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281 Hiking Stories

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Hiking is a great low-impact, outdoor sport. It’s generally safe for patients to participate in after having a total hip replacement or ACL surgery. Read how these patients were able to find the right trail to recovery.

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Mary Jane Haledon, NJ knee Image Partial Knee Replacement
Barbara New York, NY

"I was an ardent yoga practitioner for many years and avid hiker until black ice brought me down. Not in an ashram or on a mountain but right on Fifth Avenue and 13th St. I realized what had happened -- a broken kneecap -- and that I couldn’t get up. I once thought I would never cross the street without crutches again, but now I’m back on the mountain!"

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Glenn Patchogue, NY knee Image Knee Injury/Condition
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Rose-Marie Jackson, NJ foot Image Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
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Hilary Scarsdale, NY hip Image Hip Resurfacing
Kendall West Orange, NJ

"Dr. Jerabek reassured me that having a hip replacement in my 30s did not mean the end of my hobbies - martial arts and adventure hiking. He was right - 4 months and 1 week after total hip replacement, I hiked 80 miles in Nepal to reach Everest Base Camp!"

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Virginia Hackettstown, NJ

"I am hiking and riding a bike; two things that I have not done for five years. Going up and down the stairs is no longer an arduous task. "

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Diane Wyckoff, NJ hip Image Hip Resurfacing
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Thomas Princeton, NJ spine Image Spine Fusion
William East Quogue, NY

"This commendation goes to the team effort of three specific individuals that made it possible for me to continue to walk and live a normal unrestricted life. It started with the keen skills of Dr. Brian Halpern who instantly recognized that my sudden onset of shin splints was a serious lower back problem that had developed. I was training at 65 to take my first vacation in years to go climbing in the Alps."

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Daniel T. Babylon, NY

"Since my total hip replacement I have gone skiing, played ice hockey, surfed, and I just returned from a hiking and fishing expedition in Olympic Park. None of these activities had been possible prior to my surgery, but now I enjoy them all with absolutely no pain."

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Bernard Wappingers Falls, NY

"The information and classes before the surgery, and the care and help you receive after the surgery, are what make HSS so special. I know that it sped up my recovery, and enabled me to return to playing tennis and hiking, the two things I like best. If you want to maintain your quality of life there is only one choice for hip replacement, HSS. I truly believe this."

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