tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113064792024-03-07T06:50:29.499-07:00Good HealthA blog for Canadians interested in good health and self health care information and resources.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-39866808730624462222009-02-28T13:08:00.003-07:002019-02-26T16:45:48.412-07:00Been AwhileMissed a month here, again. Same old same old, seeking answers to pain, this time on the right side, from neck to lower back. Been visiting the student physio clinic at the Uof A, since the last post here.<br />
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Geoff, Karol and Kerri have done allot of head scratching. Every time I show up, there is a new issue. Undaunted, they've collectively designed some basic, small support muscle exercises, to correct the imbalance.<br />
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The route cause is massive over use of my right side, caused by complications from hip surgery. <br />
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The adage; if it doesn't kill you, it can be good, fits here. The surgery didn't fix my problem, actually created more. Now 'we' are learning what to do. There will always be issues, always an opportunity to fix them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-49737223444779152632009-01-29T12:30:00.002-07:002009-01-29T12:57:24.072-07:00Student Clinic ReOpensThe student staffed Physiotherapy Clinic, at the University of Alberta has re-opened. I was introduced to the clinic a year ago. The students did a wonderful job on me, then, reducing pain, increasing strength, and mobility, on my troublesome new left hip.<br /><br />The clinic shut down last spring. It re-opened, two weeks ago. Good news for me. I'm back. This time working on troublesome right side issues. The result of over use and complications from the original surgery. <br /><br />In just two sessions, " we've " identified some issues, devised new therapies. All I have to do is follow the regime. Best part, it's working.<br /><br />The biggest benefit to the the student clinic, for me, is time and attention. It's a one hour appointment, with two students and a supervisor. Collaboration and consultation amongst the four of us is enabling. The sessions consist of assessment, to monitor progress and issues, treatment, and exercises. <br /><br />The down side is the teaching environment. The patient needs to be patient, as the students work through their analysis. Not an issue for me, I enjoy the interaction. Patient gets to make the odd suggestion. Better patient gets a hearing! We all learn!<br /><br />Find out more from Geoff Bostick PT PhD Candidate<br />Rehabilitation Science<br />Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine<br />3-48 Corbett Hall<br />Edmonton AB CAN<br />T6G 2G4<br />bostick@alberta.caUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-82700148511974660532009-01-22T12:09:00.003-07:002009-01-22T12:12:58.626-07:00Being in SortsPeople are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Abe Lincoln<br /><br />Feeling a little 'off' these days. Must admit I am.<br /><br />Some may say that's my natural state. No problem, then. Ya ya.<br /><br />Not so sure about happy, as good Abe wrote. Flip side of 'happy' is unhappy.<br /><br />Attitude is always a challenge, and a choice.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqP63HnRs6iGsMmzecG4m2tilNHtE3eJtTJppGJ9G20zmOjUkgGzkhPR1LfnErWqcHpGvSwv1Uq0T2E_YGYBcRsoJxVX9h7E8T6n4dfVEqoc8TXuWo3_n_eY8CBJb_XoVsKrEREQ/s1600-h/bb"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqP63HnRs6iGsMmzecG4m2tilNHtE3eJtTJppGJ9G20zmOjUkgGzkhPR1LfnErWqcHpGvSwv1Uq0T2E_YGYBcRsoJxVX9h7E8T6n4dfVEqoc8TXuWo3_n_eY8CBJb_XoVsKrEREQ/s400/bb" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294197663731242674" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.cartoonspot.net/looney-tunes/bugs-bunny.php"> Find Bugs here</a><br /><br />Here's 25 tips to quiet the mind. The source of 'sorts'. Be it, in or out of them.<br /><br />1) Go to the gym and exercise: it cleans your head out!<br /><br />2) Step away from the big picture and ask yourself, what's the next right thing I can do now? Go do it. Repeat this process until good spirits return.<br /><br />3) Do some charitable service work, and help someone else out. Sometimes this reminds us<br />others have it worse and we have a lot to be grateful for.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><br />4) Write out a list of 10 things that you are grateful for…<br /><br />5) Go for a walk and notice everything as if it were the first time you saw it.<br /><br />6) Get out of the city/town/office/your house and spend sometime outdoors.<br /><br />7) Have coffee with a friend who you haven't seen in a while.<br /><br />8) Spend some quality time with your loved ones and family members.<br /><br />9) Plan a vacation!<br /><br />10) Watch the sun rise or set. It's hard not to see the beauty there!<br /><br />11) Watch a movie. That's an instant two hour form of captivated attention that will take your mind off things.<br /><br />12) Eat a good meal deliberately. Take in the whole experience - appearance, taste, company.<br /><br />13) If you are spiritually or religiously inclined, meditation and/or prayer can calm the mind.<br />14) Meet new friends. One of the best ways to renew how we think about ourselves is to have a brand new chance to make a different first impression.<br /><br />15) Read more, especially good fiction. There is nothing better than a well-written story to get your creative juices going.<br /><br />16) Be more available for last minute meet ups with colleagues, friends, and peers. Sometimes the best events are unplanned.<br /><br />17) Write down your ideas. Put pen and paper in easy-to-reach places. You might be pleasantly surprised at the number that has potential.<br /><br />18) Think positive! Use this as your new mantra: "Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something."<br /><br />19) Ask for help. You'll be amazed at how a collaborative effort energizes you.<br /><br />20) Slow down. Sometimes we miss all the good stuff that happens in between point A and point B.<br /><br />21) Discover classical music. Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Chopin tell amazing stories with their body of work.<br /><br />22) Take an improv class. Learning a new skill that can help you in presentations and public speaking will increase your confidence.<br /><br />23) Listen more, speak less. It will help you learn to appreciate others in whole new ways.<br /><br />24) Teach a class at the local community college/school/library. Sharing knowledge is very satisfying.<br /><br />25) Sing along while you drive.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.conversationagent.com/">via Conversation Agent</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-10264506028169566272009-01-14T14:03:00.007-07:002009-01-14T15:16:05.762-07:00One in Seven<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="viddler_308fbd76" width="437" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/308fbd76/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/308fbd76/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="viddler_308fbd76" width="437" height="370"></embed></object><br /><br />This diagram was a piece of my report to my surgeon, a year ago, today. Severe debilitating <a href="http://www.visualwikipedia.com/en/Referred_pain">referred pain,</a> in my Gluteus muscle, was consistent and constant from January 2007 , until January 2008. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJocr0H72M-XiX2lMMVcUKr0YJgS-KTaMIQKV268RpxguRd5g-cfCb3k1ysCXRpq19iRWN76L-WP5309c0LsQkzvW-TmhMbPfoZmO-8hz25kCMxzhOG-4bMXKXEFTcAN2TPiQb1w/s1600-h/Picture+8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJocr0H72M-XiX2lMMVcUKr0YJgS-KTaMIQKV268RpxguRd5g-cfCb3k1ysCXRpq19iRWN76L-WP5309c0LsQkzvW-TmhMbPfoZmO-8hz25kCMxzhOG-4bMXKXEFTcAN2TPiQb1w/s400/Picture+8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291261182952571298" border="0" /></a><br />My intention, with my hip surgery was to eliminate pain, thought to be emanating from my hip, and regain diminished capacity. The surgery exasperated my condition.<br /><br />In six weeks, starting January 15, 2008, with the help of a group of physiotherapists and fitness trainers, we reduced the pain on the operative side, my left hip, from 9 to 2, on a 10 point scale. Resolving a mystery which befuddled my surgeon and the Alberta Hip and Knee Clinic, for over a year.<br /><br />My rehab team identified my pelvis, and the muscles around it, as the source of the <a href="http://www.visualwikipedia.com/en/Pelvic_girdle_pain">pain</a>. My pelvis was, is, out of alignment. That's posture, a core strength issue. The muscles reacting to the misalignment over compensate, become stressed, wear out. The warning is pain. <br /><br />Now we are working, on my right side, which was over used during my rehab. The symptoms are similar.<br /><br />The take away...<br /><br />Surgeons and physicians are not rehab experts. <br />Plan for issues arising, when you sign up for hip surgery.<br />There's a one in seven chance there will be a problem.<br />Find rehab specialists to help you through it.<br />Physiotherapists, Fitness Trainers, Active Release Chiropractors, Message Therapists.<br />No, or don't know, is not the answer you 'need'.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-36580963358054285382009-01-12T15:01:00.006-07:002009-01-12T15:58:24.605-07:00Think Form and FunctionA reminder, all the core strengthening techniques we're demonstrating can be done, anywhere. Our focus is form that begets function. Location and apparatus are secondary.<br /><br />I go the gym, at<a href="http://www.macewancentre.ca/index.php?page=4"> Grant MacEwan College</a>. I enjoy the outing, and interaction with the staff.<br /><br />Yesterday, we demonstrated a simple side step. We were using a functional trainer device. There was an 10 pound weight, attached to my ankle.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4bGn_U064E8wctIlnKxcNTHSgEfET5p_sfQM_VfeyC9geMd0hNwRWnucY9q0cJwD8hqV9ra6cp53iHK3ZWDB0CXWaGPbs5iu0dDyCp7bc9LN_TMlIk15xIYPtevsKvde4KNqFA/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4bGn_U064E8wctIlnKxcNTHSgEfET5p_sfQM_VfeyC9geMd0hNwRWnucY9q0cJwD8hqV9ra6cp53iHK3ZWDB0CXWaGPbs5iu0dDyCp7bc9LN_TMlIk15xIYPtevsKvde4KNqFA/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290544749664159858" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You can do this exercise at home, without any weight, using a chair for balance. That's the only way, when you are just starting your rehab. I used the kitchen counter allot, during the first 12 weeks of my rehab. Still do.<br /><br />The critical piece is 'function'. Executing on form, yes suck, squeeze, and squeeze is most important. That's what will get you functioning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLI7B9bA1xeC8Ne8lPK8L7sW-sgUy_FERGiQYjImYbN7hyphenhyphen0t6hQucNvG0lNWvQAzZSXaUOHO3-dnYR3cxSDmz1uDLyhyLpRLFzWnBmp5Q6z4NElA11EK7_dF2W0h-CAsRTAOYm9w/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLI7B9bA1xeC8Ne8lPK8L7sW-sgUy_FERGiQYjImYbN7hyphenhyphen0t6hQucNvG0lNWvQAzZSXaUOHO3-dnYR3cxSDmz1uDLyhyLpRLFzWnBmp5Q6z4NElA11EK7_dF2W0h-CAsRTAOYm9w/s400/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290543056450660178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We'll show you some of the basic techniques from the Alberta Hip and Knee Clinic's, red book, over the new week.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-41515312482839424042009-01-11T21:30:00.003-07:002015-12-01T21:54:39.378-07:00It's All CoreRecently, I've been having some issues, well pain, on my right side. Over use, favoring my right side, from the long rehab process, is causing some grief on my so called good side.<br />
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Just discovered the importance of the <a href="http://www.visualwikipedia.com/en/Gluteus_medius_muscle">Gluteus Medius Muscle</a>. It's a little difficult to find. Strengthening it and learning how to fire it takes a little work too. Well worth it though. Take a look.<br />
