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Stars’ Benn undergoes second hip surgery

Dallas Stars v New Jersey Devils

skates against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on January 9, 2014 in Newark, New Jersey. the Devils defeated the Stars 1-0.

Bruce Bennett

Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn had a second hip surgery done on Monday in New York and according to The Dallas Morning News, could begin skating in August.

Benn joins Trevor Daley, Ales Hemsky, Valeri Nichushkin and John Klingberg as Stars players who have undergone hip surgeries over the last year.

So what’s with all the hip surgeries in Dallas?

Mike Heika reports it’s part of a philosophical change the Stars are embracing.

Here’s more from his story:

Benn has suffered from femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), or bone spurs that form on the head of the femur. The spurs irritate and can cut the labrum in the hip socket, and that can cause pain. Benn battled through the pain with shots, off days and grit, but the surgeries should help prevent that going forward.

“They are starting to figure out a correlation between FAI, sports hernias, groin pain and labral tears,” said Stars’ head athletic trainer Dave Zeis. “There’s no doubt we’re concerned, and we’re researching everything we can. I think you can attack it aggressively, or you can bury your head in the sand and say they are manageable, organizationally.

“The question is when do you intervene? We feel we have more information, and we feel we’re going to learn even more going forward.”

If all goes well, Benn, who was named a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award this week, could be ready for the start of the season.

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