Hip Fracture Is a Major Death Risk in People Over 65
It’s not the actual broken bone itself that kills a hip fracture patient. The high death rate is caused by the ripple effect that a broken hip generates. […]
How Many Days After Hip Replacement Does Death Risk Last?
Are you scheduled for hip replacement surgery and wondering how many days the mortality risk is after the procedure? […]
How Can Hip Replacement Surgery Lead to a Stroke?
Here’s a thorough explanation for how a hip replacement surgery can lead to a stroke, described by an orthopedic surgeon. […]
5 Postop Hip Fracture Exercises for Fall Prevention in Older Adults
Are you fearful of taking another bad fall after having surgery for a broken hip? Here are 5 exercises designed for preventing older adults from another bad fall. […]
Can Arthroscopy Prevent a Need for a Hip Replacement?
Hip pain can signal the need for hip replacement surgery—or not. It depends on some factors. […]
What Swelling in the Hip After Replacement Surgery Means
If you’ve recently undergone hip replacement surgery, you may be noticing some swelling around the hip and are worrying about this. […]
Can the Need for Hip Replacement Surgery Be Prevented?
Is there anything one can do to prevent the actual need for a hip replacement surgery? This isn’t about avoiding surgery with conservative treatment for a bad hip. It’s about outright preventing the cartilage in [...]
Housework Guidelines Following Hip Replacement Surgery
Here are the complete guidelines specifically for housework following a hip replacement surgery – from an orthopedic surgeon. “After a joint replacement, you can return to almost any reasonable activity of daily living,” begins Barbara [...]
Cause of Groin Pain Only in the Morning
Every time you awaken in the morning, you’re rudely greeted with groin pain – no matter how many times you’ve tried new sleeping positions, pillows or different mattresses. Just what is causing this morning groin [...]
Exercise vs. Vitamin D for Fall Prevention in the Elderly
Don’t be so quick yet to rely on only vitamin D to prevent falls in your elderly body; it’s crucial you get an exercise program started! […]
Cause of Hip Pain Only When Lying Down
The causes of hip pain only when lying down are many, and don’t necessarily involve the bone itself. The first thing you’ll want to do in coming up with a possible cause is to determine [...]
Duration of Standing on One Leg Predicts Future Hip Fracture
Want to know how likely you’ll suffer a hip fracture in the future? See how long you can stand on one leg before toppling over. How long a person can stand on one leg without [...]
Treatments for Butt and Hip Pain, Tingling and Numbness
Pain in your butt and hip that’s especially accompanied by tingling or numbness is usually a condition called piriformis syndrome; here’s treatment that will bring you relief. […]
Can Elderly with Broken Hip Recover without Physical Therapy?
What if an elderly person refuses to do the prescribed physical therapy following replacement for a hip fracture? Are they doomed to spending the rest of their life hobbling along in a walker or sitting [...]
Will the Squeak in Your Hip Replacement Ever Go Away?
Your total hip replacement makes a squeaky sound with every step. Will the squeaking eventually go away or are you stuck with it? What about a revision surgery? […]
Hip Pain Three Months after Hip Replacement: Causes, Solutions
It's not always normal to still have hip pain three months after a hip replacement. There are loads of possible causes for this pain. The first possibility: Total hip replacement patients who fail to adhere [...]
How Common Is Delirium in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients Postop?
Delirium in elderly hip fracture patients after surgery is so common, don’t be surprised if your senior age mother suffers from this after the operation. […]
Chances of 89-Year-Old with Hip Fracture Fully Recovering
Are you panicking because a very elderly loved-one, 89, just fractured a hip? I know how you feel. When my mother was 89, which is considered advanced elderly, she broke a hip after falling, but [...]
Regional vs. General Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery
If you need hip fracture surgery (or replacement), you’re better off requesting regional anesthesia rather than general. Many people don’t know that hip surgery can be performed with only regional anesthesia, and instead automatically assume [...]
Very Swollen Leg 4 Days after Hip Replacement Surgery
So the leg suddenly swells up four days out from hip replacement; does this mean a deep vein thrombosis (DVT)? After my mother’s hip replacement surgery (fracture repair), I thought that the surgical leg looked [...]
Is Daytime Sleeping Part of Hip Replacement Recovery?
How much daytime sleeping is too much for the elderly hip replacement patient who just returned home? Restorative sleep is a wonderful thing, and sleep deprivation is linked to a myriad of health ailments. But [...]
Hip Fracture Patient Traits that Help Regain Independence
About one-third of hip fracture replacement patients regain pre-surgical independence. What is different about this group when compared to the two-thirds who fail to get back their independence? This isn’t a comparison of total hip [...]
Memory Loss, Non-Compliance after Hip Replacement Surgery
There could be a most surprising reason for a patient’s non-compliance and memory problems after hip or other surgery... —and it’s not the anesthesia or painkiller drug side effects. An elderly person has hip replacement [...]
Why Does Hip Replacement Cause Sore Thigh Muscles?
Have you noticed that the muscles in your thigh are persistently sore only since your hip replacement surgery? There is a gait abnormality that can cause this problem, says Devin B. Peck, MD, owner of [...]
Is Lots of Walking Okay Six Months after Hip Replacement?
Just how much walking can you do six months out from a total hip replacement surgery? “Recovery following uncomplicated hip replacement is generally quite rapid,” says Devin B. Peck, MD, owner of Austin Interventional Pain. [...]
How Soon after Total Hip Replacement Can you Cross Legs?
An orthopedic surgeon provides guidelines to crossing legs after total hip replacement surgery. For many, crossing the legs is second nature. The tendency to want to do this will be strong even after a cross-legging [...]