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<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mtToKkbpRzg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mtToKkbpRzg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-71096528169596636782009-01-07T13:46:00.005-07:002009-01-09T22:37:02.622-07:00Ryan's RoarMeet Ryan Hyland, my 'grand' nephew. Ryan's got, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JMML">Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ryansroar.ca/" title="Ryan's Story"><img style="margin: 10px 10px 0pt 0pt; float: left;" title="" alt="Ryan's Story" src="http://www.ryansroar.ca/images/but_ryan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />His prognosis is good.<br /><br />That's because his,18 month old sister, Alexandria,is a match, for a complete bone marrow transplant.<br /><br />The sibling match is an every day miracle. There was a 25% chance of that<a href="http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/news/article/230126"> happening</a>.<br /><br />Long odds, but improving, just the same. <br /><br />An<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_marrow_transplant"> operation</a> is planned, for the end of January.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gIf9FoCN9-rjudcpg26eYo0lbZplAVWym_aY_WAURntRiReb5GOyVsDj4EJjq_dKe6TjXJi_VAiQG1W1nI9RlWjXce9yWMMdOOl8JLDPByj7_SoWZ4fWtufSXdhXj9ZuWwxYAA/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gIf9FoCN9-rjudcpg26eYo0lbZplAVWym_aY_WAURntRiReb5GOyVsDj4EJjq_dKe6TjXJi_VAiQG1W1nI9RlWjXce9yWMMdOOl8JLDPByj7_SoWZ4fWtufSXdhXj9ZuWwxYAA/s400/Picture+4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289532138735642498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hard to imagine how two tykes and their parents will fare.<br /><br />Makes some of the issues, discussed here, previously, rather tame.<br /><br />Perhaps you'd consider helping other Ryans. Here's how you can do <a href="http://www.onematch.ca/">that</a>.<br /><br />Might be one way to enable, one of those New Year's resolutions. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ryan and Mon Suzanne<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Hope is a wonderful thing</span><br /></span></span><br /></div><br />ThanksUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-55273764496845371482009-01-06T17:24:00.001-07:002009-01-06T17:25:46.079-07:00Help Is Good<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&file=http%3A//blip.tv/rss/flash/1651871&feedurl=http%3A//Nit.blip.tv/rss/&autostart=false&brandlink=http%3A//Nit.blip.tv/" width="400" height="255" allowfullscreen="true" id="showplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&file=http%3A//blip.tv/rss/flash/1651871&feedurl=http%3A//Nit.blip.tv/rss/&autostart=false&brandlink=http%3A//Nit.blip.tv/" /><param name="quality" value="best" /></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-13978325541556291322009-01-01T23:42:00.004-07:002009-01-02T14:46:43.166-07:00Core MattersSuck, Squeeze, and Squeeze is a core strengthening technique , I picked up at the Student Physiotherapy Clinic, at the University of Alberta, last January, yes, 2o08.<br /><br />The terminology belongs to Assistant Dean, Dr. Dave Magee. " I use it ( suck squeeze and squeeze) so the students can visualize the technique", Magee told me, in a phone conversation, recently. "We start with the core. Build it up. Then move to strengthen the extremities, with static and dynamic exercises," he said.<br /><br />It works. While attending the clinic, the students stabilized my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_maximus">core</a>. More importantly, the exercises they prescribed reduced my hip pain by 50%.<br /><br />Over the last year, I've become a suck, squeeze, and squeeze evangelist. You may have noticed! It's the fundamental piece of my current rehab effort, at Grant MacEwan College. Currently, I'm working on strengthening the extremities, Dr Magee referred to. It's a work in progress.<br /><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&file=http%3A//blip.tv/rss/flash/1639581&feedurl=http%3A//Nit.blip.tv/rss/&autostart=false&brandlink=http%3A//Nit.blip.tv/" allowfullscreen="true" id="showplayer" width="400" height="255"><param name="movie" value="http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&file=http%3A//blip.tv/rss/flash/1639581&feedurl=http%3A//Nit.blip.tv/rss/&autostart=false&brandlink=http%3A//Nit.blip.tv/"><param name="quality" value="best"></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-24949966934389014452008-12-30T19:18:00.002-07:002008-12-31T00:33:06.118-07:00Local ResourcesPeople, organizations and companies who helped me recover, from hip surgery.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Physician </span><br />Curt Vos Nor Med Clinic <a href="http://local.google.com/maps?output=html&client=pub-1603299246309786&q=%28MD+%7C+Dr%29+%22Curt%22++%22Vos%22+%22Sherwood+Park%22++AB+-%22ratemds.com%22&ie=UTF8&hl=en&sll=53.526024,-113.306870&sspn=0.036556,0.054766&latlng=53528709,-113295514,4219912938543910874&ei=uuJaSf_5AoHMNfTWvecM&cd=1">Sherwood Park</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Physiotherapy</span><br /><a href="http://www.normedtherapies.com/staff-bios.htm">Audrey Bjronstad</a> Normed Physiotherapy Clinic <a href="http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&abauth=36b655cc%3AqbUlzMDRqkBDQF0W5-0SwKx1bfo&sll=53.526024%2C-113.306870&output=html&hl=en&q=Nor+Med+Therapies&btnG=Search+Maps">Sherwood Park</a><br /><a href="http://www.normedtherapies.com/staff-bios.htm">Gord Ariza</a> Physiotherapist and Acupuncturist<br />Sarah Pearce Physiotherapist<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fjsrehab.ca/AboutFlo.html">Flo Stomp</a> <a href="http://www.fjsrehab.ca/Introduction.html">FJS Rehabilitation Consulting</a> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&q=http:%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2F%3Ftags%3Dcoronationpool%26lang%3Den-us%26format%3Drss_200&ftid=0C673EBD927C24B9&ll=53.559668,-113.560668&spn=0.024166,0.072269&z=14&msa=0&msid=103674918789006638582.00044106646101c2229b1">Hydro Physiotherapy</a><br /><br />Student Physiotherapy Clinic <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=103674918789006638582.00044106646101c2229b1&ie=UTF8&ll=53.521024,-113.523397&spn=0.048375,0.144539&z=13"> University of Alberta</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/pt/David_Magee.cfm">Dr Dave Magee</a> Assistant Dean