Hip replacement

[youngoldbloke]

Had my right hip replaced 5+ years ago - I'd more or less had to stop cycling due to the pain. Not arthritic but a tear in the labrum, the cup of cartilage around the ball of the hip, clicked with every pedal stroke. My consultant was also a cyclist so I got a hip suitable for continuing the activity, ceramic on plastic. Although on the NHS the work was done in a private hospital and I spent much of my time after the op there watching the Tour de France (along with my consultant!). Good planning The hip itself is absolutely fine, with if anything more movement than the remaining one. I can't remember exactly when I was back to cycling on the road - 3 months maybe - but I'd started using the turbo before then. The issue is always 'getting your leg over'. Do the physio and the rehab.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Had my right hip replaced 5+ years ago - I'd more or less had to stop cycling due to the pain. Not arthritic but a tear in the labrum, the cup of cartilage around the ball of the hip, clicked with every pedal stroke. My consultant was also a cyclist so I got a hip suitable for continuing the activity, ceramic on plastic. Although on the NHS the work was done in a private hospital and I spent much of my time after the op there watching the Tour de France (along with my consultant!). Good planning The hip itself is absolutely fine, with if anything more movement than the remaining one. I can't remember exactly when I was back to cycling on the road - 3 months maybe - but I'd started using the turbo before then. The issue is always 'getting your leg over'. Do the physio and the rehab.

I was told when having a pre-op' check a few years ago that I was lucky to end up with a dynamic hip screw

(This is a stock photo, mine is the right leg/hip)

rather than a new hip, as with a new hip you can't get your leg up high enough to turn a pedal. 🤔

 

[Accy cyclist]

It is 6-8 weeks on crutches afterwards so think about how you will manage living on your own. Is your flat ground floor at least? No driving for that long either

No, I'm upstairs. I was told after having two hernia operations a few years ago that you I wouldn't be able to drive for a month. I felt ok to drive after a week or so. Yes, I know this is more of a 'major surgery' op', but when I had the dynamic screw fitted I was back driving after a week and cycling after 2 weeks...if I remember rightly.

 

[Pale Rider]

as with a new hip you can't get your leg up high enough to turn a pedal.

Who told you that - the gypsy faith healer in Accy market?

Most people, including me, regain pretty much full movement.

What may complicate your op is you already have some metalwork in the joint.

Going in a second time is more difficult, but no doubt the consultant will tell you about that.

 

[swee'pea99]

Who told you that - the gypsy faith healer in Accy market?

Most people, including me, regain pretty much full movement.

What may complicate your op is you already have some metalwork in the joint.

Going in a second time is more difficult, but no doubt the consultant will tell you about that.

Yes, that is complete cobblers. The only difference with my new hip is that I can't sit cross-legged with quite the ease of old, but since I never sit cross-legged I really can't say it's been any kind of a problem. I was riding again within weeks, and by six months or so I was back to going up steep hills on the fixie. Almost a year now, and it's as near perfect - which is to say indistinguishable from the real thing - as I can imagine. (I did get what I was told was the latest top-of-the-range full-ceramic jobbie, so that might be a factor.)

 

[Accy cyclist]

Who told you that - the gypsy faith healer in Accy market?

No, it was a staff nurse at Blackburn Royal who told me during a pre hernia op' check up, over 4 years ago. She asked what I'd had done to my hip/leg and how it happened. When I told her it was a 'dynamic screw' fitted after breaking my hip then my leg while cycling, she said "You're lucky in a way, as a new hip would stop you lifting your knee up to a horizontal position". So maybe after I've had a new hip ( if that's what they'll recommend) I'll be able to ride a bike again which by then will be around 2 years since I last did. Let's just hope that if I do I don't fall off and break the other hip/leg!

 

[Bromptonaut]

No, it was a staff nurse at Blackburn Royal who told me during a pre hernia op' check up, over 4 years ago. She asked what I'd had done to my hip/leg and how it happened. When I told her it was a 'dynamic screw' fitted after breaking my hip then my leg while cycling, she said "You're lucky in a way, as a new hip would stop you lifting your knee up to a horizontal position". So maybe after I've had a new hip ( if that's what they'll recommend) I'll be able to ride a bike again which by then will be around 2 years since I last did. Let's just hope that if I do I don't fall off and break the other hip/leg!

I've got similar screws to yours after a Brompton flick rolled under me. Was warned that if I ended up with a new hip, which was a possibility, it might not last but nobody said it would affect cycling.

 

[PaulB]

Well although this is the big day, for me, it looks very much like it's going to be a very sad one.

I'm going to see my uncle (my dad's brother) for what will almost certainly be the last time today. He's had the last rites and been given end-of-life medication and it looks like he's very close to the end.

This is as a result of fracturing his hip back in JUNE and having the joint replaced, not just fixated. From that, he got a UTI and that really affected him, preventing him from being released from hospital but during his absence away from home, his wife died. This was a significant set-back and then they had to sort a care package out all while we - his relatives - were unable to go and see him.

Things have just spiralled downwards for him and every time I go in to see him, he looks like he'd aged another ten years. He's a tiny shadow of his former giant self now and we've been informed there's no chance of recovery and the end is near. They were surprised he survived last night.

Mind you, the whole time he's been in and out of hospital and various care homes, he never caught Covid. Which speaks highly of the nurses and carers in Liverpool.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I went to see about the results of my X-Ray before Christmas. I was told I'd been referred to an orthopaedic surgeon. How long before an appointment arrives I do not know.🤔

 

[fossyant]

Just to say, my BIL has had a hip replacement and can cycle fine - and he's no cyclist (golfer).

 

[vickster]

I went to see about the results of my X-Ray before Christmas. I was told I'd been referred to an orthopaedic surgeon. How long before an appointment arrives I do not know.🤔

Ask your GP if they know how long the wait is…I’d guess at least a month (longer if Covid delays things more)

 

[Accy cyclist]

Ask your GP if they know how long the wait is…I’d guess at least a month (longer if Covid delays things more)

The receptionist just said they'll let me know by post. I suppose she knows as much as one of the GP's I see.

 

[vickster]

Fair enough, thought they might have an idea based on other patients.
It’ll take as long as it takes Assune the 18
Week rule might still apply

 

[Drago]

Im supposed to be having one. It doesnt affect my daily activities, but the aching can be significant and prevent me sleeping.

However, im too young and too active and they won't do it yet in case I wear it out. Nice to know these things are sturdy!

 

[Accy cyclist]

A letter arrived today asking me to choose 1 of 4 hospitals for my appointment. Blackburn, Accrington, Clitheroe or a private one in Blackburn. I can't make my mind up which to choose.🤔