I heard this morning that Nick Willis is struggling to recover from a hip injury and surgery. Aprantely he wont be training for another 2 months and wont race at all before the worlds. Very diappointing after such a great year last year. He wont have any base under him and surely can't expect to perform at worlds. Thoughts?
Nick Willis has what A-Rod. A labral tear, maybe with an acci-tabular impingement. It isn't a big surgery, but he probably won't be able to run for 3 months.
labral tears make me tear tears
they suck
New Zeland Out wrote:
Nick Willis has what A-Rod. A labral tear, maybe with an acci-tabular impingement. It isn't a big surgery, but he probably won't be able to run for 3 months.
Coming from someone who had this surgery a year ago, this is in fact a big surgery (if the Dr. elects to reshape the femoral head, that is). One of the factors associated with this condition is that the abnormal shape of the femoral head (wish causes the impingement and the tear) is often present in both hips, so he could very well have to go through this again with the other hip in the near future.
That's what happens to your body when your taking steroids.
"For now, with the Commonwealth Games (in 2010) being in Delhi, India, that's a very new market that I'm looking forward to move onto, from an athletic perspective and from a marketing perspective but also as missionary, I guess. I consider that running is my means of spreading my faith, so that should be a great opportunity as well."
I'm not familiar with Wills's "faith." Does he mean a literal religious belief, or something healthy and new-agey?
Literal religious belief - You can read about it in the Faith section at his website. http://www.willisrunning.com/
Yeah, I think that's what he means by "missionary."
Thanks. And to Weary: lots of people use the words in different contexts. I guess your inability to read accurately my original question led you to post a cheesy sarcastic comment, huh?
Er...maybe I should have said "word."
How did Willis initally injure that area?
From the interview:
It was really just a completely sudden thing. I'd been in New Zealand for almost a week and suddenly I squatted down, and when I got back up, my hip was completely locked up. That is something that has happened to me in the last five years, every two or three months. And on this particular occasion, I wasn't able to stretch it out. It was a matter of "okay, what is the diagnosis?" We went through all of the doctors, and eventually, the top hip specialist in the States, Dr. Marc Philippon, based out of the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado - he's also the guy who operated on Alex Rodriguez (of the New York Yankees) - said "yep, you've got labral tear, and you've got an impingement, and let's get you into surgery and get you fixed."
he bent over and it locked up...initially probably the indoor races tweaked it a bit
Several ways to end up here without steroids. Aside from various impact related aspects, you have several nutritional troubles which could contribute, either in regards to bone demineralization, a failing collagen synthesis, or chronic joint inflammation. Muscle imbalances are another possibility. Doubtful it would be as simple as a the tear, but that's what a surgeon would see, and want to repair.
I thought it was interesting that he mentioned having just traveled home. Jet lag, combined with heavy training can trigger insulin resistance and elevate blood sugar levels.
Not a key for bone and joint health.
http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2006Orld/techprogram/abstract_75601.htm