Faculty Rehabilitation Medicine University of Alberta<br /><a href="http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/pt/Barb_Norton.cfm">Barb Norton</a> Clinical Assistant Professor Physical Therapy<br />Sylvia Ciurysek Physiotherapist Teaching Assistant<br />Avaleigh Wanger Student<br />Janice Lo Student<br /><br />( Clinic is closed as of this post)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Acupuncture</span><br /><a href="http://www.aung.com/">Dr Stephen Ung</a> Medical Acupuncture<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Personal Trainers</span><br /><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Grant+Macewan+Community+College+Edmonton+Alberta&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.02306,74.003906&ie=UTF8&ll=53.547881,-113.504648&spn=0.012086,0.036135&z=15&g=Grant+Macewan+Community+College+Edmonton+Alberta&msa=0&msid=106691986507304175506.00043952428fffde23e0d">Grant MacEwan College</a><a href="http://www.macewancentre.ca/index.php?page=26"> </a><br /><a href="http://www.macewancentre.ca/index.php?page=26">Fitness and Wellness Trainers</a><br />Katie Metez<br />Jeff Calkins<br />James Lingthrone<br /><br /><a href="http://www.targetyourenergy.com/mel.html">Melany James</a> Target Your Energy Personal Trainers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chiropractor</span><br /><a href="http://www.rivervalleyhealth.com/">Derek Lampshire </a> River Valley Health Chiropractor Active Release <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=River+Valley+Health&sll=53.564579,-113.320198&sspn=0.096651,0.289078&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=53.564375,-113.330154&spn=0.193303,0.578156&z=11&msa=0&msid=103674918789006638582.00044106646101c2229b1">Edmonton</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nutrition</span><br />Grant Derkatz <a href="http://www.healthworksnutrition.ca/flashindex.html">Health Works Nutrition Center</a> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Health+Works+Nutrition+Sherwood+Park&sll=53.521024,-113.523397&sspn=0.048375,0.144539&ie=UTF8&ll=53.541249,-113.320187&spn=0.096704,0.289078&z=12&msa=0&msid=103674918789006638582.00044106646101c2229b1">Sherwood Park</a><br /><br />The list also includes family, friends, and neighbors, who remain anonymous here. Without their inspiration and help the journey would be longer.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-8593677525717463982008-12-15T15:43:00.013-07:002008-12-28T20:43:33.105-07:00Magic BulletThere aren't any quick, or magic fixes, when it comes to rehab, for hip surgery. You are on your own, for the first six weeks. Its difficult. Body needs rest. It's reacting to all the drugs. Sometimes not well. You are trying to do the basic exercises. Trying to move.<br /><br />It is not an easy time. You are pretty vulnerable, then. Make sure your physician will take your phone calls. At best, you'll be sore, at worst have pain, hopefully, not allot of it.<br /><br />I did. It was intense. I was unable to sleep. Sleep is critical, throughout rehab, vitally so in the first six weeks. You can not, will not, heal without it.<br /><br />My pain baffled the medical experts, I consulted for help. I had a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium_scan">gallium scan</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_scan">bone scan</a>. Two nuclear medicine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_medicine">tests</a> for post operative infection. No infection was identified. Surgeon and physican were happy. Infection after hip surgery is a big problem. It can cause permanet disability.<br /><br />Despite the tests, I still had pain. My surgeon told me, twice, he didn't know what was causing my pain. The last time, he said that was January 5, 2008, 13 months after surgery. He also said, he didn't know anyone who could help me. I didn't and don't believe him, on that. <br /><br />To eliminate the pain I tried <a href="http://www.aung.com/bio.asp">acupuncture</a>, physiotherapy, <a href="http://www.fjsrehab.ca/Introduction.html">water physio</a>, no physio, yoga, and <a href="http://www.aung.com/doc/aung_qigong.htm">Qi Gong.</a><br /><br />None of those therapies worked. Yet, they all did. It took 24 months. Although each one failed, individually, to solve the riddle. Collectively they did, over time, by providing a base, from which to proceed. With the exception of acupuncture, I practice the rest, regularly. No magic bullets!<br /><br />My salvation is "SSS"- suck squeeze and squeeze, a core strengthening technique. There's a universe of information, on<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=core+strength&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t"> core strength.</a> Google it. You get 1.5 million pages to review. That's Overwhelming.<br /><br />Here's a primer for Suck Squeeze and Squeeze<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyspK_mADyIoxc8P5kCn9mz723Tq4oOTULezTfafMsWJeVEjdRi0Xz3TQ9BY-JN2RXQ__-Cq5HErHHGlPZobRPX4CjsaUrbaFf45xdgUvSNpW-ATDcxePzCjLBIIinUil_iuVkA/s1600-h/SUCK.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 387px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyspK_mADyIoxc8P5kCn9mz723Tq4oOTULezTfafMsWJeVEjdRi0Xz3TQ9BY-JN2RXQ__-Cq5HErHHGlPZobRPX4CjsaUrbaFf45xdgUvSNpW-ATDcxePzCjLBIIinUil_iuVkA/s400/SUCK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285038922276269906" border="0" /></a>click to see larger image<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0WYuhJY1e1ZMCedvfEdX92XiQTIN54GKiWrXN_49NLzwZ_j9rsJlBqGxdf-H2Z_XbwO0oG6dMrRo3SkIgVUiaH5MA_u0_C5Sq8OMRpNg6mLI1YA75fjS-aKJLql460ZEJ9sYFQ/s1600-h/SQUEEZE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0WYuhJY1e1ZMCedvfEdX92XiQTIN54GKiWrXN_49NLzwZ_j9rsJlBqGxdf-H2Z_XbwO0oG6dMrRo3SkIgVUiaH5MA_u0_C5Sq8OMRpNg6mLI1YA75fjS-aKJLql460ZEJ9sYFQ/s400/SQUEEZE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285038927448497826" border="0" /></a>click to see larger image<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-A4pVB3GWjJDlaoQUxd3esBgnidXKgWmlS9UGbJywzR1NrhxcLflRgY7Nbw4aOQrmNGMR1IAh7mG_L-kmD5qYboEgfpTZEVFwcW2YcI5fjeNCvzzU0a0U8iTjF2aOdbVaQopzFg/s1600-h/SQUEEZE+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-A4pVB3GWjJDlaoQUxd3esBgnidXKgWmlS9UGbJywzR1NrhxcLflRgY7Nbw4aOQrmNGMR1IAh7mG_L-kmD5qYboEgfpTZEVFwcW2YcI5fjeNCvzzU0a0U8iTjF2aOdbVaQopzFg/s400/SQUEEZE+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285047375575111810" border="0" /></a>click to see larger image<br /><br />I highly recommend it to everyone. Hip surgery patients no matter where you are on the rehab time line, it will shorten the rehab process, dramatically. For anyone else suck,squeeze,and squeeze, can relieve back pain. Provide the base for better posture. Make it easier to do every day tasks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-27958064981290680152008-12-13T12:24:00.006-07:002008-12-13T16:27:17.227-07:0024 MONTHS IN REHABI'm making a comeback.....