Strenuous Exercise After Hip Replacement Posted: 10-01-03 15:47pm
I was wondering if there are any very
active people out there who've had one or
two of their hips replaced? I had one of
mine replaced two years ago, and have been
working out very regularly so I can hike
and climb mountains with my husband. My
doctor has said anything goes as long as I
don't feel pain, but i've also read that
jogging and any high impact exercise is
not good. Any feedback, folks? We're
getting ready to racewalk a 20k race in a
couple of weeks, and i'm starting to
wonder how many years i'll have this hip
for at the rate i'm going. Oh yes, I do
a little bit of jogging, but mostly
walking and cardio machine workouts, with
strength training. Thanks for any help
you can provide
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Youngatheart
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Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 6
Posted: 07-25-05 08:08am
Please be very careful with weight bearing
exercises. My hip replacement is 9 years
old and I am scheduled for a revision
soon. The stem is loose which may or may
not be a result of over-doing it at the
gym. It's easy to forget that you are
and always will be vulnerable. Good
luck.
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JasonAnthony29
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Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Cerritos, CA
Posted: 07-25-05 23:28pm
youngatheart
wrote:
please be very careful with
weight bearing exercises. My hip
replacement is 9 years old and I am
scheduled for a revision soon. The stem
is loose which may or may not be a result
of over-doing it at the gym. It's easy
to forget that you are and always will be
vulnerable. Good
luck.
wow! 9 years? That's not very long for
an artificial hip to last. What type of
replacement do you have - metal, plastic,
ceramic? I know the ceramic heads on
polyethylene liners are expected to last
20+ years, and they are specially good for
young, athletic patients.
There's a professional ice skater - rudy
galindez - who had both hips replaced with
ceramic implants and has been back skating
professionally for years.
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scotty23
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Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 1
Strenuous Exercise After Hip Replacement Posted: 07-26-05 12:35pm
I'm very active. I had my hip replaced
11 1/2 years ago with plastic and
titanium. It's been a great ride so far.
But i'm due for an update soon. I
don't do impact activities, i'm a cyclist.
Doctors recommend cycling and swimming
for those patients who want their hips to
last but want to stay active. If you're
hip is made of newer materials it should
last longer. And i've heard that keeping
the muscles around your hips strong helps
too in terms of the life of the hip.
Scotty
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JasonAnthony29
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Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Cerritos, CA
Posted: 07-29-05 02:26am
I'm one of those people who has to workout
really hard in order to keep my weight
down. It's kind of hard to do with a hip
that hurts or aggravates you, but I always
push myself to burn those calories.
Regardless if i'm in pain or not. If and
when I get an artifical hip, I know I will
put it through the paces. Maybe by then
the techniques and materials might have
improved even more.
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ecbarbarian
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Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 2 Location: Texas
Thank You Posted: 08-03-05 23:09pm
Thank you for all your input, folks.
I've been taking it easier on the weight
bearing exercises for a few months now,
and it seems to have helped. Meanwhile,
I hope you end up not needing the revision
surgeries, youngatheart and scotty.
Still, if you do get it done, at least I
hope it goes better with you than the
first replacement. Good luck, and god
bless!
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Youngatheart
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Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 6
Posted: 09-06-05 10:45am
Thank you all for your input. I really
don't know why my hip replacement failed
after 9 years; it was titanium. The pain
was most intense around and above the knee
and in the middle thigh. I wasted a lot
of time thinking it was a bad knee. My
original hip surgeon thought everything
looked fine; and of course, the knee
surgeons couldn't find anything wrong with
the knee. My biggest mistake was not
getting a second opinion from another hip
ortho early on. Sometimes you can have
too much confidence in one doctor. At
last I went to the mayo clinic and they
diagnoised it right away as a loose stem.
I'm going to have revision surgery later
this month in jax. If you so inclined,
please remember me in your prayers and
blessings to you all.
Youngatheart
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lili_gui
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Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 3 Location: argentina
Re: Strenuous Exercise After Hip Replacement Posted: 10-20-05 17:13pm
ecbarbarian
wrote:
i was wondering if there are
any very active people out there who've
had one or two of their hips replaced?
