[henry_bone]

My father has had both hips replaced in the fast few years. Both surgeries were very successful and he has retained full hip joint function. He no longer has pain in his hips.

His surgeon used an approach that minimised damage to the muscles in the area. If I recall correctly, this meant he gain access to the hip joint via the posterior side of dad's upper leg, and went between muscle and tendon, rather than needing to cut muscle to get to the joint.

I don't know if I'm remembering correctly, but dad healed up pretty quickly.

[zabzonk]

hip normally works very well - it's just a ball and socket joint. knee is a bit more tricky.

[wizerdrobe]

I used to roll BJJ with a 50-ish year old man. As a teenager he suffered a debilitating car crash and hip replacement at the time, resulting in his having a cane until his second replacement circa 2020. This allowed him to walk cane free and practice marital arts.

The technology is there for hip replacements, it would seem.

[zabzonk]

as i said, hip replacement normally works very well. my 80+ mother had two after two bad falls, both worked really well physically, but she went off the rails mentally after the second. apparently there is a theory (sorry, can't find link) that doing surgery like replacements releases a lot of fat into the bloodstream that can drive you nuts. that seems to be what happened to my mum.

i don't suggest anyone should not get a replacement based on my non-medic and probably wrong information.

[bookofjoe]

>Postoperative Delirium and Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients with Elective Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Narrative Review of the Literature

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8878498/#:~:tex....

[financypants]

Practicing marital arts is serious business, this is surprising!

[exhilaration]

Very true, functional hips are very important in the marital arts!

[JoBrad]

You just have to make sure your spouse is ok with you practicing with other folks.

[inglor_cz]

That would be extramarital arts, sir.

[calvinmorrison]

From what I understand joint surgery especially knees and hips have a great ratio of benefit to cost