James Kelly battled a hip injury during the 2012 season. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun
GEELONG midfielder James Kelly has revealed he had bone shaved from his thighs during post-season surgery after a pain-stricken 2012 season.
Kelly yesterday declared himself on track to play in Geelong's NAB Cup campaign after a successful recovery from an arthroscope on both hips.
The operation involved having bone shaved off both femurs.
The 28-year-old has been on a modified program this pre-season and will return to full training early in the new year, confident his hip troubles are behind him.
"I will be training more heavily over the coming days and it's all going pretty good," Kelly said.
"I'll be back to full training on January 1.
"It's clearing up really well."
Despite having a strong season, in which he was Geelong's leading tackler and still picked up 470 touches, Kelly revealed he had a weekly struggle with hip pain.
But he is confident of a pain-free season next year in a major boost to Geelong's top-four ambitions.
"The hips were more painful during the year than they are now. I'm relying on the physios a lot and they're helping out but I've still been able to do a fair bit of training recently," he said.
"I've been going through the rehabilitation program well and everything is going as planned.
"I'll be 100 per cent ready to go come next season."
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Geelong assistant coach Dale Amos last week said Kelly and Jimmy Bartel (foot) were making strong progress in their recoveries from post-season operations.
"They've been conditioned, they're doing their weights, they're just being nursed back into the football side," Amos said.
"I would be surprised if they didn't play (NAB Cup). The plan is for them to be ready for Round 1, so you'd imagine they'd play (NAB Cup) at some stage.
"They've been doing their running inside and their conditioning inside and now they're starting to do the work outside, so I think after Christmas we expect to see them a bit more.
"They'll be integrated back in after Christmas. I'm not totally sure when they'll be totally unrestricted, but they're well and truly on track and they should be right amongst it by the time we get back after Christmas.
"We've been patient with them. You want to progress those guys as quickly as you can without pushing them too much."
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