UConn guard Omar Calhoun had two hip surgeries to alleviate discomfort from AFI syndrome, a wear & t

[husky99]

https://mobile.twitter.com/KevinRDuffy/status/332177545682362368

 

[husky99]

Should be fine by the season

https://mobile.twitter.com/KevinRDuffy/status/332177881939709952

 

[Palatine]

Q: Do you know what minor surgery is?

A: Surgery on someone else.

 

[aceboon]

I guess this explains that post a month or so ago about someone seeing him on crutches

 

[freescooter]

Oh boy! Not great news. Despite what everyone says, I have to agree with palatine on this. And you just never know how any individual will heal, how much confidence they will have, for that matter how they will work at getting back in shape. I hope everything goes as expected, but I've seen too many folks who are never the same even after "minor" surgery. FWIW, isn't this the same problem ARod suffered from? How's his return going?

 

[Tenspro2002]

We shrugged off Bazz's foot woes last season and offseason. In April, everyone was confident that with 6 months to heal, he'd be ready for the season and at full strength.

6 months later, he was still hobbled, and dealt with foot problems throughout the season.

Switching sports, Hakeem Nicks of the Giants suffered a foot/leg injury around this time last year. Even with ample recovery time, he still wasn't fully ready for Week 1 and was visibly hindered by it throughout the season (and was arguably the reason the Giants failed to make the playoffs last year).

The point is, even though it seems obvious to us right now that a guy should be back in time for the season and show no ill effects, it's usually not the case.

 

[aceboon]

We shrugged off Bazz's foot woes last season and offseason. In April, everyone was confident that with 6 months to heal, he'd be ready for the season and at full strength.

6 months later, he was still hobbled, and dealt with foot problems throughout the season.

Switching sports, Hakeem Nicks of the Giants suffered a foot/leg injury around this time last year. Even with ample recovery time, he still wasn't fully ready for Week 1 and was visibly hindered by it throughout the season (and was arguably the reason the Giants failed to make the playoffs last year).

The point is, even though it seems obvious to us right now that a guy should be back in time for the season and show no ill effects, it's usually not the case.

Bazz didn't re-injure his foot until the Georgetown game

 

[HuskyBballFan]

FWIW, isn't this the same problem ARod suffered from? How's his return going?

FWIW...no.

 

[Kitaman]

Oh boy! Not great news. Despite what everyone says, I have to agree with palatine on this. And you just never know how any individual will heal, how much confidence they will have, for that matter how they will work at getting back in shape. I hope everything goes as expected, but I've seen too many folks who are never the same even after "minor" surgery. FWIW, isn't this the same problem ARod suffered from? How's his return going?

Would one more drop make your glass half full?

 

[GemParty]

Same hip thing Beverly had?

 

[sammydabiz]

It's called Acetabulo-Femoral hip impingement syndrome, it's a "fairly" new diagnosis in the sports medicine world. Commonly seen with young athletes
To clear things up:
1. AFI for the most part comes off as chronic pain (groin) with respect to rotation of the thigh as well as flexion

2. It has nothing to do with instability, so if you're worried about "his confidence", that's not really an issue........an athletes lack of confidence post-surgery is primarily relegated to ligament/tendon tears of their major joints (acl, mcl, Achilles,etc)

3. It's due to uneven gliding of the hip joint (which is a ball&socket) creating bone spurs, possible cartilage damage, +/- LT...... (Kind of like a piston slowly seizing in an engine, the motion becomes less and less fluid)

4. It is not major surgery, it's arthroscopic (3 inch incision) and involves removing the bony growths, removing any diseased cartilage (collateral damage from uneven joint rotation) , and repairing the labrum (which isn't always torn)

Personally, i see no reason to be overly concerned, full recovery in ~3 months, if anything he will have to regain his strength, but overall after the procedure, he should be 10 times more explosive, because an AFI will undoubtedly hold you back due to the pain it causes.

All in all, it's unfortunate he won't be able to work on his bball skills over a portion of the summer, like his peers, but if he was dealing with AFI for much of last season, the procedure he underwent will free him up towards becoming quicker and more explosive on the court...

 

[Horatio]

Perhaps the reason for another guard next year?

 

[8893]

Despite what everyone says, I have to agree with palatine on this.

There's a shocker.

