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Hip replacement
Posted on 1/30/26 at 10:37 am
Posted on 1/30/26 at 10:37 am
I'm 69, very active: run, golf walking and carrying clubs, backpack, hike. Now with unilateral hip pain, running very limited, very limited on internal rotation(golf backswing). Will get diagnosis in a week or so, pretty sure it's osteoarthritis. Anyone have hip replacement, what convinced you, and your outcome as far as post- recovery activities?
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Posted on 1/30/26 at 10:53 am to gungho
Hip replacements are not a big deal. Recovery is much faster and easier than you think. You'll be walking on day 1. After a few days you might not even need crutches/walker etc... In a couple of weeks you'll almost feel like you didn't even have surgery. It's nothing like a knee replacement.
Follow your rehab and listen to your PT. It'll be a breeze for you.
Hope this helps.
Follow your rehab and listen to your PT. It'll be a breeze for you.
Hope this helps.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 10:58 am to gungho
As a PT I’d definitely recommend the Direct Anterior approach as opposed to the traditional posterior route if you are an active person. Also surgeon shop if insurance allows it. Makes all the difference in the world.
This post was edited on 1/30/26 at 11:00 am
Posted on 1/30/26 at 12:32 pm to gungho
My FIL just had one hip replaced. Took him about 8 weeks to lose the limp and he didn't have hip pain, it was incision and muscle pain after the initial week. He's good and gets around fine now with no walker, but he did have one for a while.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 1:58 pm to gungho
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I'm 69
Posted on 1/31/26 at 3:32 am to St Augustine
Thanks for the replies. Yes, I've heard/ read anterior approach best. Surgeon is about the most popular for THA in the town and seems to have excellent outcomes (as voiced by PT's). Falling apart since retirement- in last year, right thumb suspensionplasty and right wrist SLAC (ligament tear), and now this- hard on the golf game.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:53 pm to gungho
As someone who works with this patient population in both hospitals and outpatient, anterior approach is the way to go.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:42 am to h0ll@yaboy
Hip replacements have some of the highest if not the highest positive outcomes for orthopedic surgeries with very good patient satisfaction. It’s one of the best and most reliable orthopedic surgeries done.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 10:04 pm to gungho
I had bilateral hip replacement in May 2021. Yep, both hips at the same time on the same day lol.
It was a brutal 3-4 months after but I wish I had done it years sooner. I was only 40 at the time but had bad hip dysplasia to the point where it was all bone on bone and no cartilage.
It was a brutal 3-4 months after but I wish I had done it years sooner. I was only 40 at the time but had bad hip dysplasia to the point where it was all bone on bone and no cartilage.
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