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My dad, who has always been a bit of a hellraiser, has had to have a hip re-surface recently (damage from falling off a horse some years ago). He has always been fit, sails a lot in the summer, ski's in winter & is concerned how soon he can ski again & how best to prepare for this. Anybody any experience here?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No personal experience but I believe my friend's uncle had one in his 70s and was back skiing the next season. Mind you this was in Canada where its accepted that older people have a right to return to active sports.
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fatbob, my dad is 71, & is a great skier - he has a BASI qualification and has raced - so is a pretty effortless skier, if that makes sense. your comment 'the next season' will return a smile to his face!!
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rpft@rpft.co.uk,
My freind had a new hip joint as opposed to a resurface...I believe, and he is back skiing... a bit cautious, but that's him, not so much the op. And other friend is back playing golf and has no prblems there. One talks about it a lot and is clearly worried and the other doesn't even mention it...
Someone else I know, is getting a new knee and only expects to miss a season...but he is quite exceptional.....and a stubborn bug. Maybe it affects the person how they let it affect them.... or something like that. If a person is determined to make light of it, they will probably do quite well
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JT, He is pretty sensible & he doesn't really do the macho stuff, but skiing is his favorite thing - perhaps like your friend with the new knee & therefore determination must come into play. a knee op is pretty tough! good luck to him.
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rpft@rpft.co.uk, I have a friend who races with a replacement hip.
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rjs, who wins?
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My Mum just had a hip replacement and was told she would be able to ski after it.
She was delighted, she said, as she couldn't ski before it.
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rpft@rpft.co.uk, no experience/knowledge of this I'm afraid, best thing is to ask the surgeon. As a gross generalisation lower limb orthopaedic surgery takes minimum 3 months to settle in, before any undue stresses start to be applied. Physiotherapy for mobility and graded leg-strengthening exercises would help to get back to skiing quickly.
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JT, I'm told hip resurfacing is regarded as more challenging surgery than hip replacement
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rpft@rpft.co.uk, we had a 70 year old guest stay with us last winter that had had a "new hip" 7 months before coming out and doing a Warren Smith course for a week! I spoke to him last week to see if he was going to stay with us again and he's just had the other side done (August) so thinks he won't be skiing until March or April.
I suspect they were both replacements. If it helps I'm sure he'd be happy to talk to you or your father. PM me if you'd like to be out in touch...
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rpft@rpft.co.uk, there was a thread on this subject ages ago, but I can't find it now. I can't say whether I am recalling correctly, and I'm not a doctor, but I think it was concluded that a Birmingham hip resurfacing was more desirable if you wished to ski afterwards. Advice from surgeons was variable, but may have depended on whether they were skiers or not. I will have another look for the thread.
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You know it makes sense.
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slikedges,
It may well be... but a hip replacement would involve more butchery....sorry about this terminolgy, than a resurface, wouldn't it...and therefore be a bit easier for rehab, surely.... And the resurface is the 1st option for younger peeps as the repacement is the final option.
But I agree, get better info on this
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JT, I don't know but doubt a resurfacing involves much less soft tissue trauma or rehab than a replacement, though by virtue of the technique, it may be that rehab would be able to start sooner in resurfacing - pure conjecture on my part. In any case, all I was trying to say was that I don't think it's true that resurfacing is the easier option for doctors. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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slikedges,
Yes, none of those two procedures appears to be a lightweight option, but from anecdotal 'eveidence', admittedly, then the poster's father might be heartened to know that people do ski on after such ops.
I hope it goes well. 
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thanks for all these replies, I have been at the dry sk slope all day with my kids - their lessons.
rjs, fantastic - he used to race but gave up about 5 years ago - think he still helps with coaching though!
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slikedges, thanks for this, the surgeon was v.happy with the result - & the physio knows that he aims to ski next spring. the replacement method (birmingham?), is usually used with patients under 50, who have had a mis-spent youth (very apt)
JT, slowing down!! he insisted on sept. for the op so that he could sail all summer - bring the boat out of the water in aug, have the op in sep to be skiing new year!! even with a looming hip op he was still incredibly fast in april!
parlor, thanks, thats v. kind, he has spoken to lots of people, but none that skied - so this might be perfect for him - btw love the video!!
Helen Beaumont, didn't know that, just thought it was because the damage was an injury as opposed to wear & tear.
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rpft@rpft.co.uk,
My friend is the same... he is planning his knee ops around the season but accepts he will miss one.... probably..
He thinks he'll go snowboarding instead.
P.S he is older than your father..there is no stopping some guys...!!!
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JT, snowboarding??? isn't that even worse for your knees 
one of the first comments my dad made after the op was about how beautiful his (female) egyptian doctor was - he will never slow down (I hope)
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rpft@rpft.co.uk,
Not according to him... and his knees are in a terrible state..but he's an experienced boarder as well...
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rpft@rpft.co.uk, I've taught a number of people with hip replacements. the only problem they seem to have (if beginners) is that they can't open very wide in a snowplough. Otherwise fine. For a good skier, providing he takes it easy I should think he could ski before the surgeon says - they always err on the said eof caution! (understandable of course). However I don't think it helps if they ski themselves - only if they ski well. If they're the brutal forcing type of skier, they'll obviously think skiing's out altogether!
Of course, I'm not a medical person, just an observer.
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easiski, We all skied together in april and the only problem I can recall is where people stopped suddenly in front of him - & you know how often this happens. It is pretty predictable though, near lifts (halfway up a run) or more often where someone suddenly stops at the top of a run.
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