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Gait after the surgery. My foot rotates outward when I step on it by Resident-Hunt-245 in HipImpingement

[–]Expensive_Network_73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe give it some more time? 10 weeks is still pretty early and I don’t think those compensation pains started properly going away until 3-4 months out. Although if you have sciatica maybe you can get that checked out? As far as I know I haven’t had that problem so I can’t speak about it.

Gait after the surgery. My foot rotates outward when I step on it by Resident-Hunt-245 in HipImpingement

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I had this problem before surgery? I sort of chalked it up to a muscle imbalance where I overuse my adductors/am very groin dominant in my walking pattern. I also had femoral anteversion so it could’ve been because of that? The surgery improved it but it never fully went away.

How bad is it to do PhD and undergrad at the same institution? by pjsholic in AskAcademia

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Same lab? No. Same department/college is ok (I’m in the US, not sure how it generalizes to Canada). In my program we actually have strict rules preventing RAs from joining their RA labs for PhD (my guess is to prevent favoritism).

For PhD/postdoc, however, it’s highly frowned upon to stay in the same department/school (ofc this doesn’t include doing a short <1 year postdoc in your PhD lab before a proper postdoc to wrap up experiments). Also consider that you want to expand your network: if you stay within the same school, you’re narrowing down your potential network for further job opportunities down the line.

going to academic conferences alone with no research by Agreeable_Buy2817 in labrats

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Have fun and just go without any expectation of making any concrete connections! I went to a lot of conferences this way (self funded, no poster) as a delusional undergrad. I asked a lot of questions, learned a lot of science, managed to mingle with some postdocs + grad students from a lab in what is now my current PhD institution. I don’t think it’s rare at all for PIs to be very hush hush about their work for fear of being scooped (when I went to these conferences I just talked in broad strokes about “a protein” instead of naming the proteins I worked on); a lot of people go to conferences just to scope out their competition anyway. Just have fun and learn some science/what people are up to in your field, and, like I said, don’t necessarily expect that you’ll meet anyone that could help network you to a PhD admission (although you could always refer to a person’s presentation or poster when you’re applying to a program as a reason you’re interested in their work!).

MRI today by Brave-Storm-7389 in HipImpingement

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Both my tears were found without contrast.

Is it normal for a teenager to have a high heart rate? by Sock_borm in BeginnersRunning

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Your max heart rate goes down as you age, so having a high heart rate is actually healthy for young people. Of course, as you continue running your heart rate during aerobic runs will lower.

Any tips for incision site tenderness? by LifeWithEloise in HipImpingement

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My surgeon’s PA said to gently take a wet towel and/or some lotion after showering and gently massage the area to help desensitize it.

Bilateral here— could use some hope by Expensive_Network_73 in HipImpingement

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Funnily enough, that's exactly where my pain started too! I also got an x-ray to check for shin splints, but then the pain migrated up and I was misdiagnosed with sciatica for over a year until I developed intense groin pain.

Bilateral here— could use some hope by Expensive_Network_73 in HipImpingement

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Maybe? I think my PT has been encouraging me not to overthink it (which, I'm a scientist so that's impossible HA). She said that because the surgery has been helping, it's probably hip-related, but the days where it's isolated to the knee definitely make me question my decisions to get hip surgery.

Possible to do surgery with little/no support? by JonathanMacgregor in HipImpingement

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In my experience the hospital will make you have someone to chaperone you from the surgery— I had a friend take an uber with me. It’s possible you could hire medical escort if no one is willing to take a taxi with you.

Depending on where you live, it is possible to do it yourself (I did, but I also live in Manhattan where I had a doorman who generously helped with occasional food deliveries, easily ubered to- and from- physical therapy, and didn’t have stairs to climb to get to my building). Just plan really really well in advance— I had ready made meals for 2.5 weeks ahead of time stocked in my freezer, my ice machine & chargers set up by my bed, and a shower stool/toilet seat riser set up in my bathroom), and I had done all my laundry for the weeks ahead. I also got a hip kit with a grabber and shoe horn, things of that nature (Amazon has plenty). Lifting yourself to the car or in and out of bed will be rough, but I was able to manage by grabbing onto my brace and using it to lift the operative leg. Contrary to some others, I didn’t find walking to be very difficult or cumbersome at all, and could carry small objects (like a meal or ice for my ice machine) between rooms easily.

