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Crushing Hip Replacement Misconceptions With Dr. Harris
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Crushing Hip Replacement Misconceptions With Dr. Harris

If hip pain has compromised your daily living activities like getting a full night’s rest and all other treatment options have failed, hip replacement surgery might be your ticket a pain free life. Due to the misconceptions surrounding hip replacements, Dr. Harris, MD, FAAOS discusses and crushes the ideas that prevent people with severe hip pain from seeking surgery.

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Dr. Harris’ Patient Testimonial
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Dr. Harris’ Patient Testimonial

I am so grateful to Dr. Harris because he's given me the opportunity to live this life. I missed a lot of things that I would have loved to have done because I couldn't. I was literally in pain all the time even when lying down and sleeping. I couldn't sleep because if I were lying down, it hurt. If I was sitting, it hurt. If I walked, it hurt. If I stood, it hurt.

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STRAIGHT FROM DR. STRYKER: TOTAL KNEE  REPLACEMENT 101
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STRAIGHT FROM DR. STRYKER: TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT 101

Dr. Stryker uses a technique he created for first time knee replacement patients. He still makes an incision over the front of the knee. However, instead of cutting the tendon that attaches to the kneecap or the quadriceps tendon, he actually comes underneath the muscle and slides that muscle over the top to get into the knee.  Then, he uses a computer to help him align the cutting guides. He would, then, shave off the very end of the thigh bone and the very top of the shin bone to replace those with metal caps. 

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