Kwan's hip problems

[kwanisqueen99]

Hi all! :)
I keep hearing about Michelle's hip bothering her. Can anyone give me the 411 on this. What exactly happened to her hip(did she injure it during practice?) Is this affecting her ablility to land 3/3s in practice. Thanks in advance.

[venice]

I don't have specific information on this, but apparently Michelle did mention it in the Talk Asia show. She was having some pain while training and it appears to be the reason she is not now attempting her 3/3. She hired a new trainer to help her with this. Since she had back problems after practicing the 3 sal/3 loop in 2001, I'm going to venture a guess that the hip problem may have arisen from her attempts last year with the 3 lutz/3 loop. For all the people who complain that Michelle hasn't upped the ante technically, they really can't fairly say that she hasn't tried. I would rather see her off the podium than push herself to permanent injury.

[Lee]

The 3-loop, huh? Wonder how many blown hips it's gonna take before coaches and skaters realize that tacking a 3 loop on the back end of a combo is NOT healthy!

[md2be]

I tore hip muscles in my hip from a double loop. (1 month before my marathon)

Not fun, and I attribute it to the way they make skates these days. Too stiff.