Hip Motion Restored to Norm...

Hip Motion Restored to Normal with Hip Resurfacing Today's modern adult is active and on the go. And many adults are wearing out their hips and knees. Total hip replacements have been reserved for older adults. This leaves younger adults with pain from arthritis without many options until now. A new orthopedic procedure called total hip resurfacing may be changing all that... ...Total hip resurfacing can improve hip range of motion. But by how much? In this study, surgeons from the Joint Replacement Institute in California look at hip motion before and after hip resurfacing. All patients were followed for one full year... ...Young patients can avoid some of the stiffness and loss of motion that comes with putting off surgery because of their age. Now hip motion can be restored to normal or near-normal amounts... Mylene A. dela Rosa, BS, CCRP. Range of Motion After Total Hip Resurfacing. In Orthopedics. May 2007. Vol. 30. No. 5. Pp. 352-357. READ MORE