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About Jodi Seidler

Patient Advocate and Health Consultant, Helping patients discover freedom from pain, and promote healthy aging with PEMF Therapy Devices.

Golf Fitness Magazine | How To Get Back On The Course After Hip And Knee Replacement Surgery

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       As a Physical Therapist I often hear the question, “Can I play golf again?” Regardless of age, skill level or gender, everyone—especially here in Florida, where we can, fortunately, enjoy golf year-round—is eager to return to the sport. Many times these patients are recent recipients of hip or knee replacements.

Recent statistics reveal that each year more than half a million people undergo hip or knee replacement surgery. In my research, I have found that every surgeon encourages his or her patient to resume golfing following the procedure. And, in fact, more than 90 percent of patients successfully return to playing golf.

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Bilateral Hip Replacement | Health And Nutrition Tips

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Everything You Need To Know About Bilateral Hip Replacement

Bilateral hip replacement is done routinely, presenting one of the highest success rates of body part replacement surgeries. Depending on your situation and the surgeon, you may have one hip joint replaced and then the other in a separate surgery which is usually several months apart or you can have them done simultaneously. When you have one surgery done at a time, it is really a long process because you need two hospital visits, two anesthesia treatments and then two separate rehabilitation and recovery periods. Although having just one surgery is more convenient, it is painful and rehabilitation is incredibly difficult.

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Fast Facts About Hip Replacement

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Fast Facts: An Easy-to-Read Series of Publications for the Public

Hip replacement surgery removes damaged or diseased parts of a hip joint and replaces them with new, man-made parts. The goals of this surgery are to:

Relieve pain

Help the hip joint work better

Improve walking and other movements.

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What Can I Expect After A Hip Replacement? | ehealthMD

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New technology involving the implants for artificial hip replacement and advances in surgical techniques has improved the immediate and long-term outcome of the surgery. Generally today’s artificial hips can last a lifetime. However, if the person is very young, the plastic can wear out. Fortunately, with the new socket implants for the pelvis, the socket can be changed without removing the other portions of the hip joint.

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Tips For Home After Hip Replacement Surgery

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   It’s very important that you follow your surgeon’s instructions. Additionally, here are some suggestions that may make life a little easier at home. Please discuss these with your surgeon before you are discharged from the hospital:

Remember that you’ll probably tire more easily than usual. You may want to plan a rest period of 30 to 60 minutes midmorning and mid-afternoon.

It’s safer and easier to get in and out of chairs using both arms, and you should avoid low or overstuffed furniture. To increase your comfort, use a cushion or pillow to raise your body while seated.       MORE….

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Hip Replacement Exercises | Natural Health Care Tips

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Rehabilitation immediately after a hip replacement is normally straightforward but it is important to be conscious of the priorities at each stage of the operation and recovery for the best outcome. For the reason that an osteoarthritis hip is painful this has a series of knock-on effects.

Lying on your back with One leg extended out along the mat along with the other leg extended into the air at 90 degrees. Stabilize the pelvis by enabling the tailbone to anchor into the mat generating a smaller arch in the lower back, then just draw the mid part of the ribcage down to engage the abdominals.

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42 and hip replacement due,any tips on recovery gadgets for the house post op? – Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers

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–Put up hand railings on both sides of all our stairs. (They previously had only a railing on one side)

–Installed a taller toilet fixture in one bathroom (since then, we have equipped a second bath with another tall fixture as we now prefer it to the squatty kind)

–purchased a set of handles that mounted under the toilet seat (this was left there for 2 years!)

–purchased a showerhead on a long hose so I could shower seated or without bending over too far. We like this better than the regular fixed showerhead so it’s still there!

As for “gadgets” I found these things very helpful. I couldn’t get dressed or undressed without my:

–dressing stick

–sock helper

–long-handled shoe horn

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Hip Replacement Surgery: Procedure and Recovery

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  Total joint replacement involves surgery to replace the ends of both bones in a damaged joint to create new joint surfaces.

Total hip replacement surgery replaces the upper end of the thighbone (femur) with a metal ball and resurfaces the hip socket in the pelvic bone with a metal shell and plastic liner.

Total hip replacement surgery replaces damaged cartilage with new joint material in a step-by-step process.

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Tips For Recovering From Total Hip Replacement

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After your total hip replacement surgery using the anterior approach, expect to stay in the hospital for at least 2 to 3 days. You will likely be in moderate pain for about a couple of weeks when walking after the surgery but you will receive medication if you need it. You can shower with your stitches because they have a protective film on it. They will eventually get absorbed into the skin tissue. Using a v-shaped pillow while you’re lying down will help keep the new hip aligned and reduce strain. Walking and light mobility are very important to your continued recovery and will begin either the day of or the day after your surgery. With the anterior approach you won’t need to do any physical therapy. You won’t have any restrictions on movements either.

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