I had one of mine replaced two years ago,
and have been working out very regularly
so I can hike and climb mountains with my
husband. My doctor has said anything
goes as long as I don't feel pain, but
i've also read that jogging and any high
impact exercise is not good. Any
feedback, folks? We're getting ready to
racewalk a 20k race in a couple of weeks,
and i'm starting to wonder how many years
i'll have this hip for at the rate i'm
going. Oh yes, I do a little bit of
jogging, but mostly walking and cardio
machine workouts, with strength training.
Thanks for any help you can provide
:)
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lili_gui
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 3 Location: argentina
Hip Replacement Posted: 10-20-05 17:23pm
I´m 48 yearso old and need to go through
a hip replacement because of arthrosis.My
quality of life has become really
uncomfortable and have pain when I walk
more than 10 minutes. I used to be a very
sportive person, I climbed mountains,
hiked a lot and, most important of all I
love skiing. Anybody knows whether there
is any posibility of doing things like
that once you go through the hip
replacement?I´m interested mostly on
people who has gone through that and keeps
on doing exercises and sports.I can give
up running and I could do some bike riding
and swimm, which are specially indicated
with this problem, but it is very
difficult for me to quit hiking and skiing
not very often, but at least from time to
time.I know that moderns prothesis are
good enough to last quite a lot, I could
take care whenever I do exercises. But
then I was told that there is the risk of
luxation of the hip and that scares me a
bit.
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lili_gui
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Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 3 Location: argentina
Hip Replacement And Mountains Sports. Posted: 10-22-05 11:12am
I would like to know the experience of
anyone who is a mountainer or hiker,
skiier, or love mountains in any of its
ways, and had the bad luck of going
through a hip replacement. I need one, am
scheduled for it in january, and I really
love any kind of mountains activities,
specially skiing. Any piece of advice or
experience on that matter will be really
helpfull for me.
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JasonAnthony29
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Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Cerritos, CA
Re: Hip Replacement And Mountains Sports. Posted: 10-22-05 14:48pm
lili_gui
wrote:
i would like to know the
experience of anyone who is a mountainer
or hiker, skiier, or love mountains in any
of its ways, and had the bad luck of going
through a hip replacement. I need one,
am scheduled for it in january, and I
really love any kind of mountains
activities, specially skiing. Any piece
of advice or experience on that matter
will be really helpfull for
me.
hi, I understand and share your many
concerns about being able to continue
doing the things that you love after
having a hip replacement.
I am 31 years old and have been putting up
with the effects of a childhood hip
disorder since the age of 13. I have
degenerative joint disease in my right
hip, and my hip bothers me alot. Like
you, I am a big outdoorsman; I love the
mountains and one of my strongest passions
in life is hiking. I live for these
activities.
At this time my hip is not bad enough for
a hip replacement, but eventually I will
more than likely need one; probably by the
time I hit my mid 40's or 50. I think
about what I will be able to do with a hip
replacement, and I also think about what I
won't be able to do. I can't imagine life
without being able to hike or without the
ability to be physically active. Having
said all of this, i'm sure that you will
be able to do as much hiking as you want;
provided that you listen to your body and
don't suffer any bad falls. Hip
replacements have come along way.
What type of hip replacement are you
receiving? I know that the new ceramic on
ceramic hip implants are supposed to offer
the longest implant life; these are ideal
for younger, more active people. The fact
that you are 48 years old puts you in the
"younger, active" category.
A few years ago, an olympic athlete named
rudy galindez had both of his hips
replaced with the ceramic on ceramic hip
implants and he went back to ice skating
within a few months and he was in top
form. He was in his early 30's I believe
at the time.
Anyways, I would love to hear more about
your situation as well as your hiking
life...I live in southern california and
the hiking opportunities here are endless.
I went on an 8 mile hike last week(with a
2600 foot elevation gain) and handled it
well. I did encounter an elderly guy who
had to be about 80 years old who was using
two hiking sticks to complete the same
hike that I was doing. He was going slow
but damn if he didn't make the whole hike.
