Hips and resurfacing (medical)
May 24th 2007, 8:20 am
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Hips and resurfacing (medical)
Sorry poolounger, have started a new thread, as it seems to be a little off the original one!
Resurfacing is a form of hip replacement for younger (?) more active (?) people. It is a relatively new procedure (started about 15-20 years ago by a guy in Birmingham, McMinn), and one in which there aren't many surgeons trained in to do it, although the numbers are growing particularly in the UK!
As far as I am aware there are no surgeons in Spain who perform this surgery, which is why I have gone ahead and had my other hip resurfaced this year, so that I will be back to full fitness for my move to the sun.
There is loads on hip resurfacing on the net, just google it. For someone who suffers with arthritis, I am really looking forward to getting over there and living in a far less damp place than the UK.
For anyone interested, there is a UK yahoo group forum, Hipsrus (
) and also a global one on yahoo surfacehippies, although the majority of members on there are US based and a lot of discussion is regarding insurance issues(
).
Hope this helps you and possibly others too!
Sally
Resurfacing is a form of hip replacement for younger (?) more active (?) people. It is a relatively new procedure (started about 15-20 years ago by a guy in Birmingham, McMinn), and one in which there aren't many surgeons trained in to do it, although the numbers are growing particularly in the UK!
As far as I am aware there are no surgeons in Spain who perform this surgery, which is why I have gone ahead and had my other hip resurfaced this year, so that I will be back to full fitness for my move to the sun.
There is loads on hip resurfacing on the net, just google it. For someone who suffers with arthritis, I am really looking forward to getting over there and living in a far less damp place than the UK.
For anyone interested, there is a UK yahoo group forum, Hipsrus (
) and also a global one on yahoo surfacehippies, although the majority of members on there are US based and a lot of discussion is regarding insurance issues().Hope this helps you and possibly others too!
Sally
May 24th 2007, 8:33 am
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Re: Hips and resurfacing (medical)
Sorry poolounger, have started a new thread, as it seems to be a little off the original one!
Resurfacing is a form of hip replacement for younger (?) more active (?) people.
There is loads on hip resurfacing on the net, just google it. For someone who suffers with arthritis, I am really looking forward to getting over there and living in a far less damp place than the UK.
For anyone interested, there is a UK yahoo group forum, Hipsrus () and also a global one on yahoo surfacehippies, although the majority of members on there are US based and a lot of discussion is regarding insurance issues().
Hope this helps you and possibly others too!
Sally
Resurfacing is a form of hip replacement for younger (?) more active (?) people.
There is loads on hip resurfacing on the net, just google it. For someone who suffers with arthritis, I am really looking forward to getting over there and living in a far less damp place than the UK.
For anyone interested, there is a UK yahoo group forum, Hipsrus (
) and also a global one on yahoo surfacehippies, although the majority of members on there are US based and a lot of discussion is regarding insurance issues().Hope this helps you and possibly others too!
Sally
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/surfacehippy/
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/hipsrus/
May 24th 2007, 9:20 am
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Re: Hips and resurfacing (medical)
Sorry poolounger, have started a new thread, as it seems to be a little off the original one!
Resurfacing is a form of hip replacement for younger (?) more active (?) people. It is a relatively new procedure (started about 15-20 years ago by a guy in Birmingham, McMinn), and one in which there aren't many surgeons trained in to do it, although the numbers are growing particularly in the UK!
As far as I am aware there are no surgeons in Spain who perform this surgery, which is why I have gone ahead and had my other hip resurfaced this year, so that I will be back to full fitness for my move to the sun.
There is loads on hip resurfacing on the net, just google it. For someone who suffers with arthritis, I am really looking forward to getting over there and living in a far less damp place than the UK.
For anyone interested, there is a UK yahoo group forum, Hipsrus () and also a global one on yahoo surfacehippies, although the majority of members on there are US based and a lot of discussion is regarding insurance issues().
Hope this helps you and possibly others too!
Sally
Resurfacing is a form of hip replacement for younger (?) more active (?) people. It is a relatively new procedure (started about 15-20 years ago by a guy in Birmingham, McMinn), and one in which there aren't many surgeons trained in to do it, although the numbers are growing particularly in the UK!
As far as I am aware there are no surgeons in Spain who perform this surgery, which is why I have gone ahead and had my other hip resurfaced this year, so that I will be back to full fitness for my move to the sun.
There is loads on hip resurfacing on the net, just google it. For someone who suffers with arthritis, I am really looking forward to getting over there and living in a far less damp place than the UK.
For anyone interested, there is a UK yahoo group forum, Hipsrus (
) and also a global one on yahoo surfacehippies, although the majority of members on there are US based and a lot of discussion is regarding insurance issues().Hope this helps you and possibly others too!
Sally
By the way I had to have the resurfacing because of arthritis.
May 25th 2007, 8:21 am
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Re: Hips and resurfacing (medical)
This is strange Sally and I can't explain why but as I suffer from a touch of arthritis in my neck I was also looking forward to the dryer climate. However since I got here my neck has been worse!!!!
Yesterday for instance I went to play golf for the day and as the day went on I could feel my neck seizing up, and subsequently followed by the normal headache.
My doctor told me before we left that it might all be in my head, but I didn't think he meant that!!
