Taylor, Rob
Get Hip!: How to Prepare for and Recover from Total Hip Replacement
- ISBN 13:
- 9780692073070
- author:
- Taylor, Rob
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Frog's Leap
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 168
- Dimensions:
- 12.7 x 1.02 x 20.32 centimetres
- Genre:
- Science, Medical, Health & Wellbeing,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Get Hip! tells the story of hip replacement from the first pains of osteoarthritis through medical decisions, surgery and recovery. A dozen patients, aged 30 to 88, share their experiences with retired journalist Rob Taylor and orthopaedic surgeon Wayne E. Moschetti, MD, MS.
The book explains how to plan and prepare for surgery, managing pain, physical therapy and medication, as well as tips and exercises from the expert surgeons involved. It also shares the patients' stories of recovery and how hip replacement improved their lives.