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I know 3 people that have had hip replacements. One is my mother who fell and broke hers, compained about it before and still complains about it, so dont put much weight on her opinion. As someone said earlier, she wasnt very active before, and is even worse now.
2 of the people I know are men in their late 50's to mid 60's. One of them walked very hunched over and took short shuffling steps when he walked. He actually had both hips replaced over the course of a year and last time I saw him he was standing much more upright and taking much more normal length steps.
The other man I know was a high school basketball coach and had his hip replaced about 2 years ago. Both men said now that it was over, if they had known how much better they would feel they wouldnt have waited so long to have it done.
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