Running on new hip

Hi fredrunner, like you I was a jogger and did high impact aeorobics but last year my hip just "failed" out of the blue although it was a good few months before anyone realised it was not my back but my hip. I got a new hip nearly 8 weeks ago. I am very tall and don't think this had helped at all. Anyway you will NOT be allowed to do running, jogging or any high impacft sport ever again. You can google it and will tell you what you can and cant do but sadly I will never again jog or do any zumba or high impact sports again.. Apparently I had hip dysplasia, a condition I did not know I had.

Running effectively puts around 10 times your body weight through your hip on heel strike. This would wear out your new hip when it is supposed to ,in the case of ceramic hips, last 25+ years. Now the way the nhs is going, it wouldn't surprise me if the powers that be, would refuse to do a revision if you had been doing high impact exercise. Just a thought.

Hi Judi, you know, I am now beginning to think it was my healthy lifestyle that led me to needing a new hip at a young age. I am a bit bemused as to whether I need to walk every day for the rest of my life for at least two miles or when do I NOT need to walk every day to improve my my hip strength. My old grannies and great aunties never walked the length of themselves although they had hard lives, they never had gyms in those days and not one of them needed any knew limbs...... they live in their 80s. My Aunt Bette is 84 and is as fit as a fiddle...should I maybe not be as super active???

Hi, over here in france, people still ski with hip replacements and knee replacements and so e have had both and are in there 60,s I would speak to your consultant, I am waiting to go and have HR and my specialist said I will skii better than before!!!!!! Which is not difficult. My son skied with the rods and screws still in.

Hope you feel better soon.

Just put on the waiting list last week but hip feels quite good today so working hard in the gym

Hi,

I too enjoyed jogging until I was knocked off my pushbike by a car (not my fault).

One of the first things the consultant said, was that my running days were over.

The ball part of the joint on my femur had been smashed through the socket part of the hip. leaving multiple fractures in the hip. Long story short is I had to have full hip joint replacement with some repair work at

back of the pelvis. Apparently cycling is ok and low impact gym work.

I did read an article somewhere on the web about a guy running marathons on a double hip replacement,

but suspect this is not the norm.

Anyway it is just over two weeks since my hip replacement, and like most people sleeping through the night is the biggest problem. My knee on the same leg is stiff as well because I had a pin inserted just above the joint on the day of the accident. And was in traction for 8 days before the actual hip replacement surgery.

Glad I found this site. Hello to all fellow sufferers - good luck with our recovery.

Tom.

I am 8 and 1/2 weeks, stepper,cross trainer, treadmill walk bike in gym, 2-4 mile walks and a little running. Intend to play cricket next season if the other hip holds out.

Hi, I am 48 yrs old, runner and had my L hip 2.5 weeks fully replaced with a ceramic on ceramic hip joint. I had 26 yrs aga a motorbike accident in wich I broke my R femer. They set it way to short. This impacted the L leg more (running, cycling, skiing,climbing). The hip op was a blast. 2 nights in  the hospital, now home walking witout aid indoors. Do light squats, leg raises with band resistance, treatmill walking, elliptical and stationbike. I am off painkillers. The hip only gets a bit swolen after excercise, which I treat with ice. Its just amazing what they can do nowadays. I really heva to hold back. I will try to get back to running. Life is just to short to take it easy! There are enough exampels of people doing high milage on a (ceramic) hip replacement.

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I have had pain over both my hips at the back since I was 25 but have continued to run regularly having been told it was ligaments. The pain got worse and worse over the years and when I found it was keeping me awake and my hips were clicking and jolting I had a bone scan. Having thought I had bone cancer I was delighted to hear I had advanced arthritis of my left hip. When I saw a specialist surgeon he told me I had borderline hip dysplasia. I had a ceramic on ceramic titanium total joint replacement with a large femoral head. I was in hospital 1 night and back to work after 3 weeks on no pain killers. Unfortunately my right hip then suddenly detetiorated as well and I am now 5 weeks after another simliar joint replacement. I was walking without support the day after surgery, driving my car after a week and back to full time work in an office after 14 days. I have started running again and have no pain. I run slowly with my feet close to the ground and have been running on the beach a few times as well where there is less impact. I am lucky that I am small and light and cant believe that this can be a problem if people are Ok to ski with the new joints

Hi

I had a lateral approach. I am 52yrs old

Spoke with another surgeon whom I met socially recently - he said that he didnt think that running losens the implant- the concern is with the joint surface. I reckon if they can put this ceramic joint surface compound in formula 1 cars I can run on it - fairly slowly for up to 30 mins 2-3 times per week

regards

julia