BHR Jan. 26, 2009 Dr. Jinnah I turned 53 five weeks after having my surgery on 1/26/09. For several years I suffered with hip pain that continued to get progressively worse each year. I have always been very active. I was an athlete in college and I have continued to stay involved with recreational sports…
Continue reading →Bi-lateral 2000 and 2009 Dr. O’Dwyer I have had both hips BHR, my left in 2000 and my right 7 wks. ago. I am an ex national standard triathlete now working as fulltime swimming coach. I returned to a very active lifestyle after my first BHR running daily. I returned to work at 3 wks.…
Continue reading →RBHR February 9, 2009 Dr. Jinnah I am a 53 year old male. In September, 2007 I thought I pulled my groin playing tennis, Nine months later with a deteriorating condition, increasing pain and decreasing mobility, an MRI showed my right hip was shot. My local orthopedist recommended a total hip replacement. I was devastated.…
Continue reading →Right Wright C+ April 9, 2009 Dr. Mont I am a semi-pro athlete(ski racing) who received a right hip resurfacing with Dr Mont on April 9, 2009. I am a pilot and opted for the anterior lat approach with Dr. Mont due to the incision and trauma not being on the "sitting areas." All of…
Continue reading →BHR Dr. Rector 2009 I live in a somewhat small town. I went to a surgeon here in town that did my mom’s THR. He took x-rays and told me what my problem was (I had been suffering with the pain 3 years prior). Finally getting a doctor to tell me what was wrong was…
Continue reading →Mitch Per Min-Hip Mr. Field November 2009 I am 59, and the op was Nov. 09 We had a lot of snow and ice here after my op and in the UK we are not very well geared up for clearing the pavements so I couldn’t walk much outside. I think that might have kept…
Continue reading →Bilateral – 2/2/09 (R) 2/4/09 (L) Biomet ReCap/Magnum Uncemented Dr. Gross February 25, 2009 I was not able to find anyone in Atlanta with a good track record doing resurfacings — so a very big "Thank You" to SurfaceHippy.info and the fellow surface hippies on this site. I started having unbearable pain around November of…
Continue reading →Bi-lateral 2008 – Dr. Bertin 2009 – Dr. Hickman My name is Mark. I had the Birmingham Hip device put in the right hip in January 2008 at age 51 by Dr. Bertin in Salt Lake City. The left hip was done (with the Birmingham device) in November 2009 when I was 53 by Dr.…
Continue reading →Dr. Jinnah 2009 – 2012 Larry’s Original Blog Part 1 and Part 2I was referred to this site by a fellow hippy, Max Garner of Troy,NC. We talked today on the phone for about an hour. I’d heard that he had the resurfacing done and decided to call him. He said it was interesting that…
Continue reading →March 10, 2009 Dr. Kreuzer In March 2009 hip pain had significantly negatively impacted my life. Performing basic daily functions became extremely difficult. On March 10, 2009, I had hip resurfacing surgery performed by Dr. Kreuzer at Memorial Herman, Memorial City Hospital in Houston Texas. The surgery was remarkably "un-remarkable." My recovery has been quick…
Continue reading →June 22, 2009 LBHR Dr. Feldman My name is Stan Weinstein. I am an active 63 year old retiree. I taught Math and Computer Science at a high school in NYC for 34 years. My surgery took place on June 22, 2009 at Holy Name Hospital in New Jersey. My surgeon was Dr. David Feldman…
Continue reading →RBHR March 2007 Dr. Malhan Flying down thousands of miles to India to get my Hip Resurfacing surgery done by Dr. Kaushal Malhan at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai has indubitably been one of the choicest decisions I have made in my life. It all started about thirty years ago when I fell down while playing…
Continue reading →Bilateral Hip Resurfacing LBHR & RBHR April 2008 with Dr. Su As a television medical correspondent for decades on shows like Today, Dateline and the CBS evening News and author of 12 books on consumer medicine, I have to admit it. I have never faced a more vexing decision than that choosing between a total…
Continue reading →During my several years of learning and reading about hip resurfacing, I have heard of two people having dislocations. There may be more, but I only know if people post their dislocation on the various discussion boards I belong to. One young man was doing an exercise bringing his knee to his chest. His leg…
Continue reading →Updated 2/22/2013 Psoas tendonitis is typically from over working or an overactive hip flexor (which the psoas muscles are part of). To avoid this, it is important to limit the amount of hip flexor strengthening early on in the rehabilitation process. I don’t do any hip flexor strengthening with my patients untill 6-8 weeks post…
Continue reading →Updated 10/2/2014 Read Full Report by clicking here 2012 ANNUAL REPORT Demographics There have been 14,901 total resurfacing procedures reported to the Registry, an additional 603 procedures, compared to the last report. The use of resurfacing hip replacement in Australia continues to decline. The number of procedures reported in 2011 was 39.7% less than in…
Continue reading →Updated 1/5/2010 The Influence of Head Size and Sex on the Outcome of Birmingham Hip Resurfacing READ ORIGINAL STUDY BY CLICKING HERE The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2010 Callum W. McBryde, MD, FRCS(Tr&Orth)1, Kanthan Theivendran, MRCS1, Andrew M.C. Thomas, FRCS1, Ronan B.C. Treacy, FRCS(Tr&Orth)1 and Paul B. Pynsent, PhD1 1 Research and…
Continue reading →RBHR with Dr. De Smet 1/11/06 How Very Strange This Universe Works January 31, 2006 – how very strange this universe works… I am recently back from Belgium with a brand new right hip (De Smet, Jan.11/06). So far, life "on the other side" (as Alan called it once!) has been great. Slow and steady,…
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