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11 Year Update Steve’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Su 2008

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Read Steve’s Original Hip Resurfacing Story Here:  https://surfacehippy.info/steve-lee-hip-resurfacing-dr-su-2008/ 11 year anniversary today with left BHR – Birmingham Hip Resurfacing.  Happy with the device. I’ve been active skiing, racquetball, hunting and fishing. -1 month post op with right BHR – Birmingham Hip Resurfacing.  The right hip is not as bad as the left hip was, but it is bone on bone and I know better so I’m proceeding with the hip surgery earlier. Looking forward to relieving that chronic ache and getting a new right hip resurfacing device for activities.… Read the rest

Steve Arms Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Rector 2018

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I had my left hip resurfaced by Dr. Rector on July 24, 2018. I am from San Diego and a lifelong surfer, tennis player, and yoga enthusiast. I first started to experience severe hip pain back in 2011. By the end of 2017 I could barely walk a half mile or sit on my surfboard while waiting for a wave to catch. The pain had become impossible to tolerate for my active lifestyle.

Steve Arms 2019 surfing at 4 months post op

Steve Surfing at 4 months post op

During the summer of 2017 I visited one of the only local surgeons with experience in hip re-surfacing. He told me I was not a resurfacing candidate for several reasons that didn’t make any sense. They were not any of the reasons that I had … Read the rest

12 Year Update Tom Dolan’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Rubinstein 2007

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Tom Dolan 12 Year Hip Resurfacing Anniversary

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It has been so long since I reached out to say hi and I apologize for that. Once you get your life back you tend to jump in full blast and not look back. I hung around the surface hippy site for a few years but when the notes became so negative I had to back off. It wasn’t syncing with what was going on in my life post-surgery. I just saw Dr. Rubinstein last week and I thought about you and wondered how you were doing. I am writing to do just that.

I hope all is still well with you and the family. I started playing hockey 6 months after surgery and continue to play to this day … Read the rest

18 Month Update Taj’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet 2016

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September 13, 2018  –  I’m happy to report that I LOVE my new hip. I had follow-up xrays which shoed everything looking good, and my non-op hip in perfect shape, as well.

Last year I decided to try racing (I’ve been rowing for 9 years, but not racing, and the pain was unbearable by the end). I’m happy to report that at the end of this month I am going to FISA Worlds in Florida to race SIX times in three days. Kind of crazy.

I still have trouble with my glute medius, which has been down and out for over a decade, but with PT, strength training, and dry needling, it’s coming back. That piece just takes time.

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David’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Pritchett 2018

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Back to playing Hockey after Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Pritchett.

I was 48 when I received the very surprising diagnosis of arthritis in my left hip. My pain wasn’t that bad at the time so I really didn’t think it was as bad as they said. The first words I heard after my initial X-Ray were “You need a Total Hip Replacement! I was stunned. I thought I had a strained tendon or a torn labrum, arthritis wasn’t even on my radar. One Dr. rated the damage an 8 out of 10! I was in denial and didn’t want to believe it.

After this initial visit I spent about a year going to different surgeons and doing research looking for something other than a Total … Read the rest

10 Year and 2 Month Update John C’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Gross 2008

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Last week was the 10 year anniversary on my left hip, and this week I hit the 2 month mark on the right.
All the old timers on here have heard my story too many times, so they can feel free to skip this, but for any newbies on the site, here is my story.

I am a sports instructor year round, teaching high level skiing all day every day all winter, and teaching windsurfing during the summers, with lots of surfing and tennis thrown in. Dr Gross said at the time that I would be a good case study to see how the new hip would hold up. My hip from 10 years ago has worked out … Read the rest

Kiteboarding 6 Months Post Op HR by Dr. Fowble 2017

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I have compiled video clips in chronological order, over a period of 6 months, from the day of surgery, my recovery, rehab and physical therapy activities, to my return to kiteboarding. I had severe arthritis in my left hip. I chose to have Hip Resurfacing over Total Hip Replacement so I could return to a high level of activity as opposed to the limited activity I would have had with Total Hip Replacement. Vincent Fowble, M.D. of the Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute performed the surgery at Jupiter Medical Center.… Read the rest

PE’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Su 2016

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July 31 , 2016

Just had bilateral resurfacing with Dr. Su. I too was forced out of the butterfly after about 40 years playing, and became more of a Phil Esposito. I went in for surgery on a Thursday came out Saturday and was hobbling around my house on Sunday without my crutches. I’m 50 and the Same basic size as you. You should consider bilateral. I will post as I get deeper into the recovery and hit some milestones, for now totally pumped with where I am 3 days after surgery.

August 20, 2016

I started having pain in my hips in 2013 and by the spring of 2016 it was keeping me up at night, I was limping through goal tending, and struggling … Read the rest

5 Year Update Larry’s HR with Dr. Anderson 2007/2012

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April 29, 2017  – This thread is to update my progress after five years on my second hip.  I am now going on 71 years and will be taking the National Ski Patrol classes this summer and plan to be an active Patroller this winter at the ski areas in the Midwest that are near me.  I have enjoyed cross country ski races of 25K, biking of over 100K in a day and also downhill skiing through the trees.  I must say that one major help to me has been my participation in weekly YOGA classes.  I started shortly after my first hip was done and am continuing with my 2 – 4 times a week.  I also do strength … Read the rest

Ron A’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Rogerson 2006

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Since his left BHR hip resurfacing procedure Ron has not skipped a beat!

Scuba diving, tai chi, road biking, and downhill skiing are all activities that he is back out enjoying pain-free.

What is Hip Resurfacing - a bone conserving alternative to total hip replacement

 

“Since undertaking my hip resurfacing surgery, I have participated in more than 200 scuba dives in all kinds of conditions and locations, and attained a PADI Divemaster rating through extensive training and testing.

I have ridden my road bicycle thousands of miles, and completed 100 kilometer and 100 mile rides for charities. I do tai chi, and just returned from a downhill skiing vacation at Grand Targhee in Wyoming.

At age 59, I am considering having Dr. Rogerson resurface all of my joints, so that they work as well and as painlessly … Read the rest

5 Year Anniversary for Sean’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Gross 2011

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February 7, 2016

I have been a less frequent visitor to this site – mostly because my hip is no longer a problem and I am busy enjoying life!

I had my left hip resurfaced by Dr. Gross back in February of 2011.

My story – condensed version. My hip began to *barely* hurt in my late 20s / early 30s. It was a nuisance but not a problem. By my mid 30s it was clearly a problem and I had to stop a lot of activites I enjoyed, but I just dealt with it and basically adapted to my limitations. It happened so slowly that I really didn’t realize how limited I had become. By my late 30s I … Read the rest

Jim E’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Rogerson 2014

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Jim was told at age 43 that total hip replacement was his only option for pain relief and motion improvement. Luckily he found out about Dr. Rogerson and Birmingham hip resurfacing. Six months following his BHR Jim is back playing hockey, waterskiing, running and playing golf without any pain!

jim e Jim E's Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Rogerson 2014

“I was diagnosed with severe degenerative arthritis in my left hip in March 2014 at the age of 43. I had always led a very active lifestyle, playing a variety of sports with my favorites being ice hockey, golf, and slalom waterskiing. When I was first diagnosed by a local orthopedic surgeon, I was told that I would need a total hip replacement and that I would be limited in my activities post-op. Ice hockey and … Read the rest