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3 weeks ago today I had my left hip replaced. They sent me home the same day after having me up and walking around the hospital a few hours out of recovery, soon as I took a leak and they knew the plumbing was good I was out the door headed back home. Physical therapy started the next day. Yesterday I walked 2 miles with no assistance from a cane or walker, first time in several years I walked without a limp or pain. I can't believe how far they have come with this surgery. For reference 10 years ago I had my right hip replaced with a "Sports hip" "resurfacing" they called it. That one was supposed to be the latest greatest thing. But the wear surfaces with those are metal rubbing against metal, not good. That one wasn't aligned right, wore out prematurely and I had negative reactions to the metal particles that collected in the surrounding tissue, it short it was a clusterfuck of "Gray fluid in the whole area" and deterioration of tissue. 5 years ago that one was revised with a ceramic coated titanium ball with a plastic liner between the 2 parts, sound cheesy but that one has been great. Anyway for both of the two on the right side I was in the hospital for 3 days and the recovery was lengthy and a bitch. I cannot believe how far they have come with this procedure. Anyway don't know how many of you have dealt with getting new ball joints lol, but it's not as scary a procedure as it used to be. Hope to be back riding fairly soon, the bones have to grow into the implants and be solid before I start jarring them. Just thought I'd share my experience cause I know most old guys that ride dirt bikes are generally beat to shit and a lot will be going through the same thing someday. It's not as bad as it used to be so don't be miserable for too long before you pull the trigger.
Did you get the new one with the minimal incision or the one where the old style (through the glute) like I got?
Agreed that the surgery is not that bad. When I woke up and the nurse told me to get out of bed I thought she was crazy. It hurt less when I woke up than it did before.
You will be amazed at the difference. A new hip changed my life.
One piece of advice- do your rehab to the T. I am starting to have a lot of pain in my good hip, possibly because I didn't rehab the bad one enough.
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If you don't mind telling, how old are you guys? How old were you when you first got a replacement? I just turned 47 and I still feel great, but then again I've been motoing since I was about 10 and I figure it will catch up with me someday...
Thanks for the thread; Sumdood. Hope your recovery is quick.
I have only had a few rides on my new hip at age 50 1/2. I can honestly say I feel awesome, but I am not taking any big jumps as of yet. I am looking into hare scrambles! I have been riding since age 12 on an XR80.
He ripped me for getting the old style hip a year or two out from the new one being available. My hip is good, but I got a big ass scar (literally). It's kind of like having the last year of a carbureted bike, but I'll take it,. If I really cared that much about my skeleton I would be picking flowers not riding motocross.
This time I did all the exercises they gave me to do pre-surgery and it made this recovery a lot easier than the first two. Start powering ankle pumps, heal raises, hip flexor exercises, butt and thigh crunches, leg lifts etc. get your hip area as strong as you can before surgery it'll help. Good luck
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Once revised, I could not lift my leg laying on my back. I also have had pain in my groin ever since. Sitting was an issue for about 4 years, I felt like I was sitting in a 10 speed saddle after a 60 mi. ride with no prior riding.
That subsided and now I just feel like I’m sitting on small points, I live with it. My surgeon said I could have a procedure that would relieve the groin, Psoas muscle, but I was over it. It would have been the fourth surgery on that joint. I can’t move quickly if I’m tripping, it feels like I’m stabbed in the groin.
I just live with them for now. Get better, i know what you are going through.
That hits home about how different you feel on your bike now. Just getting on my bike is a hassle. I have to press my chest onto the gas tank (KTM 200) to be able to slide my leg over the seat. And no way to lift the leg in a turn. But, hey, at least I’m always standing while riding to avoid the blinding pain of femoroacetabular impingement. I’ll come out of this hell with better riding technique!
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