Who did/will be doing Sports that are not on the absolutely approved list?

I will settle for gentle hikes for I am too afraid to push it too far.  

Dawn

Well, I guess I would also like to be able to ride a bicycle with my girls.  

My surgeon said I'd be able to do all the sports and activities I have enjoyed up until now - social tennis, walking/hikes, cycling, yoga, Pilates, gardening - although he did say if I wanted to take up parachute jumping we may need to have a conversation 

A neighbour (probablyin his early 40s - I'm 48yr old female) is having both hips replaced this autumn/winter and he's planning on being able to ski at the end of the European season in March (he works on the ski industry).

 

Hi..

I was a keen sportsman..serious squash player til age 45 when post match hip pain became too much..

Then took up MTBing which never troubled me til age 60,when I had to stop..

Then took up walking 6-12 mls twice a week..

Eventually became unable to even walk 2mls which forced me into my THR aged 64.

Now need the other hip doing..

I would say if your youngish and have some basic fitness already,then nowt wrong with any of the sports you mention..apart from MTBing,which in the event of a bad fall could prove disastrous..You would probably be ok and green lanes and cycle ways though..A mate of mine who's only 55 is able to ski and cycle only 6mnths after his BLTHP.

When I get my other hip done early next year I fully intend getting back on the bike..it's really frustrating not being able to do the things you could do only a few years before.

Hope you get back to full fitness.

i live n the french alps and here the surgeon said i would be able to ski this season I am 64 lady, I have friends here that ski climb and mountain hike all with hip replacements. Hope he is right

Not me!  Just trying to prevent going under the knife a second time...stick to swimming and walking/hiking and watch tv

Would it not stand to reason that one could go back to the very activities one is already conditioned to do?  Barring all complications, a hip joing replacement is supposed to take the place of the orginal hip.  Would it not have the same use as the natural hip only better with no pain?

The Doc told  me basically easy/intermediate level (with skill) is fine for most sports exceppt contact sports but that is what he's supposed to say and will leave the rest up to me as I seemed to understand the risks (dislocation/fracture/loosening).

I spent the year before surgery trying to get better at the sports I do but also trying to assess whether I could do them safer (smoother/slower). I don't do any of them at a level that most people would consider easy/intermediate.

I can to the conclusion that :

#1- I need to be fit all the time and continue do leg, hip and knee exercises and strectching (which I suck at) until the day I die, if I want to get away with any resemblance of my old life.

#2- the bone has to heal before I put it to the true tests. So while I'll do some things prior to 1 year they'll not be really tough level. The problem is that once you start doing that activity is pulling back so we'll see if I can stick with this one.

#3 Doc/I aren't worried about dislocation (without huge reason) so fracture is the other accident- this means consciously not trying to get "better" at expert level features of my sports anymore and just looking for the steadystate.

#4 Thinking/Hoping that I can get 15 yrs on this hip while still doing my activities and then deal with what comes at me, and the potentially reduced activity, when I'm 67. Somewhere in there is the hope that revisions will be easier/better by then. 

As my Doc said, only I can figure out my quality of life. I don't intend to be stupid but I also am not the hang around the house on the weekend type. Doing enough of that right now to know I feel like I'm just clicking time away versus living it BUT that is become I'm currently programmed to be outdoors and active. So maybe somewhere along the line I'll change. I'd be ending up with a whole new life and set of friends/acquaintances though.

Hi - a little over four weeks post-op on my total right hip replacement. I was a runner for over 30 years, so running is probably out of the question. But I am hoping to be able to play tennis, ski, and cycle eventually. I was a long distance touring cyclist, having cycled across the U.S., Europe, and parts of Africa and Asia. Was contemplating a ride around the perimeter of the U.S. as a fundraiser for Save the Children and Habitat For Humanity. So I'm waiting to see if this will at all be possible. I will be heartily disappointed if I can't return to these activties. When you have led an active lifestyle, it is so hard to just not be active!