Re: leg length and beyond....

[Guest guest]

Alan,

I never thought for a moment that you would be trying to quantify

all hip problems. I was just trying to create a way to crack a corny

joke. But now I am genuinely concerned. If my left leg is now

longer, I will be leaning more to the right. Does that mean I have

to sell my old Volvo wagon and buy a big ass Expedition with a DVD

player in it?

C+ 4-15-04

In surfacehippy , " Alan Ray " wrote:

> Hi Chris...

>

> Just to be clear, I do indeed lean left. San Francisco boy, you

> know. And to further clarify: I didn't intend to suggest that

all

> hip problems were the result of a leglength disparity. I've often

> wondered in my case, though, whether leg length disparity might

> actually have been a factor in incurring the injury that brought

me

> here. And from there I started to wonder whether the subtle

> unbalance of a gait with uneven legs might over time cause the OA

> that got many of us into this mess. And, as I said was only my

> curiousity...and my bent toward sick and twisted irony.

>

> Forgive me... I'm out here on the edge of the left.

>

> All the best,

> Alan

> -- In surfacehippy , " Roche "

> wrote:

> > Hey Alan,

> > In my own case it was a disease that left the femoral head

> > necrotic. And my left leg was shorter by about 3 mm before the

> > surgery. I also figured the hip went bad following all the years

of

> > liberal bias on the west coast. We do tend to lean left....

> >

> > C+

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > > Hey, Hippies...(docs especially, please chime in)

> > >

> > > My question of all who now find post-op leg length disparity:

Is

> > it

> > > possible that the problem that got you to the point of needing

a

> > > resurf was an undetected or undiagnosed

developmental/congenital

> > > disparity in leg length.

> > >

> > > It's fairly commonly known that bodies do not develop

> > symmetrically,

> > > so what's to say that our two legs didn't develop at slight

> > different

> > > lengths as we grew, and that the resurf actually returns the

leg

> > to

> > > the real length it was before the physical problem that

required

> > > surgery. It may seem perverse (and I certainly could be

wrong),

> > but

> > > wouldn't it be remarkable if the surgery, in restoring the

hip,

> > > actually also returned us to the problem that caused the hip

to

> > fail

> > > in the first place?

> > >

> > > Hobble on Hippies...

> > > Alan

[Guest guest]

Actually, that wouldn't solve your problem. You'll have to buy a

Hummer.

With mudflaps.

> > > > Hey, Hippies...(docs especially, please chime in)

> > > >

> > > > My question of all who now find post-op leg length

disparity:

> Is

> > > it

> > > > possible that the problem that got you to the point of

needing

> a

> > > > resurf was an undetected or undiagnosed

> developmental/congenital

> > > > disparity in leg length.

> > > >

> > > > It's fairly commonly known that bodies do not develop

> > > symmetrically,

> > > > so what's to say that our two legs didn't develop at slight

> > > different

> > > > lengths as we grew, and that the resurf actually returns the

> leg

> > > to

> > > > the real length it was before the physical problem that

> required

> > > > surgery. It may seem perverse (and I certainly could be

> wrong),

> > > but

> > > > wouldn't it be remarkable if the surgery, in restoring the

> hip,

> > > > actually also returned us to the problem that caused the hip

> to

> > > fail

> > > > in the first place?

> > > >

> > > > Hobble on Hippies...

> > > > Alan