So, there is alot of inspiration out
there.....And i'm sure you will get good
use out of your hip. Hiking is a
relatively low impact activity - at least
compared to running, jumping or jogging.
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GOHARV
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Hip Replacement Posted: 01-27-06 23:02pm
Boy am I glad to find this site-i am a
33-year-old mother with twin 3 year olds,
and a 4 year old,i just had a hip
replacement done 3 weeks ago-i am
thoroughly amazed at the speed in which I
am recovering-and how great I feel-i was
looking for info/validation that there are
people who live normal active lives, since
I can not bear to think of being
"stagnant"! I used my bowflex for 6
months prior to surgery, and am itchy to
get back to it, since I feel as if I am
sitting watching my progress drift away as
I heal. None the less, I walked 3 1/2
miles on my treadmill a few days ago-and
it made me cry from happiness! My walking
is slower than before the surgery, of
course, and I still hobble a little, but
it feels like a smoother gait is not far
away!
Hearing you others talk about hiking and
working out really gives me hope. I did
get a titanium hip with a porcelain head,
so I am hoping for 20 years-of course that
means in my 50's i'll need a second hip,
but figure technology will be so advanced
my then, maybe I can just take a pill!!
Wishful thinking, -but thanks either way
for inspiring me! -cindy
Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 2 Location: sydney australia
Exersise After Hip Replacement Posted: 04-26-06 07:01am
My birmingham hip replacement is now 5
months old it's great and like most people
that have hade a hip replacements I wonder
why I put up with the pain from my hip for
so long, I now find that I can walk, some
what slower, but I am not very flexible
and after 5 months I feel that I should be
able to put my soxs on and tie my shoe
laces, or am I expecting to much at this
stage,i can put them on but it's a real
battle I would like to find some
exersises's that I can do that will
strengthen my hip, and some that will help
with geting some of my weight that I have
put on with 4 months of taking it easy
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Cathy Blacklock
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 2 Location: UK
Exercise After a Hip Replacement Posted: 05-16-06 05:21am
As a 57 year old woman I am supposed to
keep up the weight bearing exercise to
fend off the dreaded osteoporosis. 6
months after my replacement and I walk as
much as possible and use an exercise
cycle, but it seems rather tame and
doesn't shift the weight that has piled
on. Has anyone got experience of body
pump or body balance classes after
surgery?
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lehua
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Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 1
Re: Hip Replacement Posted: 05-28-06 17:10pm
goharv
wrote:
boy am I glad to find this
site-i am a 33-year-old mother with twin 3
year olds, and a 4 year old,i just had a
hip replacement done 3 weeks ago-i am
thoroughly amazed at the speed in which I
am recovering-and how great I feel-i was
looking for info/validation that there are
people who live normal active lives, since
I can not bear to think of being
"stagnant"! I used my bowflex for 6
months prior to surgery, and am itchy to
get back to it, since I feel as if I am
sitting watching my progress drift away as
I heal. None the less, I walked 3 1/2
miles on my treadmill a few days ago-and
it made me cry from happiness! My
walking is slower than before the surgery,
of course, and I still hobble a little,
but it feels like a smoother gait is not
far away!
Hearing you others talk about hiking and
working out really gives me hope. I did
get a titanium hip with a porcelain head,
so I am hoping for 20 years-of course that
means in my 50's i'll need a second hip,
but figure technology will be so advanced
my then, maybe I can just take a pill!!
Wishful thinking, -but thanks either way
for inspiring me!
-cindy
hi cindy -
i just discovered this site and wanted to
let you know that I am a 46 year old
female and it has been 3 1/2 years since
my total hip replacement. You see, I was
a marathon runner in my previous life and
kept running on an injury until I was
shocked when I was told I needed a
complete hip replacement. I was bone on
bone with incredible pain. Since my
surgery, I am relatively pain free and
remain very active. Of course, I don't
run anymore but I swim, bike and hike on a
regular basis. I do a lot of weight
lifting but mostly upper body since I am
careful not to add too much additional
weightbearing stress on my hips. My
surgeon says that my x-rays are dream and
she uses them often for teaching medical
students.
