Category Archives: Athletes Hip Resurfacing Stories
Maria Gavriilidi’s ReCerf COC Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet 2024
February 10, 2024
I’ll have the right hip resurfacing operation in two weeks, with COC ReCerf prosthesis, with Dr. Koen De Smet, in Belgium. I am a woman, 52yrs, and sports lover.
November 14, 2024
9 months post op- right hip resurfacing CoC- 52yrs female- sports’ lover and still in action! “ SwimrRun Hydra 2/11”. Always positive!!!
June 10, 2025
Hip Resurfacing is a Life Changer! 23/02/2024 Right COC Dr De Smet Belgium. 07/06/2025 SwimRun
Ed’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Rankin 2011 and Dr. Thomas 2012
April 26, 2025
Hey everyone. I hope all are well. I was reflecting on the early days of my surgery and came back to this site to let everyone know that I am still racing. Fourteen years post op and things are going well, back to running a 9/Min Mile half marathon. Please keep advocating for the procedure that will allow you to stay as active as you want. God Bless
April 2018 Update
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Jannes Vercaemst Bilateral Hip Resurfacing Patient ISKA World Champion 2024
Jannes Vercaemst Bilateral MOM hip resurfacing ISKA WORLD CHAMPION- 70kg !! Dr. De Smet patient.
ISKA WORLD CHAMP -70kg.
15 years I’ve been dreaming of a title like this.
Blood, sweat and tears.
Major hip surgeries, people saying I was done, and that I was crazy to think otherwise.
Losses, self doubt, being insecure,… but i always kept moving forward and kept hanging in there.
This one hits different. It symbolises that, as long as
Bart’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet
CONGRATULATIONS to Bart !! A “Marathon Des Sables” finisher in 2024, with bilateral MOM hip resurfacing
One Year Anniversary for Bilateral ReCerf by Dr. De Smet 2024
1 year bilateral COC ReCerf hip resurfacing on this amazing 58 year old lady!
Robert Rokoszak ReCerf Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet 2024
7 months to the day, post operation CoC (ReCerf) of my left hip with Dr. De Smet.
Couldn’t be more happier. Life is beautiful again!
Thank you Dr. De Smet!!
42 Year Old Female Receives H1 Ceramic on Ceramic Implant 2021
Forty-Two-Year Old Female Patient with Dysplastic Hip. Courtesy of Dr. Justin P Cobb, Imperial College London
42 years old underwater photographer and ex-dancer. Painful left hip with strong pain in flexion and internal rotation of the hip, a dysplastic hip with superior and anterior subluxation and joint space loss.
Implanted H1® Ceramic Hip Resurfacing, 46 mm head.
3 years post-op follow-up: acetabular interface is mature and both the femoral neck and periprosthetic pelvic bone is … Read the rest
Mark Smith’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet 2023
I’ve great personal news to share. 6 1/2 Months PO, weather cooperating, fantastic night ride on a local mountain biking flow trail. De Smet, Adept MoM, Dec 8, 2023. Thank you Koen!
April 26, 2023
Twenty weeks post op today and doing even better than expected. I’m exercising about five days a week including enjoying mountain biking, stationary biking, ice hockey, slide boarding (ice skating simulator), and a significant amount of walking. Can easily walk … Read the rest
Teenage Basketball Player Receives a Hip Resurfacing From Dr. Pritchett 2023
Aug 17, 2023
Sometimes a picture or even a video is not worth a thousand words or even a few sentences. Just the same, patient’s reports about their surgical experience represent the missing link for patients making the difficult decision about whether to have surgery or the procedure to select. Hearing from patients in their own words is the most powerful way to learn. There is a difference between getting better and getting well. An
Guillermo Spinelli’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Domb 2023
I share my personal experience of the recovery process from hip osteoarthritis with the Birmingham hip resurfacing operation performed by Dr. Domb at the American Hip Institute in Chicago, USA.
Steve Arms Hip Resurfacing 2020 Update
It has been a while but since undergoing my 2nd hip resurfacing in 2020 the results have been just as stellar although a longer road to full recovery.
Chris Affinati’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Domb 2023
“Hi, my name is Chris Affinati. I graduated from Sacred Heart University, where I played Division I NCAA Hockey. I played 18 years of professional hockey. When I first noticed my hips, it was in 2002. I was playing for Sacred Heart University, my hips were very stiff, a lot of weakness, a lot of pain.
I think it was 2019, my hips started to get really bad, to the point where I had zero
Patrick Kane, Hockey Star, Hip Resurfacing Story
Patrick Kane, hockey star, has received a hip resurfacing. An article about his career and hip resurfacing is available here:
Dr. Domb from the American Hip Institute in Illinois discusses hip resurfacing in the article:
“Dr. Benjamin Domb, founder and medical director of the American Hip Institute in Illinois, said hip resurfacing is an uncommon procedure in general, and even less common in athletes. But he cited tennis star Andy Murray as a success … Read the rest
Ernie’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet 2021
January 22, 2021
Well there are 3 of us from North America that have now become Surface Hippies. Hipmon [British Columbia], Jason [Colorado], and myself from [Ontario, Canada]. There are also over 20 Swedish people here for Hip Resurfacing. Jason and I are already back at the Hotel but Hipmom is still in the hospital because she had both hips resurfaced.
It was quite the experience from my perspective. I was scheduled for surgery on … Read the rest
Bobby Hillier Bilateral Hip Resurfacing 2006/2009
I’m 57, Father of (3) three sons, and have always played sports my entire life. I started having hip pain around 1996 & continued to suffer from left hip pain until December of 2006 (hello BHR left hip). I’m a dual BHR recipient (2006 / 2009). I’ve had wonderful success and enjoyed an active lifestyle since the surgery.
At the time, my left hip was far worst than my right hip, so I waited until … Read the rest
Juan Carlos Bermejo Sanchez Hip Resurfacing 2023
Hip resurfacing. Resurfacing at age 50 (with English subtitles)
Sharing my personal experience of the last few months suffering from bone necrosis of the hip, as well as what is referred to as a surface prosthesis operation on the right hip at the age of 50 and with osteoporosis. Due to the avascular necrosis of the right femoral head that I have suffered since June 2021 and seeing that, after many treatments, everything remains the
Paul Gardiner Hip Resurfacing 2022
February 16, 2023
Three months on with my LH Bi laterial Birmingham.Been progressing well, doing heaps of indoor cycling. Went out in the weekend and did 55km on a tough gravel ride and post the ride I feel like I’ve gone backwards with recovery and a bit sore.
Doctor said my hip was “grumpy” from the too much.
March 6, 2023
Completed the double BHR today on my right side.
Had the first one done
3 Year Update Mary Ellen Loranger Hip Resurfacing Dr. Mont 2020
Mary Ellen Loranger original story here
https://surfacehippy.info/3-year-update-mary-ellen-loranger-hip-resurfacing-dr-mont-2020/
May 24, 2023
See the scar??? This came up on my FB memories and thought I’d share!! Last year at this time I did a Figure Competition at the age of 53- my surgery was in 2020!! This required me squatting and deadlifting and lunging and using the leg press with HEAVY loads!! I remember when I first started… I thought to myself: I will never be able