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Interesting report into the durability of total hip replacements

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RichardKen
RichardKen

Dear All

I've just come across a report that could be of special interest to anyone thinking of returning to high imlay sports following total hip replacement surgery. I found it generally quite interesting.

What I took from it was that it is rather too early to draw any definite conclusions but there is a likelihood that running could reduce the life of a prosthesis by about fifty per cent.

Google sports participation following total hip arthroplasty

Happy reading! Cheers, Richard

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  • philip20437
    philip20437 RichardKen

    Posted

    Hi Ken

    I have my LTHR next Thursday and my surgeon told me that after my recovery I can do anything except running so perhaps some truth in That, in fact I think it was marathons In my younger days that probably worn it out in the first place.

  • steven07363
    steven07363 RichardKen

    Posted

    Hi Richard,

    What exactly is imlay sports?  Thanks!

    Regards,

    Steve

    • RichardKen
      RichardKen steven07363

      Posted

      Dear Steven

      Sorry it was a typo for impact. Easily done on a phone keypad! Cheers Richard

    • steven07363
      steven07363 RichardKen

      Posted

      Whew, Richard!!  It means that bowling won’t be affected.  I have no plans to do that for sbout a year from now.

      Regards,

      Steven

  • steve86482
    steve86482 RichardKen

    Posted

    Thanks Richard. My Surgeon has been doing joint replacements for 45 years. He strongly suggested the only time I run if I an being chased but a charging Rhino. Then told me I couldn’t out run him. I just do a lot of walking.  If I need to get someplace fast, I drive. I believe part of my hip problem stems from my time in the Marine Corps and other crazy things I did many years ago. 
    • RichardKen
      RichardKen steve86482

      Posted

      Dear Steve

      I would tend to agree with him if one wants the hip to last as long as possible but for some that is not the most important consideration. It's a very personal choice of course but it is a choice where one has to be prepared to live with the consequences.

      For me it allowed me to continue being able to earn my living doing what I enjoyed doing and staying independent. I willingly gave up hang gliding and running but everything else I enjoyed doing I continued to do, much of it was pretty physical.

      Cheers, Richard

  • tom50748
    tom50748 RichardKen

    Posted

    Even the dumbest among us will realise that friction causes wear and impact can cause stress damage.  Given that a manufactured joint won't have the lubrication and repair facility of a natural one, the artificial joint must wear out eventually. 

    Since our natural joints failed us anyway, it's an indication that we weren't too bothered before up to the point of disability. So we can choose to conserve our new joint or not with our lifestyle choices just as we did with our old one.

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