I do miss running... It was a tough
decision but I want this prosthetic to
last as long as possible. I have a
ceramic cup with a cross-lnked
polyethylene liner and an uncemented
titanium stem. My surgeon says this
should last me at least 20 years. It's
been a complete mind shift for me and now
I look at runners and think about the
stress they are putting on their joints.
I hope your recovery went well and that
you are leading an active and pain-free
lifestyle again!
The question I would like to put out there
is has anyone heard about vibration and
effects on hip replacements? The power
plate and vibra fit vibrational
technologies claim to increase bone mass
and lean body mass. I've reviewed the
scientific literature and there is not a
lot out there yet. Does anyone have any
experience with this they can share with
the rest of us?
Thanks, malia
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roo1788
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Dallas
Re: Hip Replacement And Mountains Sports. Posted: 06-12-06 09:36am
I am 39 and had a left hip (metal on metal
socket) replacement on may 29, 2005 and
the results have been outstanding. I am
a travel agent and my primary business is
selling group ski trips. As a result, I
spend quite a bit of time in colorado. I
skiied about 20 days this year and my hip
never bothered me once. The quality of
life has improved dramatically! My hip
flexition has greatly improved which has
made my day to day activities pain free.
I was a very active person (softball,
skiing, exercising, flag football, etc)
until the pain began to severely limit
what I could do. About 6 months prior to
surgery I was walking with a severe limp
and was really limited to what I could do.
It got t the point where I could not
reach down to tie my shoe laces. Since
my operation, I have cut out softball and
football (just about anything that is high
impact), but have really gotten into
cycling. In fact, I am training to do a
100 mile ride in august which is really
exciting.
The bottom line, have the surgery because
you will love the results. Be smart
about your activities. I ski just about
any terrain I want, I am extremely careful
about skiing bumps though. That can put
quite a bit of strain on the joint so I
just avoid them....Most of the time.
Feel free to shoot me an email with any
questions and I wish you the best!
lili_gui
wrote:
i would like to know the
experience of anyone who is a mountainer
or hiker, skiier, or love mountains in any
of its ways, and had the bad luck of going
through a hip replacement. I need one,
am scheduled for it in january, and I
really love any kind of mountains
activities, specially skiing. Any piece
of advice or experience on that matter
will be really helpfull for
me.
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mlourie
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 2
Re: Hip Replacement And Mountains Sports. Posted: 08-04-06 22:19pm
Glad to hear your metal on metal is
working well for skiing. I am having my
right hip done this fall, i'm 50 and want
to continue biking, skiing, golf and maybe
some moderate tennis. What type of
metal on metal did you have? A full
replacement or resurfacing? Was it
biomet m2a magnum large ball? That is
what they are recommending for me.
roo1788
wrote:
i am 39 and had a left hip
(metal on metal socket) replacement on may
29, 2005 and the results have been
outstanding. I am a travel agent and my
primary business is selling group ski
trips. As a result, I spend quite a bit
of time in colorado. I skiied about 20
days this year and my hip never bothered
me once. The quality of life has
improved dramatically! My hip flexition
has greatly improved which has made my day
to day activities pain free.
I was a very active person (softball,
skiing, exercising, flag football, etc)
until the pain began to severely limit
what I could do. About 6 months prior
to surgery I was walking with a severe
limp and was really limited to what I
could do. It got t the point where I
could not reach down to tie my shoe laces.
Since my operation, I have cut out
softball and football (just about anything
that is high impact), but have really
gotten into cycling. In fact, I am
training to do a 100 mile ride in august
which is really exciting.
The bottom line, have the surgery because
you will love the results. Be smart
about your activities. I ski just about
any terrain I want, I am extremely careful
about skiing bumps though. That can put
quite a bit of strain on the joint so I
just avoid them....Most of the time.
Feel free to shoot me an email with any
questions and I wish you the best!
lili_gui
wrote:
i would like to know the
experience of anyone who is a mountainer
or hiker, skiier, or love mountains in any
of its ways, and had the bad luck of going
through a hip replacement. I need one,
am scheduled for it in january, and I
really love any kind of mountains
activities, specially skiing. Any piece
of advice or experience on that matter
will be really helpfull for
me.
