My Spring Update

LIFETIME HIP & KNEE

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My Spring Update

I've loved writing about those 3x inspiring stories..

All 3x are motivation to keep moving,

AND to keep measuring..

(Click links or all 3x stories are here)

I thought I'd add my update into the mix

Mainly 'cos I think I've been following in Alf, Steve and Abbie's footsteps..

Bodyweight first..

That's 2 years on a Google sheet..

Or the Garmin app does a good job for the last 12 months

..which looks slightly less favourable..(!)

For me it doesn't matter where I record my bodyweight.

Pen + paper would work just as well. What matters is that I'm keeping an eye on it.

Measurement has show me that ±2kg is my target range..

(altho' it's very rarely 'minus'! Weekend BBQ-ing has a lot to answer for..)

AND I've worked out some strategies that keep me in that zone.

Activity next..

My Google sheet (that I'll share again in my upcoming 'Complete' courses).. goes back a few years, and teaches me to:

Scale up before my target events
(those bump ups in the graph)
Take it easy on holidays
Keep ticking over the rest of the time.

It's that last point that's made the real difference..

Two things keep me on that track:

If I didn't run or bike yesterday then let's get out today, and
I'm aiming for about 25 miles / week of Run + (Bike/3)

And finally two 'M's'..

Movement + Measurement

The Measurement bit is fairly clear for Bodyweight + Activity.. those lovely graphs. (Pen + paper also work.!)

BUT Movement is difficult to measure. So..

I am zero-tolerance to deep hip flexion

..and does it this stuff I'm banging on about work..?

Pain, function + well being

Well, for me.. it does. Like a lot of you I complete a regular set of pain, function + well being questions on the MyClinicalOutcomes App..

(If you're Bath, Hampshire or Cornwall click the picture to link to MyClinicalOutcomes)..

So what does my pain + function look like..??

A blip around Christmas / New Year, that coincided with a..

Drop in activity
Blip in bodyweight

BUT otherwise, pretty good. Over the last few years I've kept blips in my right hip pain to a minimum.

AND hopefully, that let's me hang onto my own hip for many more years to come.

I wish the same for every hip + knee reading this!
Good luck

Dan

Mr Dan H Williams MSc FRCS

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

https://lifetimehip.com

Two courses. One clear path..

My story and the those of many others have motivated me to build out a set of courses. Forgive the 3x short launch emails coming up for Complete Hip next week.

Complete Knee follows a couple weeks later..

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