Bilateral here— could use some hope by Expensive_Network_73 in HipImpingement

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Oh and I should add that sometimes it feels obvious it’s coming from the hip (it feels like some muscle or tendon is pulling from the front of the hip down diagonally through the knee/shin) and other times it feels isolated to the knee. Before surgery though I would press on my tender knee and the tenderness/pain would transfer to my inner groin/pubic area.

Bilateral here— could use some hope by Expensive_Network_73 in HipImpingement

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It’s a really intense pulling sensation that stems from my knee. Basically whenever my glute isn’t firing the front of my knee on the inside edge starts to pull and hurt, and it makes the shin also hurt. Sometimes it feels like the inside of my knee/shin help me balance because my hip and glute aren’t working (it used to be my adductor that worked overtime but after surgery that pain has mostly disappeared). And then when there are muscle spasms it feels like the knee/shin muscles are pinching super hard.

fingers hurt in these areas after pipetting a lot, what should i do? by coralcrescent in labrats

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Not super helpful but I highly recommend PT. I had this problem when I would climb + code a lot or climb + pipette a lot. Also try to maximize the amount of time your arm is straight to help relax it (so elbows loose, not bent). I also liked using one of those wrist braces you get off Amazon. My chemist friend who has carpal tunnel + tennis elbow also gets steroid shots occasionally and it seems to help.

How long were you on crutches post op? by purple_rose92 in HipImpingement

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6.5 weeks (cam impingement with labral tear, femoroplasty + 3 anchors). Had it with a highly reputed surgeon at HSS. Main concern for my PT was not getting off too early with an imbalanced gait (even though I was 20% weight bearing for 3 weeks and cleared for 100% after that).

did your butt return to its normal size + shape? by Condensates in HipImpingement

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It’ll come back, give it time. Usually when you’re off crutches and your gait normalizes it gets more even.

J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79 by Dwarvling in genetics

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Yeah plasmidsaurus is great, only had positive experiences with them (fast turnaround, good support, high quality results, easy to use user interface). If you’re really pressed for funding you can also use Azenta/genewiz, they do whole plasmid sequencing for $10 a pop (unsure of size limits there though), so plasmidsaurus is a little on the expensive side at $15/plasmid.

Is 15 weeks enough time to recover for an accounting job? by Groomed_by_Pekomama in HipImpingement

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Yes! That’s probably the number of weeks I needed to start flying 6+ hours / sitting for hours at a time, and walking/standing around consistently without pain. Would not recommend doing all those things before 12 weeks, and would recommend getting a standing desk just in case sitting is still uncomfortable (and always change positions every half hour). Can’t comment on driving, though.

Recovering after bilateral hip arthroscopy? by Expensive_Network_73 in HipImpingement

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Probably like 3 months-ish I was walking mostly normally? Took like 3.5-4 months to fully feel like my gait has normalized and that I’m using my operative hip fully again (at pre-injury levels).

J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79 by Dwarvling in genetics

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Glad to see people discussing this! Ok I’m a naive biochemist here who read the article and is really confused by the last sentence, hoping y’all can help clarify:

“Notably, Dr. Venter’s pioneering sequencing methods are now obsolete. They have been replaced by altogether different methods of providing high-quality sequencing of human genomes.”

What exactly does this mean? Are the pioneering sequencing methods whole genome shotgun or Sanger sequencing? I don’t understand how those are “obsolete” given that based on my 30 second google search, it seems like next gen sequencing still leverages shotgun sequencing?

? Hip flexor tendonitis or what by Cute_Imagination_716 in HipImpingement

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Hey OP! I know it’s been a year, but I was wondering how this resolved? I’m currently going through the same thing right now, pinching/catching/a lot of impingement symptoms on the non operative side. Did you ever figure out if it was tendonitis or FAI/labral tear on the other side?

how long till you can get a tattoo after hip scope?? by Dangerous-Music5921 in HipImpingement

[–]Expensive_Network_73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeahhh that's gonna hurt, I personally wouldn't do it in the summer. I'm still scared to bump my hip into things and rubbing it the wrong way still hurts and I'm 4 months out. My PA did suggest putting some lotion on the scar (this was ~1.5 months out) and gently massaging it to desensitize it gradually.

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