January 29, 201016 yr http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4869274 Alex Rodriguez overcame a preseason steroids admission and a history of playoff slumps to help lead the Yankees to their first World Series title since 2000. But it was his hip surgery in March that the slugger says had him "staring at retirement." "It was a commitment that I wanted to do for the team, and it was very scary," Rodriguez said in an interview with YES Network to air Friday night, according to the New York Post. "And I knew I was putting my, you know, the rest of my career at risk. "But I felt that with the team at hand it was, it was a risk worth taking." Rodriguez had torn cartilage repaired in his right hip and missed the first month of the season . I know you havent looked at Arods health chart and everything that had to do with his hip surgery last year, but until I read this article I never read anything that indicated that his surgery was potentially career ending. Is Arod just making this out to be more than it really was, or was this a very serious surgery?
January 30, 201016 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4869274 . I know you havent looked at Arods health chart and everything that had to do with his hip surgery last year, but until I read this article I never read anything that indicated that his surgery was potentially career ending. Is Arod just making this out to be more than it really was, or was this a very serious surgery? He shouldn't have been referring to it being career threatening but season threatening. If he opted for rest and rehab he would have missed a good part of the season. However, he opted for arthroscopic surgery to remove a portion of the acetabular labrum which he tore and was subsequently getting caught in the joint. This is a relatively newer approach to the problem which along with the fact that it is surgery and things can go wrong causes many athletes to go the conservative route and skip the surgery. The surgery is relatively safe, the technique is improving and the physicians are getting better at it. This was the dilemma he faced not so much the career ending aspect. So it may have worried him but he probably was blowing it somewhat out of proportion. Edited January 30, 201016 yr by ptatc
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