05-02-2015, 01:09 PM
Yep, sorry don't want to side track the thread, but the hip replacement has been educational.
Didn't know there was a possible front or rear entry for the procedure. The rear cuts more muscle, but my Dr has done over 8000 rears and says he's highly successful so why change. In this day and age, it's nice for a change for someone to go by "if it's not broken, don't fix it."
Didn't know the ball and socket is NOT like a ball joint on a car....it is NOT fixed together and will just fall apart without the soft tissue holding it together....when I questioned why they don't make it like a car ball joint, they said they would rather you dislocate your hip than pull out that socket that is screwed and growing into your hip bone! Plus it actually gives your a few degrees more motion with the ball half way out of the cup!
Didn't know they only cut the top corner off and leave the ball...I had thought they cut it half way to the knee.
Ferret tell your wife, thanks for the advice and giving me the courage to do it!
Motion is the battle, like someone in another thread said, if you follow their exercises it helps! What I call the "chicken wing" is the hardest....crossing your leg with your ankle on your knee!
Luckily, it was my left leg so I can still throw my right leg over my CB1100!
Didn't know there was a possible front or rear entry for the procedure. The rear cuts more muscle, but my Dr has done over 8000 rears and says he's highly successful so why change. In this day and age, it's nice for a change for someone to go by "if it's not broken, don't fix it."
Didn't know the ball and socket is NOT like a ball joint on a car....it is NOT fixed together and will just fall apart without the soft tissue holding it together....when I questioned why they don't make it like a car ball joint, they said they would rather you dislocate your hip than pull out that socket that is screwed and growing into your hip bone! Plus it actually gives your a few degrees more motion with the ball half way out of the cup!
Didn't know they only cut the top corner off and leave the ball...I had thought they cut it half way to the knee.
Ferret tell your wife, thanks for the advice and giving me the courage to do it!
Motion is the battle, like someone in another thread said, if you follow their exercises it helps! What I call the "chicken wing" is the hardest....crossing your leg with your ankle on your knee!
Luckily, it was my left leg so I can still throw my right leg over my CB1100!