<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dylsgUg9JEKEnSp0qe3j9zjKSSCNrFpmvvu5T_vPKsyah1OhiyysvhD7l0WAZ1l8dfyl5P--dxJ7l4' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >5 Considerations for Successful Re-Hab from Hip Surgery</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_%28anatomy%29#Example_of_dynamic_core_function"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 361px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUACXCKHdjVHnGPm6RhEr6cht9exSZ6dxufZN9_oGABdG-KVEs8iUZmIgE6xUIQDuWCORpiWzc9jPx2n9VBrnJq79eCy7JS74-qpaMZhram3WQuUBPAPYEdK3NiK5O2Aac95AtA/s400/BodyPlanes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279414148683892290" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> Give yourself time. Rehab is a process. <br /><br /><br />Strengthen Core Muscles<br /><br /><br />Be Mindful of Posture<br /><br /><br />Rest<br /><br /><br />Eat Well<br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1173591913933250722007-03-10T21:21:00.000-07:002007-03-21T08:24:43.416-06:00Options are Good for Hips<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/394542/Hio%20Socket.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/126120/Hio%20Socket.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> There's several ways to deal with malfunctioning hips.<br /><br />Once you've determined surgery is an appropriate course of action.<br /><br />Know there's more than one option.<br /><br />Hip resurfacing is one.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/321116/XRay%20of%20Hip%20Implant.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/836312/XRay%20of%20Hip%20Implant.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Actually the procedure involves resurfacing of the socket.<br /><br />The implant is smaller.<br /><br />Recovery time can be shorter. There's greater potential for resuming an active life style. Less chance of in accurate length post operation<br /><br /><br /><br />The video offers some insight into the procedure. If your are contemplating hip surgery, in Edmonton, ask the surgeon what procedure he's going to use. Look at your x rays to see how much damage there is and what the options to total hip replacement might be.<br /><br />Link<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_replacement_surgery"> Hip Replacement Surgery</a><br /><br /><object height="347" width="410"><param name="movie" value="http://www.gotuit.com/player/eplayer.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="o=youtube&c=SM_Entertainment&t=9372&s=62503"><embed src="http://www.gotuit.com/player/eplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="o=youtube&c=SM_Entertainment&t=9372&s=62503" height="347" width="410"></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1173551967322978292007-03-10T10:21:00.000-07:002007-03-10T11:40:47.276-07:00High Tech in the O.RSatellites in the OR, well not quite, but close . OK modified GPS, instead of satellites. cameras hooked to computers to enable surgeons to get it right. Right means precise. Precision is mission critical, in hip replacement surgery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/626335/Hip%20OR%20Computer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" the="" patient="" is="" unlikley="" to="" end="" up="" with="" one="" leg="" longer="" than="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/798909/Hip%20OR%20Computer.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Cameras triangulate implant positioning.</span><br /></div><br /><br />The computer maps the area and helps the surgeon determine the correct size for the implant. There's lots of Geometry in in hip replacement surgery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/860373/Hip%20Socket%20Alignement.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/155116/Hip%20Socket%20Alignement.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Precise measurement=Less wear</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patient Benefits</span><br /><br />The patient is unlikely to end up with one leg longer than another. Less muscle tissue is damaged shortening recovery time . There's the possibility of more robust activity post operation because the the melding of the implements with bone. As my surgeon said post op, bone is gold. <br /><br />Unfortunately, hip replacement patients in Edmonton's Capital Health region won't see anything like this. At least I didn't. I also ended up with an a longer operative leg and an insert in my shoe to make me level. Procedures performed here, in comparison, are light years behind what's going on in the US and Europe. For anyone considering hip replacement , watch the video below. It's 60 minutes, however at the end you'll have a true understanding of the procedure. Know, there's nothing dainty about it.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Three Key Questions to ask you surgeon prior to surgery</span>.<br /><br />What method are you using?<br />What materials are the implements made of?<br />How do you know the measurements are precise?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.or-live.com/robertwoodjohnson/1304/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/207948/Hip%20Operating%20Room.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Click the pic to see the video</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1171000350791651652007-02-08T21:45:00.000-07:002015-12-01T21:57:06.532-07:00Still Hurts At Week 8<object data="http://flixn.com/player/camdefault/d6kroi/" height="320" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="328"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://flixn.com/player/camdefault/d6kroi/"></object><br />
