sorry to hear about the torn glute tendon. any tears to tendons is messy. things are going ok with my new hip. I have a pair of hokas, but my knees started bugging me. I switched back to my regular shoes and will try the hokas again later. I am not giving up on the shoes. i actually like the way they feel on. My first triathlon is sept. 1st. I am running walking 2 days a week, 5k. i am just very grateful to have no pain. good luck with your butt.
Looking at a total hip, what is the determining factor between the 2 procedures?
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The determining factor for me was that the Hip Resurfacing device was designed for athletes and a Total Hip Replacement was not. The HR has a large steel ball like your original hip joint and a steel socket and it’s lubricated with your own sinuvial fluid. A THR has a small ball and a nylon liner in the socket. It’s not made for athletes and it won’t hold up to the abuse that we give our bodies. Some doctors advise their THR patients not to even cross their legs because it can dislocate. I know Dave, the husband that Jen-G posted about and he is having a great comeback after his surgery but he had a HR not a THR. There is a huge difference. The issue with HR is that it’s a very difficult surgery for the doctor. He has to be very precise with his alignment. Most surgeons aren’t that precise and want to put in a THR with the nylon liner to smooth out any problems. Go to the Surface Hippy websight and ask any questions you have. Make your own decision. My bilateral HR’s are holding up very well and I’m trying my best to take it as easy as possible to let the torn glute tendon heal this winter.
Everyone must have heard of John Wragg. I believe he had hip replacement…well over 165 Ironmans…see him power walk the marathon and still beat me…
thanks for the message about John. I am going to google him.
I raced LP on my hip replacement this summer. No problems. That was a little more than two years after my surgery (anterior approach). I’m 44 and about 160 lbs. Made a deal with my surgeon. I come in yearly to be checked out, if there is unusual wear I shut it down for good. My recent x-ray showed 0 wear and excellent bone growth. I wouldn’t advise running to someone else but for me I gotta live my life.
Hokas are great by the way. Best of luck.
Congratulations on your race. Glad to hear that everything is going well!
i have had a hip replacment as well as liz phank fracture in metarsel of the foot, and a fractured intertchanteric femer fracture. one month in a wheel chair.
anyway. Ive also done six 70.3 as well as countless oly… since then.
i feel great. listen to your body. hope all goes well.
be positive your gonna be just fine for future tri.
Couple of years ago at the Death Valley Marathon the 70+ age group winner had a new hip
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thank you all for sharing you personal experiences with hip replacement.
The ceramic ball used in the modern hip replacements is NOT brittle. They’re making them with aluminium oxide, which is almost as strong as diamond. The ceramic surface is extremely smooth, which reduces wear from friction. The plastic cup will wear faster with high-impact activities, like running. But when the plastic cup wears out, that piece can be replaced without replacing the entire prosthesis. The surgery to replace the plastic cup is much less invasive than the original total hip replacement surgery. My advice to you would be to run once or twice a week, and do more low-impact cross-training (biking, swimming, aquatic jogging, elliptical, or walking).
The ceramic ball used in the modern hip replacements is NOT brittle. They’re making them with aluminium oxide, which is almost as strong as diamond. The ceramic surface is extremely smooth, which reduces wear from friction. The plastic cup will wear faster with high-impact activities, like running. But when the plastic cup wears out, that piece can be replaced without replacing the entire prosthesis. The surgery to replace the plastic cup is much less invasive than the original total hip replacement surgery. My advice to you would be to run once or twice a week, and do more low-impact cross-training (biking, swimming, aquatic jogging, elliptical, or walking).
Which implant are you referring to? All Total Hip Replacements are less invasive than a Hip Resurfacing. A minimally invasive THR can have a recovery time of as little as 5 days. A friend of mine was out tramping through the woods, hunting, at one week. There is nothing minimally invasive about a hip resurfacing. Everyone gets a 4 to 12 inch incision, then they yank your leg out of the joint and flap it up over your back, then go to work. But the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing is a proven product. No one is telling the patent to run only ‘‘once or twice a week’’. My doctor, Scott Marwin at NYU Joint disease Hospital to me to go run and go live my life. I just finished my second successful year of short course racing and I average four days running per week. Athletes everywhere have had successful returns to running and racing with the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing with no restrictions on no worries about replacing worn out parts later.
Timberdick, how has it been going with the hip replacement? Are you running, and how much? I just had a total hip replacement surgery 2 months ago, ceramic ball and plastic liner on the cup. The doctor said it was okay to run, but only once a week because the prosthesis wouldn’t last very long if I run every day. I asked him how long it would last if I did run every day, but he couldn’t give me a specific answer. I don’t think anyone really knows how long the modern hip replacements will last. I want to run more than once a week, but I also want my hip to last at least ten years. How is your hip holding up?
