Thread: Hunting after a hip replacement

Originally Posted by imaca

Has anyone had one?
What changes did you have to make once you had fully recovered?

I've heard that there is a risk of dislocation with a replacement hip, is this true and how has that impacted your hunting?

Cheers

With good rehab and targeted exercises, I would think you should get back to a better level of mobility then prehip replacement. However -like you say, prosthetic hips are far more likely to dislocate then native hips. But that doesn't mean all prosthetic hips disclocate. Some simple changes especially post op are needing to maintain the right angles and not bend it at a less than 90° angle etc. But building those muscles back up post op with physio therapy etc would go a long way towards avoiding that I would imagine.