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The pain has been most severe at night. I'm unable to sleep more than two hours at a time. The pain shoots from the lower glute, at the bottom of my butt, down the IT band , into the quad muscle and then into the groin. I tried a short term fix, a cortisone shot, didn't work. There was no change in the pain level.<br />
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I've had two physiotherapy sessions a week for the last three weeks. There is progress in terms of function and strength. Despite, the pain, I am doing more repetitions of the exercises than when I started, three weeks ago.<br />
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Two alternative therapies <a href="http://www.activerelease.ca/2_ARTOverview.html#conditions">Active Release</a> and Message are working. The active release is part of the physio regime. performed by my physio Sarah Pearce. Weekly message, is from Leslie Olsen at Healthy Balance, in Sherwood Park. Seven treatments in combination, in the last two weeks, with limited impact is on the pain cycle.<br />
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I waited too long to seek alternative therapy. Post Operative pain should diminish over the first four weeks of rehab. Expect to be told pain is normal It isn't. If you aren't sleeping due to post operative pain, in your butt, look into message and active release. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tell</span> your Doctor. You know more about your pain, than he or she ever will.<br />
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<a href="http://www.drabelson.com/ART%20LInks.htm#Alberta"><br />Active Release Practitioners in Alberta</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1169502554317176802007-01-22T14:05:00.000-07:002007-03-07T12:33:55.243-07:00Sore Groin Sore GlutIf your butt, groin and thigh muscles hurt like mine, it's likely the <span id="gtbmisp_46" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; font-family: serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; position: static; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; color: red; text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer;">adductor</span> muscles need attention.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/120443/adductor_muscles2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/687907/adductor_muscles2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There's five of them. They extend from the pelvis to the thigh bone and the pelvis to the knee.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/980841/lower%20adductors.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/600458/lower%20adductors.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The <span id="gtbmisp_47" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; font-family: serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; position: static; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; color: red; text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer;">adductors</span> main function is to pull the legs together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/36954/thadduc-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/973756/thadduc-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I find the lateral extension difficult to do, however I'm doing it better now than I did six weeks <a href="http://selfhealth.blogspot.com/2007/01/24-hours-post-op.html">ago</a>.<br /><br />There are two lateral extensions in the Hip and Knee Clinic booklet. If you are just starting the program I recommend you do those as much as you can prior to surgery.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1169499927858778962007-01-17T13:02:00.000-07:002015-12-01T21:54:16.690-07:00Six Week Check UpMy six-week check-up didn’t start well. My surgeon took expectation to this letter to the editor of the Edmonton Journal.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">“ Let's not get carried away with the </span><a href="http://selfhealth.blogspot.com/2007/01/shut-out.html" style="font-weight: bold;">Hip and Knee Program</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">. The current protocol is myopically focused on systemic, non patient outcomes. Twenty weeks from pre-operation to surgery does not account for 12 weeks of ( post op) patient convalescence. I am four weeks into convalescence. I haven't seen a physiotherapist since I left hospital December 15th. The protocol of the new hip and knee centre should recognize patient outcomes don't end when the hospital door closes behind you.”</span><br /></span>I had several issues going into the consultation. It took some time to resolve them.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Five things I learned at my six week consultation.</span></div>
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<li>Rehab is a home based patient directed process for 6-8 weeks. (It takes that time for the healing process to take hold)</li>
<li>Physiotherapy will not be prescribed during this period.</li>
<li>My operative leg is longer, than it used to be, longer than my non operative leg. (This is considered a normal outcome of total hip replacement. It can be mediated with a shoe insert. I over used my non operative leg, in the initial rehab period. My right knee swelled. My right hamstring over stretched. I had more pain than I expected.</li>
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<li>My operative leg abductor muscles are very weak </li>
<li>Physiotherapy starts, January 24th.</li>
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My surgeon and I intend to have lunch to compare notes.<br />
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I 'll let you know how we do.<br />