 

[ASweet3781]

Oh boy! Not great news. Despite what everyone says, I have to agree with palatine on this. And you just never know how any individual will heal, how much confidence they will have, for that matter how they will work at getting back in shape. I hope everything goes as expected, but I've seen too many folks who are never the same even after "minor" surgery. FWIW, isn't this the same problem ARod suffered from? How's his return going?

What a surprise. You take the worst possible spin on this news.

 

[HooperScooper]

Article by Dom Amore.

UConn's Omar Calhoun Has Successful Surgery

BTW, has anyone ever seen a surgery not termed "successful"?

 

[Clockshop]

Ty Hensley, the Yankees first round pick last summer, just got shut down for the season after having surgery for FAI. Original recovery time diagnosis was 2-3 months, but the Yankees are being cautious. Here's a post that talks a little about it from his mom on a Yankee blog.

mhensley17 says:​

May 8, 2013 at 5:13 pm​

Good Afternoon,​

I have never posted on a blog site before but given the false information out there I felt the need to go ahead and give you guys some facts. 1)Ty is my son 2)The proudest day of his life was the day he was drafted by the Yankees. 3)He was named after a guy my husband played with because at the time I thought Ty sounded like a baseball name not because I had any idea who Ty Cobb was.​

Now let’s cut to the chase… Ty’s hip condition has nothing to do with the shoulder non-injury issue that was discovered after the draft. For inquiring minds…Ty hates the word “abnormality” and he thanks me all the time for that one. We just didn’t know what to call it at the time so that’s the word we used in the press release. He has a sublabral foreman. It is a congenital condition that is present in less than 5% of the population. You can do the research and see why at first glance it caused the Yankees concern. We didn’t know he had it and there are no symptoms. It is a normal variant of the labrum that because of it’s rarity there just isn’t a lot of experience with, nothing to compare it to. It works for Ty. He has never had any soreness in his shoulder, no laticity, sits 92-94 and tops out 97-98. It took 5 of the best doctors in the US to reach that diagnosis. If you think a scouting department could have known about that prior to draft day you are crazy. In addition if you think parents are going to subject their asymptomatic kids to contrast MRI’s to find things you are as equally crazy as that is medically unethical. The Yankees were at every single one of Ty’s games, as were all the clubs that were in the mix, he had a better then normal physical exam and his medical history was squeaky clean…he never even had a broken bone..pretty remarkable for kid who had been playing three sports competitively since he was 5. For those that don’t know 2012 was the first year we had to submit medical records before the draft. All the teams received copies of any primary care records along with xrays, mris, and medications. The Yankees did their job with Ty and he was just glad to get the shoulder thing put behind him and show everyone what he he had. Then in what was his last outing in the DR he strained an AB pretty bad. He recovered came back to ST and in his first outing struck out the first three guys he faced and blew out another ab and that’s when we discovered he had FAI. You can look up the medical jargon. Apparently since about 15 or so due to his rapid growth and playing sports year round his abs have been doing all the work his hips should have been doing because they could not rotate in the socket. Abs heal just fine…and Ty’s recovery on his hip has been awesome! He is 19 and Dr. Kelly is amazing. Discovering this now probably gave him years on his career. It is actually odd that the abs compensate for the hips it’s usually the arm in pitchers The UCL or R Cuff a lot of times pays the price. All Ty wants to do is play ball and impact people’s lives that’s it. He is more determined to do that then ever. So you might call him and these other prospects a bust because of their misfortune. I don’t know the ultimate plan for them , but I do know that those guys could probably all teach most of us a thing or two about commitment, winning, and over-coming adversity.​

So in a nutshell Ty has a congenital normal variant in his shoulder and after this year will have hip rotation… which he had 0..think about that one, he is 19, 6’5, 220 has a three pitch arsenal and loves being a Yankee dammit!​

http://riveraveblues.com/2013/05/newman-ty-hensley-expected-to-miss-all-of-2013-86362/

 

[huskymedic]

BTW, has anyone ever seen a surgery not termed "successful"?

What do you think?

 

[BoatShow]

^^^Really wish I could unsee that. Not quoting because I dont want it on here twice.

