hip replacement

[dryadlad]

Anyone had a hip replacement , and still climb ? I'm due for one in a few months due to impingement , doc recons it will be out of the question . Not climbing full time any more anyway but really would miss it ... plus i just bought a new rope at the arb show.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Good luck , sorry no experience.

[Wolfie]

Hi, yes i had a new hip last October, or rather a hip re-surfacing which i was advised as more suitable for someone young (40) and more active than your usual patient.

 

I'm back climbing with no problems but i don't climb very regularly as managing the business take up most of my time nowadays.

 

You can't drive for 6 weeks and don't expect to climb with 3 month, probably 4, and that's if you religiously do the physio that will be given to you.

 

It's a marvellous operation, i could barely walk 50 yards and on max dose Tramadol (which still wasn't doing anything).

Now, 8 months after the op, i'm climbing, swimming, walking as far as I like and no pain what so ever. I still have to regain some muscle lost around the hip and occasionally catch myself falling back into a limp when I walk but i'm very, very pleased with the result.

 

But my op was a resurfacing, a full replacement may limit you a bit more.

[TreeswingerPerth]

I had a full ceramic replacment 3 years ago , got it done in the December and was back at work in the March .

Struggled badly to start with , but I kept at it and I'm pretty pleased with it now , sure I'm a bit slow now but at 55 I don't recon I'm too bad .

 

Before the op I was hardly able to walk and scooping codeine and tramadol like sweets . I have had some weird and wonderful pains since the op but usually muscle type rather than joint pain , but even now a hard day dragging brash and lifting limbs gives me a few days pain , but nothing like the knackered joint .

 

I'm sure you'll be happy after the op , range of movement might not be what you had before but to be pain free will be fantastic . Good luck .

[dryadlad]

Thanks so much that's great news , I wanted a resurface but they don't do them down here (Dorset) any more . I'll probably end having them both done at some point , but the left is proper knackered ...I will be happy if I can do a few little climbs, no all day jobbies . Thanks again you've made my day , I was a bit down in the mouth about it all today

[Stubby]

I used to play a bloke at squash who had a hip replacement . Prior to it if I could turn him to the left he was beaten every shot . One he had it done he was a different player . Much harder to beat .

[matthawh1966]

I had a hip replacement about 4 years ago, I was climbing the day before I went in, back to work in 7 weeks and climbing again in 10 weeks. Still get pain in it from time to time If I over do it , and sometimes when on rough ground. But I'm pleased the way it's turned out. Up until recently I use to climb ever day , but got a younger guy working with me now so we share the climbing.

[Wolfie]

A few months after your op I would highly recommend finding yourself a good deep tissue massage therapist.

It has amazed me how much of my body has been affected as a result of the bad hip.

I started see one every two weeks, now spaced it out to once a month but he's balanced the muscles in my back that were badly affected by my limping, helped stretch and correct defects from years of restricted movement.

[5 shires]

A few months after your op I would highly recommend finding yourself a good deep tissue massage therapist.

It has amazed me how much of my body has been affected as a result of the bad hip.

I started see one every two weeks, now spaced it out to once a month but he's balanced the muscles in my back that were badly affected by my limping, helped stretch and correct defects from years of restricted movement.

 

A Wolfie . Hope all good with you and your new hip...i pm,d you after ARB SHOW.i have lost your mo number. Can you pm me it please. See you at the APF.

[PeteB]

Such positive replies, very good to hear!