I'm looking for tri geeks out there with a past compression fracture at the neck of the femur. This blog post is a small part in my trying to figure out how much, or how little, is typically appropriate training wise after such injuries. My doctor tells me to go by feel...and I'm feeling great, but I'm still a bit concerned about doing "too much". Yes, I know that everyone is different, but I'm interested in hearing others stories about returning to more competitive training/racing?

For what it's worth, I am 51 y/o (nearly 30 years a triathlete), now 8 months post compression hip fracture at the neck of my femur, resulting from a bike crash. I've got 2 (yes, most of you have 3) screws still in place (planning to just leave there for now). Currently I'm running 3x per week and limiting it to 7 miles max thus far...though I feel I could run forever again. No limp, no pain. I do have a leg length difference now that the angle of my hip is different than previous (corrected with a simple heel lift at the moment). Anyway, my biggest concern is possible avascular necrosis down the road, but I'm not sure if my training volume/intensity/frequency directly effects that or not? I've also got concerns about possible post traumatic arthritis, though nothing indicates such to this point. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experiences with me and others reading along!