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csziggy

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3. It may mean that your friend broke the head off the hip joint

Reply to ellenrr (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 10:49 AM

Jul 2015

That ball that fits into the hip socket - a prime place to break and one that is hard to knit back together.

These days they use more targeted pain relief and fewer opioids - when I had my knees replaced they had this wonderful machine that pumped cold water through a mat on my knee. The cold helped the the pain better than the drugs.

I hope your friend can continue to hike.

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Just found out that my 72 year-old friend broke her hip! [View all] ellenrr Jul 2015 OP

It depends on how bad the break is csziggy Jul 2015 #1

good for your mom that she didn't need surgery-- ellenrr Jul 2015 #2

It may mean that your friend broke the head off the hip joint csziggy Jul 2015 #3

72 is somewhat on the young side to SheilaT Jul 2015 #4

csziggy and SheilaT ellenrr Jul 2015 #5