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old rider - new hip
« on: March 11, 2022, 01:53:19 AM »
I have to ask.  The time is nearing when a new hip will be needed/done.

Is there anybody on the forum with a new hip and still rides their bikes..   I have 10 of the things but wonder if I should stop after the op.  Maybe its time to call it a day. 

Like to hear you opinions.  I have ridden bike since I was 16 and was hoping to go as long as I could ride even if its a cb360 or honda 90.
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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2022, 07:14:21 AM »
You old boys worry too much  ;) There is a member on this forum who has one leg missing and had a hip replacement on the other. He is always out and about, doing many miles a year.
I think it is down to how much you wish to keep on biking  :o I lost my left arm in a bike accident back in 1990 and was told that i would have to give up riding. After a arm reconstruction and months of physiotherapy, i was back on the road and have been riding since  :o

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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2022, 07:37:52 AM »
Keep going until you physically can’t. I suppose it’s like any activity, is the pleasure worth the pain. I know something about pain by the way……

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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2022, 08:32:51 AM »
Don't even consider giving up riding. Once you are fully recovered and your muscles have repaired, you will be just fine.
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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2022, 09:24:14 AM »
Just follow the instruction and do the physio and all will be well, when I got my new knee I thought that I would have problems and initially I did as I could not bend the knee enough on the bike. However after a while doing the exercises and listening to advice from Nurse Julie and other people on this site who had the same operation it all worked out well, I can now ride as badly as I did before the op.

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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2022, 09:27:46 AM »
No problem,

It's so much better,

No pain as you swing your leg over,

Great improvement,

Should add another 50 years to your riding,

Be advised, the success of your recuperation depends on the amount of work and exercise you do before and after the replacement,

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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2022, 10:19:50 AM »
The consequences if you are involved in an accident are much higher if you have large pieces of metal in your body.

As a teenager I had a 18" pin inside my femur called a Kuntescher Nail I was advised in the strongest possible terms to not ride a bike until it was removed as I could loose my leg if I had a similar accident. A year or so later I had it removed when the bone had fully healed.https://www.google.com/search?q=kuntscher+nail&rlz=1C1CHZN_enGB938GB938&oq=kunt&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j46i512j35i39j0i67l2j0i67i433j46i512j0i512l2j46i512.10020j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

It was 2 years before I rode a bike again - with a hip replacement it could shatter the bone at the top of the joint where the steel section is fitted. Life is about managing risk as you get older so unless you are Barry Sheene and its your living I would take the advice of the Orthapedic Surgeon and follow it.
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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2022, 10:29:44 AM »
I had a K nail fitted about 72,

Taken out later,

It's upstairs in the back bedroom,

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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2022, 11:02:39 AM »
The consequences if you are involved in an accident are much higher if you have large pieces of metal in your body.

It was 2 years before I rode a bike again - with a hip replacement it could shatter the bone at the top of the joint where the steel section is fitted. Life is about managing risk as you get older so unless you are Barry Sheene and its your living I would take the advice of the Orthapedic Surgeon and follow it.

Yes, it's like everything we do, it's a risk but you could also trip over and break the other hip. I've never met a Consultant yet that has said anything other than 'lead your normal life to a level you feel happy and comfy with'. The aim of the surgery is to, at the least, maintain your current mobility and quality of life  and at best, enhance your mobility and quality of life.
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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2022, 11:03:12 AM »
I had a K nail fitted about 72,

Taken out later,

It's upstairs in the back bedroom,

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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2022, 11:15:15 AM »
The consequences if you are involved in an accident are much higher if you have large pieces of metal in your body.

It was 2 years before I rode a bike again - with a hip replacement it could shatter the bone at the top of the joint where the steel section is fitted. Life is about managing risk as you get older so unless you are Barry Sheene and its your living I would take the advice of the Orthapedic Surgeon and follow it.

Yes, it's like everything we do, it's a risk but you could also trip over and break the other hip. I've never met a Consultant yet that has said anything other than 'lead your normal life to a level you feel happy and comfy with'. The aim of the surgery is to, at the least, maintain your current mobility and quality of life  and at best, enhance your mobility and quality of life.

Well said Julie. 👍

I've got a long plate in my left leg which is permanent. Nobody advised me not to ride "in case of accident".
I will keep riding until I  can no longer physically do it.
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Re: old rider - new hip
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2022, 11:20:57 AM »
 

  I had my right one done 3 years ago i think. It had got to the point I couldn't get my feet on the rests. It made all the difference it was great. So good I have just had my left one done in Jan this year and I am now just about ready to start riding again. I have been practicing throwing a leg over bikes.  The timing of having it done has been perfect.  :)

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« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2022, 11:43:16 AM »

  Just to add the latest op was done with piriformis sparing technique. A different method to my first hip and the recovery rate from day one has been far easier, less painful and quicker than the first hip, eg walked out of hospital 2days later, dismissed from physio after 3 weeks and saw consultant after 4 weeks and that's me done for 12mnths. He did say I could drive again as the car is auto but to leave riding the bikes for a few more weeks.

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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2022, 11:51:59 AM »

  Just to add the latest op was done with piriformis sparing technique. A different method to my first hip and the recovery rate from day one has been far easier, less painful and quicker than the first hip, eg walked out of hospital 2days later, dismissed from physio after 3 weeks and saw consultant after 4 weeks and that's me done for 12mnths. He did say I could drive again as the car is auto but to leave riding the bikes for a few more weeks.
The minimally invasive approach is great. The Specialist Orthopaedic Centre I worked at has been doing it now for about 10 years, if the patients anatomy allows of course. They now do a majority of hip replacements as day cases on the younger, fitter patients. In at 7am, surgery, up, walking and discharged at about 5pm. It's sooooo much better for the patient. When I was 1st involved in joint replacements in the very early 80's, patients were in for up to 21 days and the surgery took at least 3 hours, now it can be done in less than 25 minutes actual operating time🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2022, 12:10:56 PM »

  Just to add the latest op was done with piriformis sparing technique. A different method to my first hip and the recovery rate from day one has been far easier, less painful and quicker than the first hip, eg walked out of hospital 2days later, dismissed from physio after 3 weeks and saw consultant after 4 weeks and that's me done for 12mnths. He did say I could drive again as the car is auto but to leave riding the bikes for a few more weeks.
The minimally invasive approach is great. The Specialist Orthopaedic Centre I worked at has been doing it now for about 10 years, if the patients anatomy allows of course. They now do a majority of hip replacements as day cases on the younger, fitter patients. In at 7am, surgery, up, walking and discharged at about 5pm. It's sooooo much better for the patient. When I was 1st involved in joint replacements in the very early 80's, patients were in for up to 21 days and the surgery took at least 3 hours, now it can be done in less than 25 minutes actual operating time🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 Unfortunately i am neither young or fit anymore  ;D ;D ;D.

 

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