Guest guest Posted May 7, 2003 Report Share Posted May 7, 2003 In a message dated 5/7/2003 4:19:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, saf5201@... writes: > Just an editor's question, Mr. Tuck: Do you perhaps mean to say > that 8 months post op your unresurfaced hip began giving you > the business, prompting you to scale back? > Someone who has not followed your convalescence as closely > as certain members here might conclude from your post that you > are going back for revision surgery instead of an operating > encore on your surgically virgin glute. > Perhaps this was all hashed out in another, earlier, post I didn't > see. > Nope, eagle-eye, it wasn't clear. My unresurfaced (right) hip was indeed the troublesome one about 8 months post-op.The resurfaced (left) one has been trouble-free from day one and continues to be so. In truth, I felt what I thought was a tendon pull in the right groin as I got out of bed for my first " stand " the day after surgery, October 19, 2001. I continued to assume that's what it was and treated it as a soft tissue injury with massage and various other things until early June, 2002. At that time, while practicing a " kansetsu-geri " (joint kick to the knee), I felt a much sharper pain than I had ever felt before in the right groin, and began facing the truth, which was most likely that the right hip was telling me it wanted a turn with Mr. Treacy too. A visit to Mr. Treacy in October, 2002 confirmed that my right hip was indeed saying " surf's up " , and my participation in karate seminars in Oxford, Bratislava and St. Polten immediately thereafter were characterized by more or less excruciating pain. So in a very long-winded way (which is why I charge by the hour), my resurfaced hip was and is just fine thank you - my unresurfaced hip wants some of the surgical action. No revisions for moi. I trust this clarifies any miscommunication for which I am solely responsible and forever repentant. Very truly yours, Sheilakins Desso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 In a message dated 5/8/2003 7:48:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, alquinn.group@... writes: > You say there are many high-ranking martial artists that have > resurfed and back training hard. Any judoka in that group? I've > tried to contact Dave , one of the Case Studies on the MMT BHR > web site. I've tried several different avenues but no luck. > Apparently he's been competing in World Masters competitions for the > past several years. > > Knowing what I know about judo at that level, I find it extremely > difficult to believe that resurfing is so good that one is able to go > back to that level of competition. To me, it's as remote as finding > a cure for baldness! It seems too hyped up. Is it really that good? > > I'm just starting to 'interview' some doctors who are doing resurfing > here in Canada. I was all set to go for a THR because my first > doctor made it sound so routine. He never even mentioned resurfing. > Thanks to the internet and this group, I've discovered that there may > be other options. > > Reading about all the problems associated with THR, I no longer have > the desire to go that route. If I'm not a candidate for resurfing (I > don't know why I wouldn't be), then I'll just hold off as long as > possible. > > If you have any other contacts who have had resurfing done, I'd > appreciate communicating with them. Dear Rainer: I don't know of any other judoka besides , and I have heard he's difficult to get in touch with. I was referred to Mr. Treacy by Bob Poynton, who is the administrative head of of the Japan Karate Association (Shotokan) in Britain. Bob was on the British karate team when they were world champions. His team mate Higgins I believe also was resurfed. I advised a friend of mine Ewald Roth, who is currently the coach of the Austrian National karate team about my resurf and he got word through a friend of his who was the European champion, to that guy's coach, Carlo Fugazi (sp?) who was resurfed by Treacy. There's also someone on this list who sounds like he trains really hard at, I think, kajukenbo and other things. Unfortunately I don't have e-mail addresses for these people but I think there are enough people on this list who do martial arts, who can comment. I have no doubt that resurfing will allow one to resume active high level martial arts competition. But one has to keep in mind that this puts a tremendous amount of strain on the joints and that there will likely be an earlier problem than if one took it a little easier. Remember that super-athletes are driven to achieve and maintain excellence. Then there's the rest of us who like to mix it up occasionally and probably are more at risk for injury because we're not in such good