Around 117,000 people living in England and Wales had a hip replacement in 2024. Although hip replacements are often thought of as a surgery that mainly older people need, reports from previous years ...

Curious what recovery really looks like after a hip replacement? Dr. Ayesha Abdeen, chief of hip and knee replacement surgery at Boston Medical Center, shares what to expect at every step along the ...

A simple 10-meter walking test before surgery may help clinicians and patients identify the optimal timing for hip replacement and set realistic expectations for recovery. Study: Preoperative Gait ...

George Trujillo has always been physically active. His favorite sports? Skiing and skiing. “Summer and winter,” he said. He also loves biking, hiking, mountain climbing, dirt bikes, and motorcycles.

Have you ever been in a grocery store and noticed a senior citizen hunched over his or her cart, shuffling down the aisle at a snail’s pace? That was yours truly on Jan. 21. Getting in and out of my ...

An 18-year-old underwent a full hip replacement after a rare hip condition led to severe osteoarthritis, enabling him to walk ...

Football coach John Patterson is a serious bodybuilder, competing and winning internationally. He was literally crushing it — his left hip, that is. On a scale of 1 to 10 of the worst he has ever seen ...

Studies suggest taking a vitamin D supplement may help prevent infection, fractures, and other complications following hip or knee replacement surgery. But the evidence is murky, and physicians do not ...

Doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital successfully performed a total hip replacement on a 14-year-old girl suffering from ...