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Editorial disclousre, the first draft of this post was written January 17th 2007.It was completed February, 1. The healing process is longer and more painful than anticipated, preempting regular postings. My intention is to create a chronology of this process, by event date, not posting date. Hopefully, it will help future hip replacement patients.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1168153859494858912007-01-09T22:59:00.000-07:002015-12-01T21:56:09.875-07:00SHUT OUT<span style="font-size: 100%;">Twenty weeks to get a new hip, or knee, is the goal of the new Orthopedic Centre planned for Royal Alexandria Hospital, in Edmonton. The Edmonton Journal has <a href="ttp://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=c42caf85-f674-4fc7-b184-a6abd8e4c838">editorially</a> embraced the protocol.<br /><br />(Note: the link may not be live, as Journal does not 'permalink' its’ stories)<br /><br />Prematurely, I say! I got my new hip in 12 weeks. That is impressive. I am quite pleased; I got in and out that quickly.<br /><br />There is a problem. The current program is, myopically, focused, on the front end of the process. Twenty weeks from pre-operation to surgery is fine. Then what? The surgeon is done. The patient is not.<br /><br />Capital Health, may want to talk to some patients. Patient feedback could prove enlightening. Six hundred orthopedic surgeries, a month, are performed, at the Misericordia and the Royal Alexandria hospitals. That is a massive database of patient experience begging to be tapped!<br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/224388/Hip%20Flex.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/217447/Hip%20Flex.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hip Flex 24 hours after sugergy</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Here is a summary of my post operation experience. Support from the Hip and Knee Clinic is sparse. My two-week post operation appointment was a perfunctory, fifteen-minute, visit to remove stitches. I expected a physiotherapy assessment of my progress, then.<br /><br />I entered the program active, healthy and determined to shorten the <a href="http://selfhealth.blogspot.com/2007/01/24-hours-post-op.html">rehab cycle</a>, as much as possible. My pre operation preparation has morphed into a self administered, home based, convalescence, bereft of professional guidance. Program sponsored physiotherapy has been denied. I will launch my own post operation exercise plan, shortly. Watch for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/440406/Rail%20Walking.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/374654/Rail%20Walking.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rail Walking 24 Hours after Surgery</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Contrary to my current experience, all orthopedic patients need a professionally designed, personally managed, four week, postoperative rehab program. It should include; a progressive exercise plan, physiotherapy, and a dietary advice, recipes even!<br /><br />Eating the right food, in appropriate portions, provides the energy to heal. I found it hard to eat, for two weeks. It took that long for the operational drugs to depart my system.<br /><br />There's an important soical interaction component to convalescence. It is acceptable to be shut in, for two weeks. After that, there's a keen desire to 'get out' and socialize. Social interaction is a panacea a key element in the healing process.<br /><br />The proposed new Hip and Knee Centre could be just the place to facilitate post operation interaction. It could become a 'patient experience ' laboratory. Information gathered could be catalogued and "paid forward". Use patient <a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/05/06.html">wisdom</a> to benefit patients. That will only happen when "convalescence" is recognized as a key component of the process. Currently it isn't!<br /><br />What is your experience? Let's talk.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1167953710698297912007-01-04T16:35:00.000-07:002015-12-01T21:59:42.475-07:0024 HOURS POST OP<center>
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This is day 22 of recovery. It is proceeding well. Here's a clip from physiotherapy, 24 hours after surgery. Thanks to therapist Sherry Rioux for helping me through the exercises. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1167267192779702332006-12-27T16:52:00.000-07:002007-01-04T17:38:12.846-07:0014 DAYS OF RECOVERY<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />It's day 14 today. Starting to feel better. That's Good. The worst day was day 4. It wasn't the hip. It felt sore. That was expected.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It was the rest of me, reacting to various drugs and hospital therapy. Specifically, I was extremely nasuated. Sought help from my "GP", who made a home vist. That's pretty special stuff. The diagnosis was mild sinus infection, swollen glands. plus a digestive system reaction to medications.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The solution, part his, part mine. I took enzymes and acidophlius for the digestive </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=optimum+health&near=Sherwood+Park,+AB,+Canada&radius=0.0&latlng=53535614,-113295090,980031254940685900&sa=X&oi=local&ct=result&cd=1">system</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Backed off the pain killers. Reduced the dosage in half. Drank a 'gallon' of fluids, daily, water, plus pop, and juice with sugar, in it. Don't usually drink much of the latter, however all of the above worked. It took a couple of days though.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Is is crtical to have your GP, availabe to you, post operation. Don't botther calling the Hip and Knee Clinic, on medical issues. Deal directly with your GP.<br /><br />Do all that you can to feel well. For me the objective is to shortern the incapacity stage, as much as possible. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Feeling well is best way I know to do that.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/175762/Hip%20Exercises%20Hospital.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/228013/Hip%20Exercises%20Hospital.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Rehab session 24 hours after surgery</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1166656515149899052006-12-20T15:45:00.000-07:002015-12-01T22:00:38.606-07:00RECOVERYINGJust about now 7 days ago I was 'in theatre' for hip replacement. So far, recovery is going well. Standing up typing this post, with a modicum of weight on the new hip. There's been some moments, and no doubt there'll be more, however , it's good to be home, recovering. Stay tuned for some patient perspective , "wisdom" from this crowd of one.<br />
