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Hack&Lube · 10-25-2022, 11:37 AM

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Monahan said that for the better part of three years, he was unable to sleep for much more than an hour at a time because of his hip issues. For every hour he would sleep, he figures he would be awake for half an hour. Every night. For three years.

“I had to sleep on my back with my leg bent up, because as soon I would straighten it, the femur would go right into the hip socket and it would lock up,” Monahan said. “So then I would have to wake up and move around.”

And amid this awful reality, Monahan was expected to perform in the NHL. Knowing what he knows now, Monahan would have had the surgery done on both hips four years ago, as soon as he started feeling the discomfort. But that’s not how he is wired, and that’s not how any NHL player is wired. This notion that there is some kind of difference between being hurt and injured permeates hockey culture at every level.

Paul Byron played through debilitating hip pain for years before having surgery, and now, after some encouraging moments last season, his career is hanging in the balance. Thankfully for Monahan, the surgery has worked and he is able to play the game the way he could prior to this pain taking over his life.

10-25-2022, 11:37 AM	#193
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	https://theathletic.com/3720264/2022...adiens-future/ Monahan said that for the better part of three years, he was unable to sleep for much more than an hour at a time because of his hip issues. For every hour he would sleep, he figures he would be awake for half an hour. Every night. For three years. “I had to sleep on my back with my leg bent up, because as soon I would straighten it, the femur would go right into the hip socket and it would lock up,” Monahan said. “So then I would have to wake up and move around.” And amid this awful reality, Monahan was expected to perform in the NHL. Knowing what he knows now, Monahan would have had the surgery done on both hips four years ago, as soon as he started feeling the discomfort. But that’s not how he is wired, and that’s not how any NHL player is wired. This notion that there is some kind of difference between being hurt and injured permeates hockey culture at every level. Paul Byron played through debilitating hip pain for years before having surgery, and now, after some encouraging moments last season, his career is hanging in the balance. Thankfully for Monahan, the surgery has worked and he is able to play the game the way he could prior to this pain taking over his life.