Thread: Hip Replacement Operation at 23

Hey......i advice you to go ahead with the surgery if are suggested to do so from your doctor....if you digging to much you will end up with nothing more than uncertainity and confusion as i was in confusion from past few days.....i have decided to get my hip replaced if every goes fine i will undergoing my hip replacement surgery by the end of this month....... I have one more query...... I am working out at gym from past 2 weeks for around...

Hello I am assuming you have hip dysplasia and were diagnosed as a child? Do you have acceptable range of motion? Constant pain? You mention being very active without pain. I certainly wouldn't rush into have a total hip replacement at your young age, as chances are you would need 2-3 revisions in your lifetime. Has your doctor suggested a shoe lift for the leg length discrepancy and limp? IMO, you should seek out several opinions as...

My left leg was an inch shorter than my right, after an injury in 1968. 40 years of this length difference most likely had something to do with me getting osteoarthritis in both hips. I had to have both hips replaced this summer, right on August 14, 2009, and left on 9/23/09. My Doctor was able to get 3/4 of an inch back for me. I had 5 years of bone on bone and a terrible quality of life. Now I am terrific, and can do everything, but I wish I...

I don't really have advice, as I am going through the same decision you are and I am also 23 years old!! My left leg is also 5cm shorter than my right. Just wondering if anyone else here has any more advice. I'm a little different from Laxmi in that I have been completely paralyzed from my pain. It gradually came on about 3 years ago and have gotten so severe I can barely walk (when I do it's with a heavy limp...the pain is in...