At age 56, Doug Sauer's left hip was shot. He felt nearly constant pain from his left thigh to his ankle, and once-routine movements could be excruciating. X-rays taken by his primary care provider ...

For longtime local Bill Smaine, the mountains have always felt like home. A former competitive skier from New Hampshire, Bill moved to Lake Tahoe in 1985 after landing a ski coaching job at Heavenly ...

Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have designed a new model to help doctors and patients decide whether or not to proceed with total hip replacement surgery. The researchers have also surveyed ...

Patients with neuropathic bladder (NB), a condition in which nerve damage affects bladder function, have a significantly ...

A recent randomized controlled trial conducted across three Norwegian hospitals examined whether preoperative exercise programs benefit older adults awaiting total hip replacement (THR). The study, ...

Hip replacement (also known as total hip replacement or total hip arthroplasty) is a surgical procedure that is performed to replace damaged cartilage in the hip joint. The operation involves removing ...

Paulina Porizkova is getting double hip replacement surgery. The model, 58, took to Instagram this week to tell fans that the procedure is "long overdue." "It turns out I was born with congenital hip ...

George Trujillo has always been physically active. His favorite sports? Skiing and skiing. “Summer and winter,” he said. He also loves biking, hiking, mountain climbing, dirt bikes, and motorcycles.

With the number of patients receiving hip and knee replacements growing every day, physicians are constantly finding new and improved ways to perform surgery, and the use of the Hana® Table is one of ...

Hip replacement surgery may have many benefits, including relieving pain and restoring range of motion, but weight loss is not one of them. Research studies on this topic, such as this 2015 study, ...

Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that’s no longer functioning properly. The American College of ...