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266 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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Darlene New York, NY knee Image Knee Replacement
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Dorine Lake Placid, NY knee Image Knee Revision Surgery
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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Rose-Marie Jackson, NJ foot Image Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
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Hilary Scarsdale, NY hip Image Hip Resurfacing
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David M. Cranford, NJ hip Image Hip Resurfacing
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Kelly Queensbury, NY hip Image Hip Injury/Condition
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Nancy E. Garrison, NY knee Image Knee Replacement
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Nicholas Succasunna, NJ knee Image Kneecap/Patella Injury/Condition
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John Seminole, FL hip Image Hip Replacement
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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Brant Hoboken, NJ

"Had my left hip replaced July 2013 (chronic osteoarthritis), and my right knee (an old injury) replaced in December 2013. In April 2014, less than 4 months after having the knee done, I was able to manage a rigorous 1-hour hike down a steep mountain trail to one of my favorite spots in the world, a natural desert hot spring and river called Deep Creek, located in a high desert plateau north of Lake Arrowhead in Southern California. "

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