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Michael Montgomery Ironman at 6 Months Post Op
Wednesday, November 21. 2007
At 32 I got the crushing news that my left hip had advanced AVN. I had wrestled
from the age of 13 until I was 28 including coaching a high school team. I moved
to triathlon to find something new, did several Half Iron distances as well as
Ironman Arizona in April 2006 with hip pain. After my last Ironman I ran a stand
alone 1:50 half marathon with severe pain and with in two months was not able to
finish a 5K A month later I was told I had AVN, a very sad day.
I had heard about Floyd Landis and his hip and checked out the Birmingham Hip
Resurface based on his website. I selected my Dr based on location and the Smith
Nephew website. I selected Dr. Jay Mabry, chief of orthopedics at Baylor
University Medical Center.
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