Can i do karate after hip replacement

I guess more has to right itself, my hope is it will eventually be good. I have things I want to achieve just like you?? I really do not want to be kill joy but I would be very careful with the kicking because that could very well give you a dislocation! Hi,done kickboxing for 30 years 49now and had to have rthr july this year,just gone back to the gym in the last couple of weeks and feeling good but don't think i will be doing anymore kicks just some light boxing from now on as the left hip is a few years away from a replacement i need to look after it.

All i will say to you is try not to pivot fully into your kicks just to protect them hips a little but I admire you for getting back to it. You've taken time and built up muscles. You love your sport and life is not so wonderful without it. Not everyone is is lucky as us getting well after my 2 hip ops, but hey, sitting in chair dying isn't fun, I'm 7 weeks post revision aaargh!!!

Fix up of THR done badly last June. After my hip replacement twenty years ago ny surgeon said NO RUNNING and I respected this but I did everything else and lived a very physical active life with lots of fifteen hour working days for twenty years. Just had it revised because of wear to the poly cup. I was lucky with the outcome and recovery both times but not everyone is! Unless you are prepared to have your hip fail sooner than otherwise would be the case and could be much sooner I strongly suggest that running would be a poor decision.

I was told on both occasions common myths of no running or breast stroke swimming were not clinically based. Thanks for your reply. I know how horrible it is to loose one's mobility so I'm going to do all I can to preserve my revisions.

Yes I agree that different surgeons seem to have different thoughts on what is safe to do. Logic says to me that running has the potential to wear the joint faster and to cause the stem to loosen if it is not really firmly fixed in the first place. We want the forums to be a useful resource for our users but it is important to remember that the forums are not moderated or reviewed by doctors and so you should not rely on opinions or advice given by other users in respect of any healthcare matters.

Always speak to your doctor before acting and in cases of emergency seek appropriate medical assistance immediately. Use of the forums is subject to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and steps will be taken to remove posts identified as being in breach of those terms. Hip replacements and martial arts Follow. When I began karate as a teenager, I was a soccer player and my leg muscles were not the most flexible to begin with.

I struggled with flexiblity but through the years, I wrestled my way through stretching and acheived above average range of motion. In , I began to notice increasing pain in my hip flexors, lower back and a decrease in flexibility.

As the pain progressed, I started visiting chiropractic clinics and physical therapists who all told me that I was pulling muscles and because of my busy schedule teaching karate, not allowing them time to heal. The pain continued to grow and my frustration level grew as my stances, kicks and kata began to suffer from my condition. Not only was the pain a hurdle, but my emotional state was equally hard. Karate was my life and training below a certain level was not an option.

I was no longer able to demonstrate kicking techniques and I could not perform kata at a level that would be expected. After many conversations, he became quite concerned about the progression of pain and lack of flexibility and suggested to get MRI or x-rays and find out the true problem. The second nudge came from karate legend Bill Wallace. Wallace was staying with Lorie and I for the weekend while we were hosting him for one of his great seminars on kicking and stretching.

On Sunday morning, the two of us sat on our living room floor going through his daily stretching routine and after we were finished, I asked him to give me his thought on my condition. Like Dr. Estes, Bill believed that there was something very wrong with the position of my hips and the amount of pain that I experienced in certain movements.

Bill himself had both of his hips replaced and still can land jodan mawashi geri before most of us can blink and he told me that he was not asking me, he was telling me to go to an orthopedic surgeon in order to get right to the problem. Two weeks after Bill left us, I went to one of the more well-known names in Williamsburg for orthopedic surgery to find out what was wrong. After my inital x-ray, this particular surgeon told me my worst fears as a martial artist.

Results: Twenty-nine out of 38 patients who underwent joint replacement returned to judo practice On the other hand, all patients stopped competitive judo. The surgeon recommended There were 2 surgical revisions in the THA group 5. No dislocations or fractures were reported at the final follow-up.