Interesting article on butterfly style

gnx547

I read this article online and is very interesting.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/david_epstein/03/18/butterfly.hip.injuries/index.html

puckstopper135 · Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:31 pm Post subject:

Nice find... scary to think about though.

Slinky · Minors Joined: 17 Feb 2009 Posts: 471 Location: Canton, GA

thanks a lot for posting it. good information to know. i'm absolutely going to pass it on.
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gnx547 · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:23 am Post subject:

Matze · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:17 am Post subject:

Wow... I mean that's really scary. So if you are minding net for several times a week it would be better to get your hip checked from time to time. Until now I always thought that the most stressed part of your body in the butterfly would be the knee.... Maybe, given that knowledge, pad companies will do some research to find maybe some padding methods that would diminish stress on your hip. Maybe Confused

Arthriticbutterflystyle · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject:

My question is this, it says 10-20% of the population. So how do we know if we're the 20% or the 80%? Just wait until we need our hips repaired?

Slinky · Minors Joined: 17 Feb 2009 Posts: 471 Location: Canton, GA

Xrays would tell you if the top of your femur is spherical or oblong. Or you could take the standard route of waiting till you're in excrutiating pain.
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puckstopper135 · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject:

I don't think I'd want to take the chance, especially since I already had hip surgery once...

Arthriticbutterflystyle · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:36 am Post subject:

lol...no comment on PS.

dirkhorst · College Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 83

Hay Ya,
I read that article, but I think that it´s not only the butterfly that injured the hips.
It´s the off ice training that did not support the right muscles and sinews for the moves.

I come from martial art and we make specific training for our moves that support me now being a goalie.
Have you ever seen a Asian with bad movin´hips ?!

Here some examples on video.

Regards
Dirk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B00krPw_-_0&feature=related
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puckstopper135 · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject:

jaredmt · High School Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Posts: 24

thanks for the post. my legs r not even so chances r, im one of those 20% with femur structural problems Sad

let me know if you guys find any info on how to "safely" do butterfly if thats possible.

im wondering if it would make a difference if i keep my knees bent and lower my legs rather than "dropping" to butterfly. ...then again, that might just destroy all the cartilage in my knees haha

puckstopper135 · Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:41 pm Post subject:

Take your pick... which do you value more? knees or hips?

tough choice. Wink

jaredmt · High School Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Posts: 24

puckstopper, whats the story with ur hip surgery? did it have anything to do with the femur structure?

puckstopper135 · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject:

I honestly have no clue. I was 13 at the time, and it had just started giving me a lot of issues. Really noticeable when my team played in a tournament game, and we lost horribly and 100% because of me. I think I let in 4 or 5 goals that were right at the blue line, and easy shots too.

Basically, they told me my femur was slowly rotating out of the hip socket, so they had to screw it back into place, literally. I've lost a lot of mobility with that leg which sucks big time.

I'll ask my mom though, she's a nurse and would probably remember more details.