Will be starting the process to replace both hips as soon as my wife and I have completed our relocation back to the SF Bay Area (so we can spend more time with our kids and growing tribe of grandkids).
Not a candidate for resurfacing as both hips too badly damaged, so focused on the anterior, minimal incision replacement process, which not a whole lot of hip surgeons have gone to yet. Dr. Nicolas Mast from SOAR in SF specializes in same, surfs to boot, so understands the needed outcome and is high on the go to list.
However, being a believer in interviewing multiple surgeons for any major procdure, would welcome any updated feedback/advice/reccomendations from those who had recently had or about to go through the process.
hi icc, i have had both my hips done , the first 3 1/2 years ago the second 2 1/2 , i ended up with metal on metal large ball total hip replacements , i was fine for a resurfacement but my femur split when the femeral cap was being hamered in and then the op was reverted to a total hip replacement ,
i opted for the same total hip for the second procedure ,
i am able to surf to the same standard as i was probabally 5 years before i had the first operation , i have no pain surfing ,i still get slight discomfort depending on what i do but in general i can do anything i feel like doing , 5 or 6 mile walk is no problem at all ,where before a few hundred yards would be painfull ,
to be able to surf again to a reasonable standard when i never thought i would is just fantastic for me , i never complain that the wind is/nt quite right or the waves ar/nt big enough ,
in time you will be the same , good luck, nav
Dr Harlan Amstutz. He is preeminent in the field. He trains surgeons from around the world. He's in L. A. He's easy to find via the internet. Best of luck to you. I have greater range of motion in my metal hip, than I do in my natural hip. Not what I expected to experience, post-op.
From your comment, sounds like you had a fairly tough go post-op...
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On the contrary, it was not tough at all. It was inconvienient, however. There is always discomfort associted with major surgery. Eleven days post-op I was driving myself to work. That being said, it beat the hell out of being crippled. Which I was. I was unable to walk without crutches, prior to the surgery.
lcc-----Sorry to hear about what you have to go thru------------ But will say that a friend of mine had it done(both hips) a few years back and got in the water almost immediatatly . Actually the first one was a "screw up' and had to be removed and replaced. Solvent on the joint or part.. He got alot of money out of that one. Then he had it replaced and was in the water even sooner. A year later he had the other one done------------- No Problema. If all goes well; You will get a new lease on life out of it. Lowel
I had a hip resurfacing 2 years ago. I’m 60 and surfing better than I did 10 years ago. First year back was iffy. Didn’t trust the hip on free fall drops but everything came together eventually. Started doing crossfit (crossfit.com) which is very core and leg centered. Best thing I ever did, and I’ve been doing karate for 36 years. You’ve got to be able to trust your body in a low squat position. If you work at it, it will come.