Your doctor may recommend that you have hip replacement surgery when non-surgical methods don’t work anymore and hip pain interferes with your daily life. The procedure helps to greatly reduce or eliminate the pain and to increase your range of motion in the affected hip and leg. After undergoing hip replacement surgery, you can expect…
Hip Replacement Surgery
Preparing For a Second Hip Replacement Surgery
Modern hip replacement surgery has low failure rates. The implants used in hip replacement surgery can withstand constant wear and tear for years. However, there are instances when the implant starts to fail, or other complications occur, compromising the stability of the joint. A revision or second hip replacement surgery aims to correct these issues,…
Reasons you might consider hip surgery
Hip pain that is persistent can make it impossible for you to live your best life. Chronic hip pain sufferers slowly see their quality of life go down due to symptoms and restrictions that accompany the pain. Pain, stiffness, and soreness can make something seemingly simple as getting up from a chair a challenge, let…
Recovery from a Hip Replacement Surgery
It takes a long time for the body to heal after hip replacement surgery because it involves shaving off the diseased or injured part of the femur (thighbone, or upper leg bone) and replacing it and the socket with prosthetic materials. The patient’s natural tissues must then eventually heal together with the new prosthetic parts…