Hip Joint Replacement

The hip joint is made up of a ball-and-socket. The socket is made of bone and cartilage, and the ball is the top of the thigh bone, also known as the femoral head.
Sometimes, either the socket of the hip and/or the thigh bone is injured or becomes diseased. This can result in pain, trouble with walking, and taking care of everyday tasks.
If the pain isn’t helped by other methods, such as medications, change in activities, physical therapy, or supports or braces, your doctor may recommend hip replacement surgery. Hip replacement surgery is an operation to replace the damaged ball-and-socket with new and durable artificial synthetic parts that mimic the ball-and-socket.

Symptoms of knee Replacement:

There are four key warning signs of knee replacement:

• Your pain persists or recurs over time
• Your hip aches during and after exercise
• You’re no longer as mobile as you’d like to be
• Medication and using a cane aren’t delivering enough relief
• Your hip stiffens up from sitting in a car or a movie theater
• You feel pain in rainy weather
• The pain prevents you from sleeping
• You feel a decrease in hip motion or the degree to which you’re able to bend
• Your hip is stiff or swollen
• You have difficulty walking or climbing stairs
• You have difficulty getting in and out of chairs and bathtubs
• You experience morning stiffness that typically lasts less than 30 minutes (as opposed to stiffness lasting longer than 45 minutes, a sign of an inflammatory condition called rheumatoid arthritis)
• You feel a “grating” of your joint
• You’ve had a previous injury to your hip