hip surgery

If you’re dealing with chronic hip discomfort, you may already be working with your primary care physician to help treat the problem. If conservative care isn’t delivering the results you had hoped for, it may be time to talk with a hip surgeon to see if surgery is right for you. After all, not

If you are set to have hip replacement surgery, you probably have a number of different questions that you want to ask your surgeon. How long will the operation take? What will rehabilitation look like? What can you do to help prepare for your surgery? These are some of the more common questions we

If you’ve been dealing with significant pain and discomfort in your hips that hasn’t resolved with the help of physical therapy or other conservative care methods, you may be wondering if hip replacement surgery is the next best option. Hip replacement surgery can help restore function and

Swelling is a natural response to trauma. When your body is injured, blood and fluids are brought to the area so that it swells up, which makes movement a little more difficult. That’s the idea, because if the body can help to restrict movement at the injury site, it can hopefully help to prevent

There was a time long ago when a surgeon was viewed as a “male” profession, but those days are long gone and more women are pursuing careers in surgery than ever before. This is incredibly inspiring, because the more skilled surgeons who enter the field, the better access patients will have to a

If you’re set to undergo a joint replacement procedure, you can expect that there will be at least some pain and discomfort in the immediate aftermath of the procedure as your body adjusts to the trauma of surgery. Newer techniques and advances in anesthesia and medication have made it much easier

Hip replacements are one of the most common joint replacement procedures performed in the US, as hundreds of thousands of Americans have an artificial hip inserted each year. Because it’s such a common procedure, and because our hip joints tend to deteriorate as we get older as a result of decades