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Source: eOrthopod
This is the first study reported to look at the benefit of aquatic therapy in the early days after joint replacement. Physical therapists in... Read more »
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Most patients have a good result after total hip or total knee replacement. Problems occur in about 15 to 20 percent of the rest. Physical therapists... Read more »
By Pattye Snyder, Health Expert
Most of our readers (and fellow osteoarthritis sufferers) realize that this disease is not only painful but also very frustrating. When I was first... Read more »
By Pattye Snyder, Health Expert
It seems that I have read recently a variety of opinions on the effects of barometric pressure and weather on those of us with the challenges of... Read more »
By Matthew Thompson, Health Expert
Advanced osteoarthritis of the hip that has not responded to the standard, conservative treatments is typically treated with hip replacement... Read more »
Source: eOrthopod
What's every patient's fear after getting a new hip replacement? Dislocation. The surgeons call it instability. No matter what name you give it, the... Read more »
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Two years ago, I had a total hip replacement. Within six months of the surgery, I started having thigh pain on that side. It has never gone away. Can... Read more »
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I'm comparing the costs of the usual surgery for total hip replacement with the new mini-incision method. It looks like I'll be in the hospital the... Read more »
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I had a strange experience in the hospital after my total hip replacement. They used a nerve block that was supposed to help control the pain during... Read more »
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Exercises for a total hip replacement (THR) usually start in the hospital right after the operation. Physical therapy may continue at home after the... Read more »
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When I had my first hip replacement, they put me on a morphine-pump that I could operate myself. I could push the button every 10 minutes and get a... Read more »
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I'm 59-years old. I've had one total hip replacement on the right. Now I'm looking at a joint resurfacing procedure for the left. I understand this... Read more »
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I got heterotropic ossification after a total hip replacement. I'm still recovering from the hip surgery. What's the treatment for this new... Read more »
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Do you think dementia should prevent my father from having a total hip replacement? He is still in good health and otherwise mobile. But we are... Read more »
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Hip surgery, especially hip joint replacement, is a common operation around the world. Any trauma to the hip can cause bits of bone to form within... Read more »