Welcome to the club OP. I’ve had a fake hip for 17 years. Got it at 36 due to a car accident. If you have questions AMA. Also have had 6 dislocations since the car accident.

I’ll tell you a couple things off the bat though. Running is real bad for them. You want to avoid high impact. Running, tennis racket ball ect.

While it’s possible it can last 30 years. It’s highly unlikely. Especially if you’re active.

And the idea that if it does wear out, just get another surgery (hip revision) “no big deal”. It’s kind of a big deal. I’ve had an attempted repair, then a replacement and 2 revisions. Talked to at least a dozen different orthos over the years. And they all say the same thing. Each revision is twice the complications and twice the recovery of the previous operation.

That’s not to say don’t be active. But pick and choose carefully your activities.

i knew a guy in his 50s in constant pain because the docs told him he needed a hip replacement but that the VA wouldnt pay for it because hes not old enough.

Thanks for the insight. Strange, because my uncle started running after his and it was fine. I'm a cyclist as well so hoping that at least that will be okay, I know a ton of people who switch to things like cycling after the surgery. I have a pretty good sense of my limits.

How did you dislocate it 6 times? Was it just from general use or did you have falls, accidents, etc? One of my biggest fears is it popping out of place now.

So what I am hearing is that running is bad, got it. Cardio is the killer of gains and hips.

A lot of running, definitely. I did 50-80k a week for years plus cycling and lifting.

It's so hip it might actually be tragically so.

made me lol

It won’t stay fine from running. Avoid high impact and sudden movements (like skiing, tennis ect). You can jump out of a plane too but I wouldn’t suggest doing it. (Had a doc tell me this).

First 3 dislocations I was still in hospital from the car accident. My femoral head was broken into 3 separate pieces and my leg was twisted around facing the wrong way. So the first 3 get a pass.

4th I was laying in bed, leaned over to pet the dog, and it popped out.
5th I was sitting in a car with my feet up, doing nothing and it popped out. I was able to get it back in myself. Afterwards I was put in a hip spika which blew.
6th was recent. About 2 months ago. I was in the shower, I lifted my leg up to put it on a bench. And it popped out. I was stuck standing. Tried getting it back in. Passed out from the pain.

My most recent dislocation.

Hip replacement surgeries are rapidly becoming the new unnecessary medical procedure doctors are pushing. More and more patients are under 50. I can only imagine what they bill insurances.

Unnecessary? Lol@ what little you know. Go be stupid somewhere else.

did anesthesia do any regional blocks on you like a spinal or epidural or was it all straight general?

strong genetics needing that and not being a senior citizen. couple years ago my grandma had that. mind she's 95.

time to rope

They did a spinal plus something else so I didn't know what was going on. But not as bad as a full general.

I had the spinal on 2 of my operations. They messed me up bad. Woke up in ICU. The two without, worked like a champ. I think it just affects wrong.

Damn bro, how does that even happen? All I can hope is that it can't happen to me. From what I've read, the bone regrows around the implant after six weeks so it's much more stable at that point.

Was talking to this jacked dude at the gym, he told me he had a hip replacement and shoulder replacement. Said he was a mma fighter.

Said he was walking within 5 days with a walker with minimal pain

Said the shoulder replacement was excruciating for a long time

The 6 weeks, and the movement restrictions the doc puts you on from what I understand are more for the soft tissue to heal. And that’s what keeps the ball in the socket. For my last operation, the spike part that goes into the femur came loose. And it was obvious on the x-ray. Doc was worried about the possibility of having to cut down the sides of the femur and open it up like a clam shell. But luckily he said it popped right out just giving it a slight tug.

Up until this past dislocation, everything was going great for me. I was squatting and deadlifting 3 times a week in the low 300s. Walking on the beach or on nature trails 4-5 times a week. I’m back to squatting and deadlifting again. Longer walks still hurt though. I think trying to get it back in myself, and then falling messed me up.

A lot of my problems stem from the car accident and the damage done from my leg spinning around. If yours was just arthritis, you shouldn’t have the same problems I did.

hope you got minimum 3 different opinions on this. Orthos love to do surgeries they don't need to do for $$$$.

chances of needing a total hip arthroplasty under 60 years of age without serious trauma involved are pretty slim.

Tons of stories of the issue being something else and surgeons operating anyways.

From what I know about shoulder replacement anatomy, it's a different type of joint. Hips are easier because it's a ball and socket but the shoulder isn't, or at least not as deep of a socket so risk of it slipping out are much greater. Shoulder is also a much more complex joint overall with tons of muscles crossing and lots of support needed.

Total Hip replacement is the single most successful surgery in all of medicine, bar none. Satisfaction rate is over 95%. A well done hip replacement is slam dunk status. There are no unnecessary hip replacements, when nothing works and patient has severe arthritis/fractured hip, that’s your only option.

Can guarantee that OP’s arthritis pain was immediately gone and he probably only has little discomfort/achiness from the surgery. Probably has some numbness on the front of the thigh due to anterior hip.

Like I said in an earlier post, I saw the x-rays. It was 100% necessary because I was bone on bone. Sports med doc was surprised I was still able to be as active as I was.

Makes perfect sense. Hip replacement is my favorite surgery. Patients do so well. Have yet to meet a patient who had a well done hip replacement and didn’t do well.

Be sure to follow your hip precautions boyo

Don’t forget to do a lot of hip abductions