Sports Medicine Results

I saw Dr. King last week and he did an x-ray of my hips. The purpose was to find out if I should actually be playing volleyball like I have been doing. I have had a little pain for a day or so after I play, so I wanted to see if there was any way to eliminate that. I asked about these "osteophytes" that were on my femoral heads that one doctor said I should have had athroscopically removed. Dr. King said that my bones look fine and that I should just strengthen the muscles in my hips to stabilize the joints better and to diffuse the force placed on the bones themselves. He said the osteophytes do cause a little impingement in my hip joints, but that it isn't severe enough to warrant surgery. He set me up with some physical therapy.

Yesterday was my PET scan, and I was a pro at it this time. I found a decent position for my arms this time so they didn't even fall asleep so bad. I still look like an idiot in their 3-arm-hole miniskirt gown. I was radioactive for a while, and my kids at Mountain View (I am the new varsity coach there) were a little freaked out that they needed to stand about 10' away at all times. I wrote "stay away from Jason" on the whiteboard, and I drew what could potentially happen to them: the drawing showed a stick figure (before standing near Jason), then a stick figure's legs with a huge mushroom cloud above it (after going near Jason). Rumors surfaced that I could catch on fire at any moment. That was hillarious.

I should get my results today.