Marathon Top 10 Finishes: 7 Bridges ('15), Utah Valley ('13), Salt Lake City ('08), Top of Utah ('07), and St. Louis ('04). Ran around the equator (24901.55) in 4,388 days.
And my largest challenge to date, raise $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of my cancer survivorship and in memory of those lost to blood cancer...
DONE! $26,403.70
Grew up outside Chicago and joined the blog while I lived in Salt Lake City. Now living outside Birmingham. I am married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...
Thank you to those who are still checking in despite the full basket of eggs. Maybe I could have a big breakfast cook off at my house this weekend?...
So here are the findings of the exams.
1. The x-ray the previous
week revealed an os acetabuli
2.
The MRI from Friday revealed: a) mild osteoarthritis, b) degenerative anterosuperior
labral tear, and c) a prominent anterior femoral head neck bump and neutral
acetabular version, predisposing to femoroacetabular impingement.
There is a lot of information
on the web about this and below is one quick explanation with a good link to
additional info. The arthritis does not bother the doctor at this time and he
said surgery may be required as outlined in the link below. The next
appointment is with the surgeon on March 24th. In the meantime the current
ortho said I can run as pain allows... I'll focus on stretching and strength
training to get myself in as good as shape as possible before a surgery and
just have to wait to see wait the second physician says.
WEB INFO:
1. Os acetabuli are bits of extra bone
around the rim of the acetabulum (the hip socket). 2. Dysplastic bump
at the lateral femoral head neck junction suggesting femoral acetabular
impingement means there is an atypical (dysplastic) bump at the area
where the head of the femur meets its neck that suggests that there is
an impingement. That means that the ball of the femur (the head)
doesn't have full range of motion within the socket and damage can
occur when the extra bit of bone hits the cartilage surrounding the rim
of the socket. This causes pain
and can lead to arthritis. Sometimes it can be fixed with debridement
(scraping the excess bone away). The link below has a nice diagram that shows the relationship of the parts to one another.
From bgrun on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 01:06:06 from 69.219.145.251
God bless you, you scientist you.
From steve ash on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 01:29:53 from 174.52.96.106
Adam, Sorry to hear that, But it seems that the prognosis will be good in the long run?
From Adam RW on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 09:40:11 from 155.101.152.103
Steve, I think so. I'm hoping that if the "bump" has been the cause of my intermittent injuries over the last few years that shaving it down will take care of things and even improve my ability to train. We'll see. I'm planning on taking this year off of racing entirely though. So that is a bummer...
From JD on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 16:38:04 from 70.96.78.157
That is a bummer. Sorry to hear of it. Always nice to know what the problem is though. Sounds positive as far as the remedy goes. Good luck. Looking forward to following your inevitable progress getting back to 100%.
From Jon on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 19:39:57 from 75.169.146.150
So, now that you know what you have, what's the long-term running prognosis?
From Adam RW on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 09:09:42 from 155.101.152.103
JD, I just like giving you recoveries to follow. Wasn't it this time two years ago that you started following my recover from the injury before St. George?
Jon, I think it is good. I have a 9 in 10 chance of being at pre-injury fitness in 2-3 months after the type of surgery the doctor is proposing.
From Paul on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:18:10 from 65.103.252.214
Well, I'm glad you have some concrete facts about the injury(s). That's step one to treating. Hope everything goes well for you.
From Cody on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 23:01:42 from 67.161.250.22
Glad things are figured out! Back to the recovery road again... Good luck
From Bonnie on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 20:39:40 from 64.119.33.134
Hi Adam, I was thinking about you this morning, sorry I haven't checked in sooner. Bummer about the diagnosis, but good that you got a diagnosis (you know what I mean). Just so you know Nick Willis had the same surgery that your doc is proposing last April -- he just ran a NZ record indoor mile a couple of weeks ago-- so it can be done (he had his surgery in April and was back to training in August). Does your ortho guy work on a lot of runners? Athletes? Just checking -- there are some REALLY good doctors out there for this sort of thing, and Dean and I have been researching for him (he might have the same thing(s) - we will know next week ) - and not all doctors are the same when it comes to this surgery and it can make all the difference in recovery time.
From Adam RW on Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 15:39:38 from 155.101.152.103
Hi Bonnie,
No worries about checking in. I was bad about checking in on others before the injury and without running I’m getting even worse. I appreciate those of you that are still looking in on me.
Thank you for the info. I have a relative who is an ortho certified nurse and she raised the same concerns as you. She also sent me some internet links about professional athletes that have had similar surgeries.
Keep me posted on what Dean decides. I’m not sure who you knew here. I was referred to David Petron (ortho) by Robin Marcus (PT). My understanding is that Dr. Petron does most of the ortho work for the athletes at The U. Dr. Petron has now seen me three times, 1st (gave me stretches), 2nd (gave me an x-ray), and 3rd (the hip MRI). After this 3rd visit he referred me to Stephen Aoki. Interestingly enough, a friend from church independent of any of this information had mentioned Dr. Aoki so I liked having the secondary confirmation. Unfortunately it is now just a waiting game until the next appointment, three weeks and counting… The frustrating thing is that even with all this time off I still have pain.
If you have any additional recommendations for the area please let me know.
Thank you, Adam
From jtshad on Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 15:57:20 from 204.134.132.225
At least you can now name the pain and see a way through it! We are keeping you in our prayers and know that you can be back to your old self when this issue is addressed. Is this something that will reoccur or will the surgery take care of it for good?
From Adam RW on Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 16:12:48 from 155.101.152.103
My right leg has given me numerous problems since 1993 but really started in 2000. I'm hoping that the underlying issue was this bone bump and that if it is removed it will also fix the more prominent problems I've had with my knee. Only time will tell but I'm trying to stay optimistic. Some days are definitely harder than others. Thank you for your concern and prayers.
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