AdamL

The function of the labrum is to provide stability. When it tears, that hip now has to rely more heavily on the musculature around it to keep the femoral head centered and the joint happy. Your best bet will be drills that then work on improving that stability. Get strong in your end ranges of motion, under control using the actual muscles around the hip and not by turning and twisting at the spine. I like doing my hip CARS lying on my side, for example. It prevents you from cheating and hiking up a hip to get extra range of motion. I would also actually strongly recommend Maria's strategic mobility for goalies program. https://www.strategicmobilityforgoalies.com/ I went through it a couple times and noticed some really nice improvements in how I felt. If you're getting any pinching, I would add some banded distractions to create space in the joint before working through some of these end ranges. Good luck!

How's the backhand fit on the blocker compared to say a True blocker? Does it press tightly to the back of the hand? The thing I hated the most about my V9 blocker was was how plush the backhand pad was. It might sound odd, but it put a noticeable amount of space between the back of my hand and the blocker board, so the energy from shots would get absorbed by that pad rather than producing any pop off the board. The thing would even fulcrum around my hand if the shot hit the top 1/3rd or so of the board and the rebound would die within a few feet of me. It was super comfortable and well-made, but from a performance perspective it was frankly unusable.

There are a bunch of videos about the Ellipse player profiles as well. I don't get the sense that they are meant specifically for stability, but what I find a bit odd is for player skates they have multiple Ellipse profiles based on the holder & blade size, but they don't for goalies.

Final bump before they get binned. Open to offers.

Interesting to see the flex in the pad in stock form versus what the GNetik V looked like. In some alternate universe where I'm back to playing, I'm pretty sure these are what I'd be in.

Sorry man. Stinks to have the game taken away for this shit. I know what you're going through.

I'm kind of surprised, the surgeon didn't rush to convince me I need surgery. Essentially he asked "How much are your hips keeping you from doing what you want to do?" He did also mention that I have the start of arthritis blooming in my left hip, but that it isn't that bad yet. If it were to get markedly worse, there's a chance I wouldn't be a candidate for arthroscopy any longer. The cam deformity is going to accelerate that wear, so in that sense it's likely that having surgery would slow or stop any progression of arthritis. When I think about it that way I start to lean toward wanting to move forward, especially since recovery isn't going to get any easier as I get older. , I guess.

Consult with the hip surgeon tomorrow afternoon. I guess I'm nervous about it, probably because I'm afraid he'll recommend surgery. On one hand, I don't really feel like I need surgery to do most things I want to do, but I am worried I'm doing more damage by not having arthroscopic procedures done on both hips now, potentially increasing the chances I need a full replacement at a younger age. My last game was in May of last year and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a mental struggle even more than a year on from that to leave the game behind.

Updated price to $175 shipped (from $225).

Only worn 2-3 times before my "retirement". $175 shipped in the lower 48. Thanks all!

Nice! Once you've had a chance to get the SLR3s out on the ice a few times a comparison/review would be interesting to hear. That's a solid lineup of gear. :jealous:

I'm not saying you didn't order the XP70, just that it looks like they messed up. The entire shape of the glove looks off from the XP model. I guess maybe they could have started with the V10 build and then built the break to be more like 70*? It doesn't really look like it in this case, but that's more or less what they did with the XP70 versus the original 60* version. Is the set in your hands yet or still on its way from the dealer?

XP70 Regular V10 (50*?)

The XP gloves do not have a laced-in break, that glove does. It's probably either an SLR3 glove or a V9 two-piece glove with the appearance of a solid cuff.

Beautiful, but that's not a XP70 glove.

Hmm. I'm not so sure about the bolded. The regular V10 (and my old V9 two piece) felt nothing like a 590 to me. The 590 is full hand, the regular V9 and V10 gloves are very pinchy, fingertip to thumb closure to my hand. Both feel very similar to the Ultrasonic/Mach. The standard 60* V9 XP is the 590 clone.

Sounds promising. On the gloves, the V10 glove is actually not a 60*. It's labeled as a 60* on the site, but it is a revision of the 2-piece V9 glove, which is more like 50*. The pocket is farther out than the 60* XP (590 clone) glove. Ev commented on a V10 review video on YouTube that it isn't a 60* but of course they haven't fixed the site. So Vaughn. My guess is the XP 60* and XP 70* gloves will be the default for the SLR line and the current SLR glove is going away. The old V9 2-piece and SLR gloves were so similar I think it makes sense. The SLR had a different wrist strap and a steeper thumb, but the break I believe was the same.

I must like wasting time, because I stopped by the local Perani's to mess with some gear last week. The 7X3 is a STIFF pad. For someone used to older pads, I don't think the 7X3 is going to be an easy transition. They had V10 Pro (not carbon), 7X3, and X5 Pro on the shelf, and the 7X3 was a total brick compared to the other two. The X5 Pro had some vertical flex but really not much torsionally. The V10 Pro had some of both, but it wasn't a wet noodle. It also still uses the old version of the RRC/professor strap instead of the new QMS imitation, which may or may not be a benefit, but if you like that feeling of a pad anchored high on the calf you can still get it in that pad. The only reservation I'd have in recommending the V10 Pro is Quickslide. Might just be because my hips were already shit, but I had a hard time adjusting to Quickslide. I was oversliding all the time at first, though I did adjust to that. What I never adjusted to was the feeling of instability while on my knees. It took so much more tension in the small muscles around the hip to stay tall and stable in the butterfly. Gun to head I'd probably recommend set of used GNetik IVs if you can find a clean pair. More modern, not totally lacking in structure, but also a pad that will very much move with you.

Yeah it's not great. I've seen a couple sets that look...okay...but nothing I've really gravitated to. For some reason I really dig the all red CCM setup with blue logos. Also, as for NHL goalies wearing Velocity, forgot about Cal Peterson. https://www.instagram.com/p/CxjHDQ4PnGB/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Gawd the V10 graphic stinks.

Thanks. Best of luck with the rehab!

They addressed the knee stack thankfully, and the thigh rise looks appropriate for higher level use now. If they brought the weight down it may be able to compete with the PX3, but I'd still have a hard time choosing the V10 over a PX3 if I was ever going to place a custom order again.

The strapping does look basically identical. Same copycat version of the Quick Motion system from Lefevre.

You're in Bauer now? Did a quick search through your posts but didn't see anything, did you post any details or thoughts on the set?