Timberdick, how has it been going with the hip replacement? Are you running, and how much? I just had a total hip replacement surgery 2 months ago, ceramic ball and plastic liner on the cup. The doctor said it was okay to run, but only once a week because the prosthesis wouldn’t last very long if I run every day. I asked him how long it would last if I did run every day, but he couldn’t give me a specific answer. I don’t think anyone really knows how long the modern hip replacements will last. I want to run more than once a week, but I also want my hip to last at least ten years. How is your hip holding up?
so, you are asking something like "how long can I beat off until I just need glasses 
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Ray, are you saying my prosthesis won’t wear out from running and it’s just a myth???
Hi, I’m new to this forum and read your post about your husband’s hip surgery with great interest. I noticed he had surgery at the hospital for special surgery in NYC which I am looking into. Could I ask what procedure and what surgeon you selected? I am within a year of having surgery but have not selected an approach or surgeon but would like to resume a small amount of trail running but mostly cycling post surgery. I am 53 and lean with decent conditioning so I am optimistic I could resume a good deal of my athletic pursuits minus the voracious amount of running that got me into trouble. Many thanks!
Jen doesn’t post here very often and she was kind of misleading earlier. Her husband Dave has a Birmingham Hip Resurfacing device. His doctor was Dr Su at HSS and he has had a very good result. I believe that there is another doctor at HSS doing hip resurfacings at HSS and that he studied under Dr Su but I don’t know his name. I started with another hip surgeon at HSS and I’m glad that he didn’t do my surgeon at HSS and I’m glad that he didn’t do my surgeries. All surgeons at HSS aren’t created equal.
I had my same day bilateral Birmingham Hip Resurfacing with Dr Scott Marwin at NYU Joint Disease Hospital and it couldn’t have gone better. I run four days a week; up to 9 miles and i can’t tell that anything ever went wrong. Dr Marwin uses what he calls ‘‘direct lateral approach’’ and unlike most surgeons who use ‘‘posterior’’ he doesn’t disconnect and reattach any muscles. He goes in between. This really helps with recovery. All the leading surgoens will tell you not to pick your doctor based on approach, but that’s one thing that helps. Both Dr Marwin and Dr Su have complete faith in the Birmingham Hip and encourage their patients to run as much as they want, after six months. At my six month check-up with Dr Marwin I had my running clothes on. He told me to go across the street and run in the park and come back to see him after. When I came back, I was beaming. It’s great to be back!
Jen doesn’t post here very often and she was kind of misleading earlier. Her husband Dave has a Birmingham Hip Resurfacing device. His doctor was Dr Su at HSS and he has had a very good result. I believe that there is another doctor at HSS doing hip resurfacings at HSS and that he studied under Dr Su but I don’t know his name. I started with another hip surgeon at HSS and I’m glad that he didn’t do my surgeon at HSS and I’m glad that he didn’t do my surgeries. All surgeons at HSS aren’t created equal.
I had my same day bilateral Birmingham Hip Resurfacing with Dr Scott Marwin at NYU Joint Disease Hospital and it couldn’t have gone better. I run four days a week; up to 9 miles and i can’t tell that anything ever went wrong. Dr Marwin uses what he calls ‘‘direct lateral approach’’ and unlike most surgeons who use ‘‘posterior’’ he doesn’t disconnect and reattach any muscles. He goes in between. This really helps with recovery. All the leading surgoens will tell you not to pick your doctor based on approach, but that’s one thing that helps. Both Dr Marwin and Dr Su have complete faith in the Birmingham Hip and encourage their patients to run as much as they want, after six months. At my six month check-up with Dr Marwin I had my running clothes on. He told me to go across the street and run in the park and come back to see him after. When I came back, I was beaming. It’s great to be back!
This is great to hear. I also had bilateral BHS but since I’m in Dallas obviously not the same surgeon. Mine admits to being a bit more conservative in that he doesn’t want me running again until the 9 month mark. I tried talking mine into doing same day bilateral, but he always wants a good leg for recovery, just in case. One of the first questions I asked him was what type of approach he used and it was the direct lateral approach.
I remember searching, reading, but not posting on this thread while researching everything for my surgery. Wondering if I should put it off longer or just go get it down, so hearing these success stories like yours really helped me during that time.
The thing with bilaterals is that they have to have a plan for your recovery. NYU has the Rusk Rehab Center and I was there for 6 days after spending 3 days on the surgery floor. I had 3 PT’s and one occupational therapy every day and walked out of there on the nineth day using only a cane, and I never looked back.
The problm is that most of the other surgeons who want to do bilateral don’t have a plan for recovery. They literally send the patient home without a leg to stand on.
The problm is that most of the other surgeons who want to do bilateral don’t have a plan for recovery. They literally send the patient home without a leg to stand on.
That was literally his exact quote, there were options for me, but he really doesn’t like to use those centers unless it’s truly needed. My only reason was making sure I got both in at the end of 2014 calendar year for insurance deductible reasons. He assured me that there was more than enough recovery time between the two, and he was right. Since I live alone he was a bit more concerned and had a nice rehab ready for me just in case he didn’t feel I was up to it when it was time to go home. Everything went fine, walked a 5k this weekend, back to Salsa dancing and all my old PR’s I consider retired so I can set new ones now.