Hip resurfacing for athletes

[Pat Walter]

Posted at: 02/13/2012
By: Robin De Wind
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Older athletes are staying more active in their adult years, even after their playing days are done. A procedure that allows you to play without pain is gaining in popularity...

You would never know by watching him, but Doug Hendee used to have severe pain in his right hip...

Hendee found Dr. Christopher Drinkwater, an orthopedic surgeon at the Evarts Joint Center at Highland Hospital. He specializes in a relatively new procedure called hip resurfacing...

During hip resurfacing, only the damaged part of the head of the femur is removed and replaced with a metal cap while replacing the hip socket with a metal cup.

...Doug Hendee, he is a tri-athlete, teaches spinning four days a week, play lacrosse and works out, pain free...

There are no long term results on hip resurfacing, but it appears it can last 10 to 14 years...