“Hip replacements were once reserved for the elderly, so younger adults with hips damaged by arthritis or past injury were told to wait to undergo replacement surgery until they were very old,” he says. “Baby boomers today, however, have higher expectations, and don’t want to let a damaged hip slow them down. They want to get back on the ski slopes, back on the jogging track and back to an active life.”
via Boomers: It’s not your Grandma’s hip replacement surgery.
Hip AdvocateJodi is a DOUBLE HIPster with a “Zimmer” in her left hip and ceramic in her right. Bionic woman of the 21st century, Jodi has used both THR approaches – the left hip was the posterior cutting through the muscle (ouch) and in the right hip almost three years later, she used the anterior approach, which is a weaving through the muscles and ligaments.
Jodi is also the creator and founder of http://www.SingleParentSource.com and www.makinglemonade.com – and author of a Guidebook for Single Parents after divorce (Making Lemonade – the book).
She has been spotlighted for her work with single parents in many on and offline publications; all inspired by being the single mother of SAM, who is now 21 <insert GULP here>
In her new HIPster status, Jodi wants to help people through this process (and initiation) because it was SO powerful for her! She is there for YOU to take you through all the stages of having your hip replaced….from research, speaking to Doctors, planning the surgery, going through the pre-op and post op process, preparing your home and post-surgery care-taking, and planning your hipster party to say good-bye to your original hip and hello to your bionic self!
This is a journey, and there is loss to grieve – but there is also an initiation and celebration into a new, more bionic lifestyle. Traveling through airports will never be the same again either!!!!
And, there is no need to go through this alone, when you can have an advocate! 🙂
It is important to have a HIP Buddy. A HIP Buddy is someone who is there for you during and after your Hip Replacement….someone you can count on to be there for you.
When a human being starts growing, his body builds up a propensity to come up with diverse heath complications. These health problems gradually weaken the functions of the body parts. One such harmful disease is arthritis which is considered to one of the painful health complications arising in the human body. Arthritis results in pain in the joints and the aftereffects usher on the hip and knee joints. As a result, people find difficult to move their hips flexibly since they experience a kind of stiffness in the joints. To tackle with such health complications, the hip replacement surgery can be a good option. The two types of surgeries that arthritis patients usually opt for are posterior hip replacement and anterior hip replacement.
via Hip Replacement – The Ultimate Remedy for Arthritic Inmates – Health.
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….
A recent trend in hip replacement surgery has been to perform the surgical procedure through smaller, less-invasive approaches. The idea of this trend is to perform the same procedure with less disruption to the surrounding muscles and soft-tissues. By performing surgery through smaller incisions, with less soft-tissue dissection, it is hoped that patients will have less pain and a faster recovery.
via Anterior Approach Hip Replacement Surgery | Minimally Invasive Anterior Hip Replacement.
According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the most common reason for joint replacement is pain and a decreased quality of life … often caused by osteoarthritis, which occurs when cartilage in your joints wears down over time.
Recent advances in surgical techniques, such as computer-assisted and minimally-invasive procedures, have allowed patients to recover quickly and experience reduced levels of pain. This may account for the increase in the number of joint replacements — the demand for total hip replacements has increased by an astounding 60 percent and for total knee replacements by 70 percent in a 10-year period. Doctors performed 543,000 total knee replacements and 230,000 total hip replacements in 2007 (CDC).
In the past, doctors reserved hip replacement surgery primarily for people over 60 years of age. The thinking was that older people typically are less active and put less stress on the artificial hip than do younger people. In more recent years, however, doctors have found that hip replacement surgery can be very successful in younger people as well. New technology has improved the artificial parts, allowing them to withstand more stress and strain and last longer.
Hip replacement surgery is performed over 300,000 times each year in the U.S. to repair severe hip damage. In a hip replacement, the surgeon removes degenerate cartilage and bone from the hip joint and replaces them with prosthetics. This surgery is used to accomplish long-term pain relief and increased mobility.
via Hip Replacement Surgery, Implants, Options, Information | BoneSmart | BoneSmart.
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