A healthy diet and good sleep habits also support a smoother recovery. At Boston Medical Center, many patients follow a Rapid ...

I'm an orthopedic surgeon and we're about to perform a total hip replacement for a patient with ... At this point in the case, we bring in an Xray unit to just verify that the implant is ...

“for a painful [hip or knee replacement], the answer is not usually on the x-ray but in the exam,” Bugbee said, referring to soft tissue problems such as iliopsoas impingement and ...

If chronic hip pain and stiffness ... to consider joint replacement surgery, I follow the three-strike rule: pain that interferes with activities of daily living, X-ray evidence of arthritis ...

Ayesha Abdeen, chief of hip and knee replacement surgery at Boston Medical ... with limited mobility or other medical issues — may need to go to a rehabilitation facility. But for most, recovery ...