shape. It's a really individual thing, but I know after my first resurf, I felt so good I had absolutely no compunction in taking on the most violent sparring partners, and seemed to suffer no ill-effects. That being said, I can't wait to be without pain on both sides, and to achieve a degree of flexibility that I previously only dreamed about. What I will do with it remains to be seen. I don't believe it's hype. This thing really works. Whether you are a candidate is for the surgeon to say, but I wish you the very best and hope you can become a resurfer if at all possible. Regards, Des Tuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 > > In a message dated 5/7/2003 1:05:05 PM Pacific Daylight > Time, > > JConway712@a... writes: > > > > > What style do you do? My black belt is in Nippon Kempo, > which I got 30 > > > years ago. I don't usually say I've had my black belt that long > because > > > people look at me like I'm old:-))) I've done various other arts > such as > > > Jeet Kune Do, Arnis and even a little Gracie Jui Jitsu. I'm > now working on > > > > > > Wing Chun because that is an art that you can do until your > 70! Karate > > > tends > > > to be fairly athletic and Wing Chun, since it was developed by > a woman, is > > > less athletic. Wing Chun is very strong with the hands > although they hav > > > good kicks. Lots of trapping and simultaneous blocking and > punching. > > > You had resurfacing...right? Will you be able to continue > martial arts? > > > joe > > > > Hi Joe: > > > > I do Goju Ryu and am happy to say that I can continue doing > that until 70 or > > more because it is a hard-soft style (that's what Go-ju means). > Don't kid > > yourself - if you got your black belt 30 years ago, you are old! I > did too > > and I'm 48. My 14 year old son tells me I'm very old so why > shouldn't you be? > > > > I'm a bit familiar with Wing Chun. Looks like great stuff. All > Japanese > > karate is based on Chinese forms. Goju Ryu retained more of > the circular than > > many other Japanese styles. > > > > My training improved radically when I resumed training 7 > weeks post-op, but > > by about > > 8 months post-op my right hip started hurting a lot and I > gradually scaled > > back. I still teach and train three times a week and will be > attending a > > training seminar in Portugal the weekend before my surgery on > Tuesday, May > > 20. Yes, I'm crazy, masochistic and very optimistic. > > > > There are quite a few high-ranking martial artists who have > resurfed and are > > back training quite hard, so no worries mate. If you get done, > you'll be back > > out there in no time. > > > > Des Tuck > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2003 Report Share Posted May 9, 2003 >In a message dated 5/9/2003 10:05:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jjg@... >writes: > >> No problems (I do a >> good 100 rolls at lunch 3 days a week plus I do all of the throwing/falling >> >> at class). I > >Thanks for jumping in with all this useful information, Jeff. I knew you >would! Yup, always count on me jumping in feet first to get hip deep. > Best of luck to you with your upcoming surgery. An athlete who goes in to get the other side done is one of the best advertisements I can think of for resurfacing. -- Jeff > >By the way how do you eat that much sushi at one sitting? Those were >California rolls you were talking about having at lunch, weren't they? > >Best regards, > >Des > >P.S. I agree with absolutely everything you said and particularly liked the >part about the walk with the wife and kids being the most important of all. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2003 Report Share Posted May 10, 2003 Hey Jeff, Thanks for the responses. I'm definitely interested in talking you, Dr. McMinn and . As much as I fantasize about returning to Olympic/world-level competitions (I was on the '72 -- replaced at last minute -- and '76 Canadian Olympic teams and am a rokkudan now), it's probably not being very realistic. As you said, it's much more important to be able to take a walk with the family. Right now, I have a hard time just keeping up with my 5-year old. I'd be happy just to perform judo throws again and not worry about being thrown. You can send your phone number to my e-mail & we can chat. By the way, my son just loves sushi but I don't think he's come close to 100 rolls, at least not for lunch. Regards, Rainer > <snip/> > > One last comment. Why not call Mr. McMinn's office? They have 's phone > number and he will talk with you. Alternately, if you want, you can phone > me and we can chat. I won't post phone numbers publically, but drop me a > line if you want them. > > Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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