2 weeks ago in kona i had a little problem navigating my way through the highway reflectors on the queen k and i crashed my bike. resulting in a intertrochanteric fracture of my hip. I ended up having emergency surgery that day to repair it - with 2 IM nails into the shaft and neck of my femur.
I'm am optimistic everything should be ok after as the joint itself was not damaged. my goal is to be back for IM USA next summer, in hopes of qualifying again for Kona, but I am little worried if i will not be able to get back to where i was before - especially with running. I am 35 years old, and am a physical therapist, so I used to working with patients with broken hips - just not who are younger than about 55 or who are planning on trying to run a competitive marathon on them. I'm hoping some other people on here may have had a similar injury and they could give me a little advice or at least put my mind at ease by letting me know how well they have managed after such an injury.
any assistance would be greatly appreciated
cheers
"There may be men that can beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it." Steve Prefontane
I'm am optimistic everything should be ok after as the joint itself was not damaged. my goal is to be back for IM USA next summer, in hopes of qualifying again for Kona, but I am little worried if i will not be able to get back to where i was before - especially with running. I am 35 years old, and am a physical therapist, so I used to working with patients with broken hips - just not who are younger than about 55 or who are planning on trying to run a competitive marathon on them. I'm hoping some other people on here may have had a similar injury and they could give me a little advice or at least put my mind at ease by letting me know how well they have managed after such an injury.
any assistance would be greatly appreciated
cheers
"There may be men that can beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it." Steve Prefontane