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Guiding Hand from Therapist Sherry Rioux 24 hours after surgery</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1166027507198354752006-12-13T09:31:00.000-07:002006-12-13T09:31:47.313-07:00Three Tips to Recover from Hip Surgery<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=118999&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script><div id="blip_movie_content_118999"><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Nit-ThreeTipsToRecoverFromHipSurgery412.mov" onclick="play_blip_movie_118999(); return false;"><img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Nit-ThreeTipsToRecoverFromHipSurgery412.mov.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a><br /><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Nit-ThreeTipsToRecoverFromHipSurgery412.mov" onclick="play_blip_movie_118999(); return false;">Click to Play</a></div> </center><div class="blip_description"><p>Jan Remier is a fomrer Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and proud user of a 'bionic' hip. She's had hip replacement surgery. <br /></p><p>Her advice.  Listen to your body. Rehab with professional supervision and do what the phyisotherapist says.</p><p>We'll be able to compare notes real soon !</p><p> </p></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1165864550436965232006-12-11T11:04:00.000-07:002006-12-11T12:16:06.206-07:00Donating My Hip BoneRemember the song hip bone?<br /><br /><ahref="http: v="aCTm1TcL7z8""><br />Prety good<br /><br /><br /></ahref="http:><div style="text-align: right;"><ahref="http: v="aCTm1TcL7z8""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCTm1TcL7z8"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/345689/Hip%20Bone.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></ahref="http:><div style="text-align: center;"><ahref="http: v="aCTm1TcL7z8""> ... not it!</ahref="http:><br /></div><br /><ahref="http: v="aCTm1TcL7z8""></ahref="http:></div><ahref="http: v="aCTm1TcL7z8""><br />This <a href="http://www.dinobone.com/ask/bones.mid">one. </a>althought not a great rendition. I expected to find more. I did learn it's a Negro <a href="http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/dry_bones3.htm">Spiritual</a>. I just remember it as a fun tune.<br /><br />Well my hip bone is causing me grief. When it comes out, I've decided to let some one else have a go with it. The Comprehehnsive Tissue Centre, at the University of Alberta, is the agency that goes around chasing for bones.<br /><br />That's a little hyerpobyle. They ask you to donate. Ninety percent of the folks approached do. That's impressive. They use the 'old bone' for hip, and spinal cord surgeries. Here's a l<a href="http://www.givethegiftoflife.org/ctc.htm">ink</a> to the Centre. It's a little dated , however, you'll understand what they do. Expect to hear from these folks, if you're getting a joint makeover.<br /><br />I'll trust that mine old bone makes a little better connection.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></ahref="http:>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1165364293734446002006-12-08T16:45:00.000-07:002015-12-01T21:59:00.651-07:00Signed the ContractThere's quite a process involved in acquiring a new body part. It's not a decision to be taken lightly.<br />
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Eighteen months ago, here in Alberta, the provincial government created a pilot project for hip and knee replacement surgery. The goal was to create a platform of specialists to deliver joint replacements more efficiently.<br />
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It's now called the Bone and Joint Clinic. I signed my contract today. We've all got roles and responsibilities.<br />
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If anyone wants to share their experience, I'd love to hear your story, or any tips you might have on the recovery side. Anything to ease my pain is really appreciated!<br />
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Learn how the pilot project has morphed into a fully integrated program, <a href="http://www.albertaboneandjoint.com/news_rel_vid_Feb_06.asp">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1165362301276946942006-12-05T16:36:00.000-07:002006-12-06T16:00:27.736-07:00Not Taking It Anymore!The Pain that is. In my Butt, left <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_maximus">gluteus maximus </a>to be exact. Maybe more info than you need. I've had it for some time, 8 years. Tried just about every thing I know to lose the pain.<br /><br />Read Back Pain Books. Tried herbs, supplements, accupuncture, message, phisotherpay and yoga. Changed my diet. Rolled the dice on the <a href="http://www.egoscue.com/htdocs/index.asp">Egoscue Method</a>. There is merit in all the therapies I tried . They work to some extent, not enough, just can't shake the pain.Gave the alternatives a good shot.<br /><br />I'm losing capacity to do things, like walk the dog, I don't sleep well. Don't work as well as I know I can. Not all that enthuisased about give up a body part, however, on December 13th, will get a new hip. Stay tuned intend to document the process. It's been around for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_replacement_surgery">while</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.edheads.org/activities/hip/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 223px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/878124/Ed%20Heads%20Hio.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Click</span> <a href="http://www.edheads.org/activities/hip/">here</a> or on the picture to see a 'virtual rendition' of the process<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0