Securing FireWire 800 connection to Macbook Pro

I am really surprised that there doesn't seen to be one post here related to the poor connection FireWire 800 makes on the Macbook Pro. The portable nature begs for this to stay connected when there is movement. Not so. Judging from this discussion, many others have experienced this problem. It also seems that Apple doesn't want to take any ownership for it judging from Genius bar advice.

Has anyone found a way to fix this issue?