How to Know If You Need a Hip Replacement

Pain or discomfort in your hips can lead to poor quality of sleep, inability to participate in every day physical activities and even sadness as a result of these issues. These factors are both frustrating and discouraging. Hip replacement surgery may be an option for those who have not found an effective means of relief from hip pain. There are several things that you can do to determine if you need a hip replacement.

Instructions

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  Determine whether or not you have arthritis in the hip. If you do, it will progressively get worse with time. Hip arthritis is a reason to consider a hip replacement.

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  Ask yourself if you can bear the pain. If you are able to live with the pain and can function as you would like, you won't need hip surgery.

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  Decide now rather than later if you think hip replacement is something you want. As a person ages, hip surgery becomes more dangerous and less likely to work. The younger you are when you have it, the likelihood of seeing good results is higher.

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  Evaluate your every day life and abilities. For example, evaluate whether you are able to walk around as much as you'd like, get dressed on your own or perform basic daily activities. If you cannot and would like to, hip replacement could be a great option.

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  Consider the effort you've put into fixing the problem. If you have tried a variety of treatments, exercises or home remedies to alleviate your hip discomfort and pain to no avail, perhaps the next step is hip surgery.