Hello! Nice forum!
I found it from the yahoo surface hippies group.
I am 42 years old and was born with congenital dislocated hips.
I was treated with casts, braces and such but my right hip did not respond well to that and I needed extensive surgeries to make my hip work.
Unfortunatly my medical records from back then do not exist so I cannot find out what they did.
What ever it was they did , it worked and I was able to walk when I was 4 years old.
I never was able to walk perfectly and had leg lenght differences and issues with my knees from it too, but I was pain free, til a few years ago when my right hip started aching when I over did it.
Lately it has gotten pretty bad, too painful to walk too far or stand too long, and I am relying more and more on a cane to take the pressure off.
Unfortunately my "good" hip is now starting to have some pain, and my knees too.
I went to my doc, who said I probably need my right hip replaced! Bummer! He said I need to see a othopedic surgeon.
I set up an appointment for the end of this month for Dr. David Palmer at stillwater orthopedics.
I heard from someone that he has done over a hundred hip resurfacings so hopefully he can tell me if that would fix mine.
Has anyone here seen dr.Palmer for their hip problems?
My first choice was to make the 5 hour drive to see Dr Rogerson in madison wi because of his experience and reputation, but he was out of network for my state health plan.
thanks for your help
MT