tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54824432008-02-19T18:22:18.359-05:00Sigrid Macdonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17039046815905329266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482443.post-13104097346066139102008-02-14T23:05:00.000-05:002008-02-14T15:07:02.304-05:00

I was on live radio today talking about my book Getting Hip: Recovery from a Total Hip Replacement. I discussed various ways to prevent the need for hip surgery as well as how to prepare for the operation on the show "Healthy Talk Radio," which is affiliated with the Whitaker Institute in California and broadcast live on 50 radio stations across the US. The program is up on the website archive

Sigrid Macdonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17039046815905329266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5482443.post-8464915557581447292007-06-03T18:07:00.000-04:002007-08-15T17:55:46.786-04:00

Making the decision to have hip surgery is a tough one. Some people are so incapacitated by their arthritic hips that the choice is easy to make. Others are not quite so disabled by their pain. Maybe your pain fluctuates. Perhaps you can delay or defer a total hip replacement by exercising, taking pain medications, or going to physical therapy. But chances are if you have found this page, those

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My Hip Injury I love summer. Like most captives of Northern Ontario, I eagerly anticipate the end of spring so that I can dispense with my ski jacket, boots, and headband in favor of shorts, T-shirts, and running shoes. I like to sit outside on my front steps listening to the robins sing, watching the neighbors, and basking in the warmth of the sun. I spent a lot of time sitting on my front

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