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roo1788
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Dallas
Posted: 08-07-06 09:35am
I had a total hip replacement. They
implanted a cementless titanium stem and
the ball and cup are a
cobalt-chromium-molybdenum
alloy....Whatever that is. They said if
I did not abuse it too much that it could
last 20+ years....I am not holding my
breath on that one....But I am trying to
take care of it and not overdo any
activities.
Hope that helps....Let me know if you have
additional questions.
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mlourie
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 08-08-06 08:32am
roo1788
wrote:
i had a total hip
replacement. They implanted a
cementless titanium stem and the ball and
cup are a cobalt-chromium-molybdenum
alloy....Whatever that is. They said if
I did not abuse it too much that it could
last 20+ years....I am not holding my
breath on that one....But I am trying to
take care of it and not overdo any
activities.
Hope that helps....Let me know if you have
additional
questions.
thanks for the info. Did your doctor
even discuss hip resurfacing instead of a
full replacement with you?
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bluelady
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 1 Location: The Hague, NL
Re: Hip Replacement And the Power Plate Posted: 06-14-07 04:17am
lehua
wrote:
goharv
wrote:
boy am I glad to find this
site-i am a 33-year-old mother with twin 3
year olds, and a 4 year old,i just had a
hip replacement done 3 weeks ago-i am
thoroughly amazed at the speed in which I
am recovering-and how great I feel-i was
looking for info/validation that there are
people who live normal active lives, since
I can not bear to think of being
"stagnant"! I used my bowflex for 6
months prior to surgery, and am itchy to
get back to it, since I feel as if I am
sitting watching my progress drift away as
I heal. None the less, I walked 3 1/2
miles on my treadmill a few days ago-and
it made me cry from happiness! My
walking is slower than before the surgery,
of course, and I still hobble a little,
but it feels like a smoother gait is not
far away!
Hearing you others talk about hiking and
working out really gives me hope. I did
get a titanium hip with a porcelain head,
so I am hoping for 20 years-of course that
means in my 50's i'll need a second hip,
but figure technology will be so advanced
my then, maybe I can just take a pill!!
Wishful thinking, -but thanks either way
for inspiring me!
-cindy
hi cindy -
i just discovered this site and wanted to
let you know that I am a 46 year old
female and it has been 3 1/2 years since
my total hip replacement. You see, I was
a marathon runner in my previous life and
kept running on an injury until I was
shocked when I was told I needed a
complete hip replacement. I was bone on
bone with incredible pain. Since my
surgery, I am relatively pain free and
remain very active. Of course, I don't
run anymore but I swim, bike and hike on a
regular basis. I do a lot of weight
lifting but mostly upper body since I am
careful not to add too much additional
weightbearing stress on my hips. My
surgeon says that my x-rays are dream and
she uses them often for teaching medical
students.
I do miss running... It was a tough
decision but I want this prosthetic to
last as long as possible. I have a
ceramic cup with a cross-lnked
polyethylene liner and an uncemented
titanium stem. My surgeon says this
should last me at least 20 years. It's
been a complete mind shift for me and now
I look at runners and think about the
stress they are putting on their joints.
I hope your recovery went well and that
you are leading an active and pain-free
lifestyle again!
The question I would like to put out there
is has anyone heard about vibration and
effects on hip replacements? The power
plate and vibra fit vibrational
technologies claim to increase bone mass
and lean body mass. I've reviewed the
scientific literature and there is not a
lot out there yet. Does anyone have any
experience with this they can share with
the rest of us?
Thanks, malia
Hi, I am 62 and two years down the line
after having both hips replaced. I have
recently been to a sports medicine clinic
to see why I still don't walk properly
(trendelenburg). He referred me to a
physio who has me doing special exercises
for the abductors AND using the power
plate. I must assume he knows what he is
doing but it does seem rather scary to me.
I may not run or play tennis but I am
allowed to used the power plate? hmmmmmm?
Anyone out there have a comment or
experience with the power plate?
thanks for your input
joan
