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Hip Fix
baseballmusings.com - 3/9/2009
Hip Fix
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David Epstein at Sports Illustrated gives us a complete medical view of what's wrong with Alex Rodriguez and how it's fixed....
A-Rod Has Injured Hip, May Miss WBC
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 3/4/2009
A-Rod Has Injured Hip, May Miss WBC
— slidingintohome.blogspot.com — From Jack Curry : Alex Rodriguez has an injured hip and may not play for the Dominican... Republic in the World Baseball Classic, according to a person in baseball who has spoken to Rodriguez. Rodriguez is expected to fly to Colorado on Wednesday to meet with Dr. Marc Phillipon, a hip ... (more) A-Rod Has Injured Hip, May Miss WBC

Comments vote down Greg C. Greg C. posted 3/4/2009posted this
A-Rod to have hip surgery, miss 6-9 weeks
msn.foxsports.com - 3/9/2009
A-Rod to have hip surgery, miss 6-9 weeks
— msn.foxsports.com — Alex Rodriguez's spring training saga took another surprising turn: He's headed for hip surgery Monday that will... sideline him for six to nine weeks - and that's not all. (more) A-Rod to have hip surgery, miss 6-9 weeks

Comments vote down FOX Sports FOX Sports posted 3/9/2009posted this
Rodriguez to Play With Hip Injury
nytimes.com - 3/6/2009
Rodriguez to Play With Hip Injury
— nytimes.com — Alex Rodriguez will play through a labrum tear of his right hip, because surgery would require him... to miss four months. > (more) Rodriguez to Play With Hip Injury

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N/A:  Lowdown on the Hip

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Lowdown on the Hip
N/A — Via Baseball Musings , check out this article by David Epstein of SI.com who goes to great lengths describing from a medical point of view what is wrong with A-Rod’s hip. Here’s a good part of the article that explains the surgical operation - The good news is that the operation seems to be a permanent fix. Philippon will repair the tears in Rodriguez’s labrum, and shave the head of his femur into a sphere. In an interview before Rodriguez’s impingement was reported, Philippon said that the goal of surgery to fix impingement is “to improve the movement, but by ...

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