My 10 Year Story (in 1,400 words) Hips Turning Bad My hips started turning bad in 2014, around my 54th birthday. At the time I was jogging 5 times per week and felt increasingly sore. Even before, I had experienced some loss of lateral flexibility and my steps had been … Continue reading →
March 15, 2025 was the 19 year anniversary of receiving my BHR Birmingham Hip Resurfacing from Dr. De Smet in Belgium in 2006. It has always worked well and continues to be perfect.
Continue reading →Read Elizebeth’s Original Hip Resurfacing Story with Dr. Pritchett by clicking here: https://surfacehippy.info/elizabeths-hip-resurfacing-dr-pritchett-2016/ March 4, 2021 I finally went bilateral and had my left hip resurfaced with Dr. Pritchett this past Monday, March 1. Yay! I was bone on bone. It had been five years since my right hip was … Continue reading →
July 25, 2024 I had my hip resurfacing done Tuesday at Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital by Dr John McLaughlin. Surgery went smoothly. Home Wednesday. Feeling pretty good but tired. Note I’m a 65 year old male. Still active, and able to do HIIT (with modifications) and running (with walk breaks) before … Continue reading →
I am writing to say that I would also like to share my story. I am a female, double BHR Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Device with Dr. Brooks at Cleveland Clinic. I had 5 year and 10 year post-surgical follow ups/x-rays at Cleveland Clinic (surgeries were 11/2013 and 03/2014). I had … Continue reading →
Ceramic on Ceramic Resurfacing in Belgium. 2024 (ReCerf)5’4” / 51y living in the US Thank you to all those who helped me along the way. Thank you Pat for this site! My first symptoms began in 2002 (28y) when I tore my Labrum and fell to the floor in a … Continue reading →
CONGRATULATIONS to Bart !! A “Marathon Des Sables” finisher in 2024, with bilateral MOM hip resurfacing Continue reading →
1 year bilateral COC ReCerf hip resurfacing on this amazing 58 year old lady! Continue reading →
January 12, 2024 Booked in for bilateral CoC on 5 March in Brisbane with Dr Weinrauch. Feeling a little apprehensive about getting both hips done at once but surgeon said lefty is also too far gone for arthroscopy to be beneficial. So my choices were either keep getting steroid injections … Continue reading →
** March 15, 2025 will be my 19 year Anniversary ** of receiving my BHR Birmingham Hip Resurfacing from Dr. De Smet in Belgium in 2006. During these years, I’ve carefully tracked hip resurfacing outcomes and patient experiences. What I find most encouraging is that 73% of hip resurfacing patients … Continue reading →
Thomas celebrates his 5 year anniversary of his hip resurfacing January 21, 2020.
Thomas Philippi Hip Resurfacing with Dr. De Smet January 21, 2020
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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!!http://surfacehippy.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/robert-rokoszak-desmet-2024-final.mp4 Continue reading →
There are 2200+ Personal Hip Resurfacing Stories from Surface Hippies featured. Patients tell their stories about why they chose hip resurfacing, their surgeon, their pre op and post op experiences. They describe their recoveries and how they returned to an active, pain free lives. The Surface Hippy Stories are categorized … Continue reading →
January 22, 2011 I am almost 2 weeks post op and I can’t believe it. I arrived home one week ago (Saturday, Jan.15). I would say that the first week after surgery is probably the worst part. I was never in any real bad pain, only stiffness and soreness like … Continue reading →
July 26, 2918 I would have to say that at least subjectively I’m doing well. The surgery began with anesthesia at 10AM and I was discharged at 6PM that evening after having been put through my paces with PT and OT who had me do a short lap around the … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →