Summer was ruined – a long rehab ahead now

Hi everyone, a lot has happened during previous months. And unfortunately they’ve been mostly negative.

My left hip was operated last week in Los Angeles. The operation was kind of big and now I face long and tough rehab. If everything goes perfectly, I might be training on the ice in 3 months. Or not.

Let’s have quick review of how we got here. The hip bothered me already during last season and I missed 17 games because of that. During the summer it refused to get better and then It was time to do something. We looked for suitable doctor in many places; in Finland, USA and Belgium for example. The x-rays of my hip were sent to at least 10 different doctors.

I came back to San Jose already in August with my family. They tried to heal the hip with shots, but it didn’t work. Eventually we ended up with surgery and I chose a doctor in Los Angeles. The doctor who operated me was very optimistic. He thinks the hip will be great and that I can train on the ice after 12 weeks – 3 months – from the surgery.

The rehab has to go perfectly, if I’m on the ice in 3 months. But let’s wait and see, the most important thing is to stay positive.

I’ll be walking with crutches for couple of weeks, but we started to give the hip a little pressure at the beginning of this week. Rehab takes a lot of work. First you need to get the trajectories work properly and get the strength back.

At first my training will be among other things pool aerobics; I’ll also get familiar with ice bags and the exercises of team’s physiotherapists. If measured by time, I’ll spend as much time at the arena than normally. I won’t have to travel so I try to give some time to my family.

I’ll take the rehab slowly for 6 weeks, and then it’s probably time to add speed and pressure.

Have a nice autumn everyone!

poor thing, i hope he gets better soon :/

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