Hip Arthroplasty & the Risk of Impingement and Loss of Range of Motion

With age, hip injuries are quite common. To ensure continued mobility and independence, it is important to manage hip fractures and associated hip injuries aggressively. For some patients, this may translate into aggressive physical therapy while, for others, the complications of hip injury or hip fracture may require hip replacement surgery.

The hip joint replacement surgery can be complex and lead to a long rehabilitation and recovery process. In an effort to reduce the recovery period, and alleviate the associated rehabilitation, surgeons are continuing to evolve in their approach to total hip arthroplasty. If you are a patient who requires hip surgery, it is important to understand the dynamics of arthroplasty surgery and how the arthroplasty is progressing changing.

To improve range of motion, and to reduce the risks for dislocation, the components and material used in hip arthroplasty surgery are continuously evolving. So much so that your hip arthroplasty today may be considered a antiquated in just a few years. With medical research and development focusing on the use of hip joint simulators, implant materials and arthroplasty support devices are continuously tested.

If you are a candidate for arthroplasty surgery, as your surgeon about the dynamics associated with hip arthroplasty and try to obtain the most current and innovative approach to your care. Specifically, you will want to ask your surgeon what devices he, or she, intends to use and then research to determine when those devices were tested in the hip simulator. Because hip simulator labs continuously test and modify devices, you will want your surgical components to be of the latest technology and research design.