 

[Scot-e]

Ty Hensley, the Yankees first round pick last summer, just got shut down for the season after having surgery for FAI. Original recovery time diagnosis was 2-3 months, but the Yankees are being cautious. Here's a post that talks a little about it from his mom on a Yankee blog.

mhensley17 says:​

May 8, 2013 at 5:13 pm​

Good Afternoon,​

I have never posted on a blog site before but given the false information out there I felt the need to go ahead and give you guys some facts. 1)Ty is my son 2)The proudest day of his life was the day he was drafted by the Yankees. 3)He was named after a guy my husband played with because at the time I thought Ty sounded like a baseball name not because I had any idea who Ty Cobb was.​

Now let’s cut to the chase… Ty’s hip condition has nothing to do with the shoulder non-injury issue that was discovered after the draft. For inquiring minds…Ty hates the word “abnormality” and he thanks me all the time for that one. We just didn’t know what to call it at the time so that’s the word we used in the press release. He has a sublabral foreman. It is a congenital condition that is present in less than 5% of the population. You can do the research and see why at first glance it caused the Yankees concern. We didn’t know he had it and there are no symptoms. It is a normal variant of the labrum that because of it’s rarity there just isn’t a lot of experience with, nothing to compare it to. It works for Ty. He has never had any soreness in his shoulder, no laticity, sits 92-94 and tops out 97-98. It took 5 of the best doctors in the US to reach that diagnosis. If you think a scouting department could have known about that prior to draft day you are crazy. In addition if you think parents are going to subject their asymptomatic kids to contrast MRI’s to find things you are as equally crazy as that is medically unethical. The Yankees were at every single one of Ty’s games, as were all the clubs that were in the mix, he had a better then normal physical exam and his medical history was squeaky clean…he never even had a broken bone..pretty remarkable for kid who had been playing three sports competitively since he was 5. For those that don’t know 2012 was the first year we had to submit medical records before the draft. All the teams received copies of any primary care records along with xrays, mris, and medications. The Yankees did their job with Ty and he was just glad to get the shoulder thing put behind him and show everyone what he he had. Then in what was his last outing in the DR he strained an AB pretty bad. He recovered came back to ST and in his first outing struck out the first three guys he faced and blew out another ab and that’s when we discovered he had FAI. You can look up the medical jargon. Apparently since about 15 or so due to his rapid growth and playing sports year round his abs have been doing all the work his hips should have been doing because they could not rotate in the socket. Abs heal just fine…and Ty’s recovery on his hip has been awesome! He is 19 and Dr. Kelly is amazing. Discovering this now probably gave him years on his career. It is actually odd that the abs compensate for the hips it’s usually the arm in pitchers The UCL or R Cuff a lot of times pays the price. All Ty wants to do is play ball and impact people’s lives that’s it. He is more determined to do that then ever. So you might call him and these other prospects a bust because of their misfortune. I don’t know the ultimate plan for them , but I do know that those guys could probably all teach most of us a thing or two about commitment, winning, and over-coming adversity.​

So in a nutshell Ty has a congenital normal variant in his shoulder and after this year will have hip rotation… which he had 0..think about that one, he is 19, 6’5, 220 has a three pitch arsenal and loves being a Yankee dammit!​

http://riveraveblues.com/2013/05/newman-ty-hensley-expected-to-miss-all-of-2013-86362/

Sorry but WTF?

 

[UConn990411]

The bigger news that people are glossing over is the fact Omar Calhoun lied about his age.

Double-hip surgery? Apparently he's in his 60s.

 

[Clockshop]

"He struggled with his handle, that’s where you saw the difference the most,” he said. “He was in pain. To have good handle, you’ve got to get down low. He was in pain at times doing that. He’s a lot more explosiveness (than what he showed).”

http://borgesblognhr.blogspot.com/2013/05/omar-calhoun-sr-omar-will-be-even.html

 

[huskyharry]

Get well soon, Omar...you are in our thoughts and prayers!

 

[Dove]

Would love to see Omar go to the free throw line like this...



...ending with the string thingy on the hips.

 

[tcf15]

"He struggled with his handle, that’s where you saw the difference the most,” he said. “He was in pain. To have good handle, you’ve got to get down low. He was in pain at times doing that. He’s a lot more explosiveness (than what he showed).”

http://borgesblognhr.blogspot.com/2013/05/omar-calhoun-sr-omar-will-be-even.html

I remember seeing some of the dunks he had in his high school highlight reels (and they were pretty sick), but he never really dunked much last year, even when he was up ahead of everybody. I guess this hip problem would explain that!

 

[BoatShow]

I'd just love to see Omar getting to the free throw line.