifestyle with no residual pain or discomfort whatsoever. Following is a brief history of my condition and how I came to require the services of Dr. Bose and his dedicated team.
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Larry Sheeler – 4/25/07, Dr. Michael Clarke

April 25 was my one year anniversary of hip resurfacing. I am 58 and have always been active and involved in sports. For many years I ran 2 to 3 times per week (just one to two miles). I also play baseball in some tournaments during the summer. It's not that I am an exceptional athlete or runner, it has just always been extremely important to me that I could do these things. Most importantly I love to be out with my kids and now two young grandsons, running around, playing catch or whatever. During 2006 I gradually realized I had a bad hip. I did extensive physical therapy and later had two cortisone shots. Two well respected orthopedics recommended hip replacement. As I researched replacement surgery the consensus information I got was you

can do a lot of things after hip replacement, but on every list of things not to do were running, baseball, basketball, etc.

Ken 10/15/08

Well the surgery went very well on Oct 11. I am in the hospital. I am suppose to check out to the ideal beach resort on Friday. It is great to be without pain in the joint. Swelling is an issue and we are working on getting it down so that I can get into my clothes to go to the resort. Everything else is going well.

The decision to have a LBHR C+ resurfacing done

LBHR C+ resurfacing done by Dr De Smet at Gent, Belgium

I had to stop jogging about four years ago due to chronic lower back pain, which got worse after running. I'd already put up with a fair amount of discomfort during the preceding years because I was a keen runner and jogging was an important part of my social life here in Belgium. But I finally had to switch to cycling to keep fit and to meet up with my running friends. At that time I wasn't aware that I had a hip problem.

Floyd Landis – 9/27/06, Ronan Treacy

The Hip Of The Future

Hip resurfacing shows promise for cyclists with bum hips.

Written by Emily Furia

On September 27, Floyd Landis underwent Birmingham hip resurfacing (BHR) surgery. The procedure was approved by the FDA in May, but has been performed for more than 10 years in the United Kingdom. David Chao, M.D., team doctor for the San Diego Chargers, and Ronan Treacy, a U.K. surgeon who co-developed the BHR technique, operated on Landis, who first injured his right hip in a 2003 training crash. Restricted blood flow to the head of his femur led to bone death and degeneration.

11 years post op
posted on April 27, 2009

This alum is saying his annual hello after celebrating my eleven year anniversary. A former runner, I had been crippled with OA for over a decade. In early 1998 there were fewer than 40 resurfacings in the U.S. and of course no surfacehippy group or knowledge base. I placed a lot of trust in Dr. Amstutz and it sure paid off. I was skydiving 7 weeks post-op (not doctor approved). I moved to the Palm Springs area 3 years ago and took up competitive tennis, often playing guys half my age and younger. I'm 61 now but my hips feel like they're 18. A couple of days ago I played 8 competitive sets in one day, 5 doubles and 3 singles.

Chris - RBHR 1/10/2007, Dr. Clarke

Two years ago I ran what I thought might be my last road race ever. I was bone on bone with OA. It was a 15K (9.3 miles) in Schenectady NY. With the help of several Advil the night before and the morning of the race I managed to finish OK.
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Bruce Benson – Runner, Oct 2, 2006, Dr. Stocks

Human Metallurgical Upgrade

By Bruce Benson, Pressure Equipment Integrity Engineer

Some folks know that I had a hip operation in 2006. After reading the news in last months newsletter concerning the Corporate Track and Field meet, some of them asked how I could run full tilt in a 100-meter sprint (we even won our heat) after such an operation. So, after prompting, I wrote this article.

My right hip started hurting in 2002. It was diagnosed as arthritis, possibly brought on by a very minor case of dysplasia (shallow hip socket, a birth defect). In the “before” picture (2005), you can see the “lumpiness” of the femoral head (normal is smooth and round). The doctor said that I would probably need my hip replaced in my forties. He was wrong – I was 39.

Bradley Poster – 11/15/06, Dr. Su

Posted on May 20, 2010
Running Hard after BHR

I love this subject. I searched the web for months before my surgery back in nov of 06 for info. There was less back than and it wasnt until Corey started posting about his running that this took off.

I have been racing since 5 months after my surgery. I did Mt Washington at 7 months and my first marathon at 1 year. Now I am racing once a month, usually a 10 miler or half marathon and my times are improving.They aren't what they were when I was 25 but my half marathon time is down to 1:36 since my surgery and at 55 I feel good about that. I also run on all surfaces. I don't have a problem on pavement. I tend to think its not the surface that is the problem but the way I run. When I run across the ground as opposed to into the surface I find I create less stress on my body. It also seems as I go faster its less stressful. So running a 7 min pace although is more tacking aerobically it feels better when I am done. I also did no physical therapy after my surgery and I don't warm up before my runs.

A Runner Looks Back at 50 and a BHR

Approaching 50 was really no big deal for me, at least not until a routine physical exam and x-ray screening in the summer of 2007 revealed I had degenerative arthritis in my right hip. After staring at my chart for some time my physician asked how much I was running. I explained I'd competed in two ultras and a marathon in the past three months. "Maybe at your age its time you learn how to ride a bike," he dead-paned. I failed to see the humor. I had two bikes but riding was something I did when I needed a break from running.

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